Presenting Budgets, Work Samples and Statements

GRANTED: How to Craft a Competitive Application   An A.B.C & CAR Webinar Presenting Budgets, Work Samples and Statements   In this webinar, Allyson Esposito, the Director of the Cultural Grants Program for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, will have a conversation with JC Steinbrunner, Editor of Chicago Artists Resource, about how to write a strong grant application just weeks before the DCASE Individual Artists Grant applications open on December 6, 2013. $10 for CAC members, $15 for general public free for HATCH, BOLT & Launch residents.    Who Should Attend Arts practitioners of all disciplines interested in improving their grant application skills for DCASE grants and grant opportunities in general.  ABOUT THE SPEAKERS    Allyson Esposito is the Director of the Cultural Grants Program for the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). Prior to her work with DCASE, Allyson served as the Program Officer for the Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation in Highland Park, IL. She has also worked as an attorney and as an information technology/risk management consultant. Esposito has been a practicing dance artist in Chicago for more than ten years. She has been creating and performing dance with The Space/Movement Project since its inception in 2005 and led the company as its executive director from 2007-2012. JC Steinbrunner is the Editor of Chicago Artists Resource (CAR), a program of theChicago Artists Coalition, as well as a painter, lecturer and founder/director of The Salon Series, an exhibition project for visual and culinary arts. Prior to his work with CAR, Steinbrunner worked for twelve years as an online creative director and digital strategist. Before that, he was an iron worker. This webinar is part of A.B.C. Art. Business. Create., a professional development program of the Chicago Artists Coalition. This program is generously funded by the Coleman Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT A.B.C, WIN $50! Have you attended an Art.Busisness.Create workshop in the last year? Want to win a $50 Amazon gift card? Just fill out a short questionnaire regarding your A.B.C experience, and you'll be entered into the raffle! Tell us what you think by October 31st. TAKE THE SURVEY