Chicago Cultural Alliance

Transforming Fundraisers
2021-04-08 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | IL, United States
Moderator: Suzy Kahn Weinberg & Adam Yoffe (Big Shoulders Stories)
Panelists: Josey Nieto, Nitha Nagubadi
Aspirations to reopen our cultural centers are on everyone’s minds. Yet, many of the creative virtual tools developed and harnessed over the past year to amplify our stories and make our collections accessible to wider audiences have become key to our work and are likely here to stay. The ability to develop creative techniques for revenue generation including online fundraising, virtual galas, attracting corporate rentals, and apps that attract new audiences will be key to financial sustainability in this new age of in-person and virtual engagement.

Contested Narratives: Chicago’s Monuments
2021-04-08 13:00 - 14:00 | IL, United States
Moderator: Tiffany Tolbert, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Panelists: Jaime Rivera , Sherry Williams, Joi Boose, Elsie Hector Hernandez
Monuments and memorials frame our built environment in Chicago, both reflecting and impacting our civic life. Concern over which figures are memorialized is not new. However, over the past year the global pandemic and racial justice movements shed further light on deeply entrenched racism and discrimination which have been normalized in the fabric of our society. The Chicago Monuments Committee arose as a response, and opportunities now exist for the public to weigh in. Discover the complex legacies certain monuments embody, and foster a deeper understanding of why some communities are deeply impacted by their presence while others remain oblivious. Panelists will also discuss alternative strategies of enlivening our public spaces.

New Frontiers in Digitization: Amplifying Stories
2021-04-08 18:00 - 19:00 | IL, United States
Moderator: Laurence Anthonie Taumpag, Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago
Panelists: Kate Flynn, Jorge Felix, Halyna Sarancha
Over the past two decades museum and archives professionals have been inundated with rallying cries to digitize, digitize, digitize. But digitized collections do not constitute an end, in and of themselves. Participants in this session will learn how to activate their digital collections through the Chicago Collections Consortium’s EXPLORE Portal. Panelists will share their experience with digitizing collections, generating metadata, and sharing digital collections with the public utilizing EXPLORE. Discover novel methods of leveraging digital collections in your effort to amplify your stories in public and educational forums through this session. Thanks to Illinois Humanities for their generous support of the Stories of Im/Migration: Chicago collaboration with the Chicago Collections Consortium.

Strategies for Local Advocacy in the Arts
2021-04-09 10:00 - 11:00 | IL, United States
Moderator: Jonathan VanderBrug, Arts Alliance Illinois
Panelist: Ben Lau, Ahmed Flex Omar, Gabriela Juarez
Advocacy is critical to organizational sustainability. It is imperative that non-profit leaders, especially those working in the cultural sector, foster strong working relationships with their local representatives, including alder-people, officials in chambers of commerce, and visitors’ bureaus. Learn some of the effective strategies others in the non-profit sector have developed for advocacy and build strong working relationships with your local representatives in order to be a more effective champion for your community.

The Significance of Community Gardens
2021-04-09 13:00 - 14:00 | IL, United States
Moderator: Tony Pena, Chicago Botanic Garden
Panelists:Sherry Williams, Michael Howard, Mario Longoni, Mattie Wilson, Angela Taylor and Johnnie Owens
A panel of community stakeholders, urban agriculturalists, and environmental anthropologists will discuss the significance of community gardens in the wake of COVID-19. Community gardens are a source of wellness and are especially pertinent to local engagement with the great outdoors. Each panelist in this session is creatively utilizing community gardens to address neighborhood needs and will be sharing their work, as well as tips and suggestions for those interested in getting involved or starting their own garden.

Intersections in Art and Educational Curriculum
2021-04-09 18:00 - 19:00 | IL, United States
Moderator: William Estrada, Artist and Educator, Chicago Public Schools and UIC
Panelists: Carlos Bossard, Kay Kihwa Rho, Julia deBettencourt, Helena Swanson-Nystrom, Robin Koelsch
Learn the most effective strategies for crafting an educational curriculum that will harness your cultural insight and share your community’s stories with Chicagoland youth. William Estrada educator, artist, and specialist in arts education curriculum development will highlight the Alliance’s Cultural Heritage Curriculum Incubator program (CHCI), and offer advice pertaining to curriculum development. This session offers new insight on sharing educational content and programs with educators at Chicago Public Schools.

Trivia Night
2021-04-09 19:30 - 20:30 | IL, United States
Let’s all gather together for a bit of fun to lift a glass and celebrate the cultural sector!

Join us for trivia night!
With much gratitude to our co-hosts, the amazing team at DANK Haus for bringing their spirit of adventure and knowledge of trivia to the table. Trivia Night will involve questions pertaining to cultural heritage in Chicago, our Members, and local art and histories. Register below for a night of fun and thrills and prizes as we celebrate Activating Heritage.
Register for Trivia Night!

