Building Creative Businesses Expo

Denver Office of Cultural Affairs Presents Building Creative Businesses Expo
3rd annual program to be held Saturday, March 8

(DENVER) On Saturday, March 8, the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs will present its 3rd annual Building Creative Businesses Expo. The program will be held at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building, 201 W. Colfax Avenue, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The building opens at 9:00 a.m.

In response to growing demand for the program, participants may now register for workshops online at www.regonline.com/BCBE beginning Friday, February 15. Participants may choose to attend up to three workshops out of more than 40 offerings. Registration fee is $5. Exhibitors will be located in the Atrium of the Webb Building; participants wishing to visit only the exhibition area do not need to register.

The Building Creative Businesses Expo offers Denver’s creative community (e.g., artists, filmmakers, dancers, graphic designers, musicians, etc.) a “one-stop” opportunity to learn about the various City, non-profit and for-profit resources available and skill-building workshops to help grow and stabilize creative businesses.

More than 50 organizations will be participating as exhibitors and workshop presenters at the Building Creative Businesses Expo.

Participating organizations include:

303Network.org
4 art studios
AIGA Colorado | The Professional Association for Design
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
Art & Anthropology
Artistic Mag, LLC
Arts Alive Fort Collins
Beth Patterson, MA, JD
Capsule
Cat-A-Tac
City of Aurora, Public Art Program
Colorado Council on the Arts
Colorado Enterprise Fund
Colorado Film & Video Association (CFVA)
Colorado Lawyers for the Arts (CoLA)
Colorado Music Association (COMA)
Colorado Theatre Guild
Communication Training Consultants
Community Resource Center
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Denver Art Dealers Association (DADA)
Denver Art Museum
Denver Musicians Association
Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
Denver Office of Economic Development/Business Assistance Center
Denver Office of Economic Development/Business Lending
Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships
Denver Parks & Recreation
Denver Public Library
Downtown Denver Arts Festival
Fanning Partnership
Fashion Denver & Jnerate
Flobots
Flourish Community Art School
Hapi Skratch Entertainment
Hensel Phelps
Houchin & Associates
Independent Artists
Intrigue Entertainment, LLC
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
McGrath and Braun Art Consultants
Micro Business Development Corporation
Mile High Business Alliance
Money Management International, Inc.
Nine10 Arts
PlatteForum
RAW ART
Replin & Rhoades, LLC
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
SCORE Denver
Self Made
Semple Brown Design
Services for Artists
TAXI
Tennyson Gallery and GroupONE Solutions, LLC
The Colorado Sound
The Denver Post
The Other Side Arts
TXT-vertising.com
UIC Arts and Health Program
WeilWorks
WESTAF
Westword

…and various talented local artists

New features of 2008 include:

Guest Speakers:
Dr. David Hinkamp, Director, Health and the Arts Program, University of Illinois-Chicago School of Public Health
Andre Pettigrew, Director, Denver Office of Economic Development
One-on-one portfolio consultation
Live local music on the Denver KickStand stage
Local fashion from Fashion Denver
Speed networking session
“Matchmaking” boards in the Atrium

A sample of workshop titles includes:
Copyrights & Trademarks for Fashion Designers
Selling Out! Getting Your Art Into Corporate Collections
Independent Music Production, Distribution and Promotion for Today’s Market
Financing Your Small Creative Business with City Loan Programs and Enterprise Zone Tax Credits

The Building Creative Businesses Expo is a program of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs’ Create Denver initiative. Create Denver exists to support, promote and grow Denver’s creative sector. It includes policy recommendations, programmatic initiatives, technical assistance and advocacy.

The mission of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs is to advance the arts and culture in the City and County of Denver.

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Many thanks to the following sponsors for their support of the Building Creative Businesses Expo:

Westword
Arts Alive Fort Collins
Houchin & Associates
TXT-vertising.com
Denver KickStand
Mr. Lucky Sandwiches
TAXI
Fuel
Flying Dog Brewery
AIGA Colorado

Special Thanks
Coffee Etcetera Espresso Bar
Fashion Denver
Public Office Buildings, City of Denver
Technology Services, City of Denver