Jenna Murfin writes
Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs is conducting its 2011 Creative Chicago Survey, which invites creative practitioners who live and work in Chicago to describe who they are and what they need to thrive, including specific space and business assistance information.
This information will help the City determine policies and programs to support its Creative Sector, and be shared with interested organizations, research and advocacy efforts. The Creative Chicago Survey is unique because it invites the creative community to opt-in and define itself, rather than working from a pre-determined list.
To have the greatest impact, their goal is to hear from all creative people who live and/or work in Chicago. Who is a creative? An artist or an architect, a chef or DJ, a member of a church choir or a fashion designer, a teaching artist or playwright, an arts administrator or a filmmaker, a knitter or an industrial designer. Not just professional artists, but every person who engages in a creative practice as their job or their hobby is considered “a creative.”
Click here to take the survey, in Spanish or English, from Friday, February 4th to Friday, February 25th.
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Jenna Murfin writes
Peter Andreadis is a multi-talented Chicago-area musician and person. He resides in the Lincoln Square area where he finds occasional inspiration for and distraction from his various musical and professional pursuits. As a member of the local hot-rock band, Baby Teeth (www.babyteethmusic.com), he drums like he means it. In his role as auteur of all things All City Affairs (his “solo” project), he writes songs, gathers talented musicians and produces a wide array of music, which is corralled at www.allcityaffairsmusic.com. He started a music blog a few months back at www.acawriteoff.wordpress.com where he treads in “covers” country. Having been a fan of many of these pursuits for a number of years, I was pleased to conduct the following “email interview” with him.
What sort of formal, if any, musical training have you had?
I took guitar lessons starting when I was 11 and that was the first musical instrument I picked up. I started singing in choir around that time too, cause that was in middle school. Then, in college I had ear training, piano, choir, and music theory in addition to sound recording classes. I got my degree in sound.
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