Virtual Yoga Livestreamed from Garfield Park Conservatory
2021-04-10 04:00 - 05:00, 2021-04-17 04:00 - 05:00, 2021-04-24 04:00 - 05:00, 2021-05-01 04:00 - 05:00, 2021-05-08 04:00 - 05:00, 2021-05-15 04:00 - 05:00, 2021-05-22 04:00 - 05:00, 2021-05-29 04:00 - 05:00 and 8 more dates | Garfield Park Conservatory
Join us for this one-hour virtual yoga session from the comforts of your own home with the Conservatory as the background. Pre-registration is required so we can send you a link to join, and space is limited. Registration closes at 10:00am when the session begins. Automated live captioning is available. This class is free but we welcome donations to help offset programming costs.

Virtual Pysanka Workshops (Ukrainian Easter Egg)
2021-04-10 05:00 - 08:00, 2021-04-17 05:00 - 08:00 | IL, United States
We are excited to once again announce the
Pysanky (Easter Egg) Workshops
at the Ukrainian National Museum.
This year we offer them online via Zoom!
Class schedule from10:00 am to 1:00 p.m.
Hurry and select a date which best suits you. Take note of the deadline.
· Saturday, April 3 – Registration deadline March 22, 2021
· Saturday, April 10 – Registration deadline March 29, 2021
· Saturday, April 17– Registration deadline April 3, 2021
Open for US residents only due to required workshop kit mailing

COST: $35 per person, includes a complete kit (with dyes, wax, kistka), detailed instructions, preparation timeline and brochure. All items will be mailed directly to you once you have registered and paid for the workshop. You must register by the deadline to allow time for mailing the kit.
Registrant requirements: computer with audio and camera capabilities, reliable internet connection, web browser a valid email address and an egg. go to https://ukrainiannationalmuseum.z2systems.com/np/clients/ukrainiannationalmuseum/eventRegistration.jsp?event=8& to register o for any questions call 312.421.8020 or email admin@ukrainiannationalmuseum.org.

Archiving Cook County
2021-04-10 10:00 - 11:00 | IL, United States
Presenter: Skyla Hearn, Cook County Historic Archives
The Cook County Historic Archives and Records Office (CARO) is responsible for compiling local governmental records, past and present, in Cook County, as well as preserving the history of our region, and explaining the role the county played in the growth and development of the region, state, and nation. The documents compiled at CARO underscore the significance of each Cook County agency, providing a greater understanding for residents of the importance of these agencies in the County government. CARO also offers greater access to historically significant records. Learn from the CARO Manager of Archives, Skyla S. Hearn about this new and amazing resource and how it will benefit Chicago’s cultural landscape.

Introduction to Digital Outreach & Hybridization
2021-04-10 13:00 - 14:00 | IL, United States
Presented by: Jeremy Bucher and Cairo Dye, National Hellenic Museum
National Hellenic Museum staff will discuss the various means of digital outreach they have employed during the pandemic to encourage continued engagement and expand audiences. They will discuss the benefits of generating online content as a means to engage with wider and more diverse audiences by removing barriers of geographic and financial accessibility. They will also discuss several low-cost tools institutions may use to further digital outreach and hybridize their audience experience.

Copyright and Collections
2021-06-24 15:00 - 16:00 | IL, United States
Copyright and Collections – Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Date: Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm CST
Join the Chicago Cultural Alliance and Lawyers for the Creative Arts for a discussion the copyright principles that govern the reproduction and display of artistic works, particularly as they impact museums and cultural institutions. Our legal and industry experts will address the legal frameworks that protect artistic expression, the limitations of those protections, and practical concerns that museums and cultural institutions should consider as they strive to make art accessible to all during, and after, a global pandemic.
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Stories of COVID-19 Era Resilience
2021-07-03 13:00 - 14:00 | IL, United States
Moderator: Cairo Dye, National Hellenic Museum
Panelists: James Deutsch, Jacob Campbell, Madeleine Tudor, Alicia Zeimet
How does one go about documenting a series of global events which not only impacted one community, but rocked the entire world? How might the process of museum collecting and storytelling create opportunities for reflection, solidarity, and healing? Learn how the Smithsonian Folklife Digital Magazine, Field Museum of Natural History Pandemic Collection Committee, and Chicago Cultural Alliance Stories of Arts Resilience project are leveraging community engagement, oral history, storytelling, and the generation of art in order to offer novel approaches toward museum collecting and documentation of the pandemic.

Justice-Minded Movements in Funding
2021-07-04 10:00 - 11:00 | IL, United States
Moderator: Ellen Placey, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

Panelists: Meg Leary, Marcia Festen, Susan Dickson

Charitable organizations and arts foundations have been impacted by the global pandemic and have sought to modify their funding strategies in order to provide much needed support and relief. Learn how the global pandemic and racial justice movements over the past year have impacted their funding strategies and what grant options might be available for your organization. With opportunities for Q&A this is as much an opportunity for grantors to learn from participants as it will be for the latter to explore funding options.
