by Samantha Sartori Day and night. Yin and yang. Left and right. You can’t have one without the other. The same holds true for performing arts organizations: you can’t have the artistic side without the executive side. Our MSLCE Speaker Series this winter set out to demystify how the two sides come together to connect
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By Charlie Wein By its nature, the world of art is abstract. There’s no right or wrong form of artistic style and everyone has the right to express their work in whichever way they like. For a performing artist, the hardest part is finding a means of getting their work out for the public to
By: Nick Roman Picture a DJ, part-time web designer, musician, and record label owner in your mind. You probably did not picture a clean-shaven businessman suited up to create jobs in Chicago’s global landscape. However, Creative Director Jake Trussell is a comprehensive leader in today’s sector through his vast background with side hustles, which ultimately
By Jacob Nelson What makes an arts organization successful? According to Joffrey Ballet Executive Director Greg Cameron, an organization’s success depends on three points: leaning towards the mission, developing an aligned team, and creating collaborations with external partners. “The minute the mission of the organization becomes compromised in anyway is when trouble creeps in,” Cameron
By Jacob Nelson Mary Sherman does not like the word “no.” The artist, teacher, writer, and director of the TransCultural Exchange has made a career out of pursuing opportunities out of curiosity, only to learn new skills in the process. “People say, ‘No, you can’t do that,’ and it makes me want to do it
By Jacob Nelson Chris Meador’s professional path that brought him from theater stages to the History Channel to Microsoft and, finally, to Facebook throughout a career he refers to as “strange and convoluted.” However, Meador was quick to identify the running thread through all those jobs: the desire to connect. Meador, who is the Brand
By Jacob Nelson Brigette Whisnant got into marketing to help people connect with brands. After two decades, the approach may look a little different, but the goal is exactly the same. “For me it was just about, ‘How do you make people engage with brands?’” Whisnant said about what first appealed to her about marketing.
By Jacob Nelson The podcast market has changed rapidly over the last few years, and Adam Sachs has been on the ground floor of that evolution. “A few years ago, when we wanted to make a new podcast we’d find one or two people to chit chat and banter and hopefully it’d be entertaining,” he