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Greetings,

The Institute For Arts Entrepreneurship (www.theiae.com) would
like to invite you and your readership to the following events
that I have attached to this email; the Flourish Artisan
Program Speaker Series and the ING DIRECT USA Create Innovate
Repeat Networking event. Please let me know if you have any
questions.

Thanks!

Robin Fischer - Senior Event Coordinator
www.prchicago.com // 309.299.1781


For immediate release
Contact:
Tari Fraim, Flourish Studios
312.259.8114
tari@icanflourish.com

Marcy Manning, PR Chicago
847.398.1388
marcy@prchicago.com



Non-Profit Minded Artist Builds Success in a For-Profit Business

Being a non-profit mind in a for-profit business seems
counterproductive, but local artist Jessey Jansen has found
that taking a benevolent approach to her work has actually made
her business more successful in a time when building a new
brand is tougher than ever.

Flourish Studios, in conjunction with the Institute For Arts
Entrepreneurship™, is pleased to continue the Flourish Artisan
Program Speaker Series with Chicago-based arts entrepreneur
Jessey Jansen. Jessey will be appearing at Flourish Studios on
Thursday June 10th at 7 pm to speak on the subject of how to
launch a for-profit arts business by embracing non-profits and
social issues.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Jessey is
the creator of the Little Ladies of the World product line and
MyPOP, a touring exhibit of two-dimensional art that tackles
some of the contemporary issues surrounding poverty. Both
campaigns utilize art and design as a catalyst for positive
social change, a mission that has led her Little Lady Studio to
partner with the humanitarian organization CARE as a way of
giving back to the community as she continues to expand the
reach of her brands and business.

Jessey has been a self-employed creative mind in one form or
another since 2000 and will speak about how she effectively
sustained a profitable business by embracing the non-profit
causes that were most important to her. In a year and a half,
she has leveraged the social community to not only build a
brand from scratch, but achieve the personal fulfillment of
doing good, proving that being a successful entrepreneur
doesn't mean having to compromise your values and integrity in
pursuit of the elusive dollar. She will share her story and
the lessons that she learned along the way, which might help
likeminded artists and business owners.

The Flourish Artisan Program is a new initiative that offers
visual artists low-cost space rental on Flourish's high-end
retail floor and provides them a brick and mortar home as they
build their arts business. Participants in the program receive
exclusive access to resources and training, such as the co- sponsored speaker series, which continues monthly.

As co-sponsors of the event, the Institute For Arts
Entrepreneurship continues to spread awareness on the issues
and possibilities surrounding arts entrepreneurship in Chicago.
The IAE is currently offering a slate of summer intensives
designed for artists of all disciplines to get out of their
comfort zone and learn bite-sized pieces of business know-how
to help steer their ideas in the right direction. Applications
are also currently available for the two-year program, which
starts in January 2011.

This event is free for participants of the Artisan Program and
$10 for the general public. Flourish Studios is located at
3020 N Lincoln Ave. For more information on the Flourish
Artisan Program Speaker Series or to reserve a seat, visit www. ICanFlourish.com or call 773.281.8140. For more information on
the Institute For Arts Entrepreneurship's programs and other
events, visit www.TheIAE.com or call 773-256-2163.

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For immediate release
Contact:
Toni Antonetti, PR Chicago, 847-949-0097, toni@prchicago.com Marcy Manning, PR Chicago, 847-398-1388, marcy@prchicago.com



ING DIRECT USA to Host
Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship’s
Create. Innovate. Repeat. Networking Event

ING DIRECT USA will host Create. Innovate. Repeat., a
networking event for artists and entrepreneurs sponsored by the
Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship on Thursday, June 10 from 7- 9 pm at its Chicago Café at 21 E. Chestnut Street. The event
is free of charge; refreshments will be served.

Brief presentations will be interspersed with opportunities for
entrepreneurs and artists to meet and exchange ideas and
creative concepts.

“If you’re an artist who would like to learn how to earn a
living from your artistry, or an entrepreneur who would like to
launch or build on an arts-based business, Create. Innovate.
Repeat., can help provide the inspiration and contacts you need
to move forward,” says Lisa Canning, founder of the Institute
for Arts Entrepreneurship.

Artists and entrepreneurs presenting include:

Don Adams is the CEO of Dale Carnegie Training Chicago, which
offers business traini
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