First things first: Julie Schumacher might be one of the most fantastic people I have met in the last couple of years. There are those people who you can talk to at length about absolutely anything and everything and be completely rapt in the conversation and Julie is one of those people. She is smart, […]
Read moreThis month, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Erik Jensen, 3D artist and animator and longtime freelancer. Five years ago, when Jensen decided to take the jump and move to our fair city of Chicago, he unwittingly took the jump into full time freelance as well. “The job market wasn’t that great. I […]
Read moreKayce Alltop is a Chicago voice over artist, voice over demo creator, improviser, teacher, and the list goes on. “If I’m ever filling out a form and it asks for my career,” Alltop says, “I always just put ‘Performer.’ It’s easier and it’s my favorite thing I do.” While more people probably understand what […]
Read moreMeet Alison Kuczwara, a full-service, one-woman design and branding studio. On her own, Kuczwara is a graphic designer, but her love of working directly with her clients and their trust in her gave her the opportunity to grow her solo operation into something more: a complete studio. “I started leaning towards the studio side of […]
Read moreBrad Kemp is a freelance music director in Chicago. For those who don’t understand what that is, it’s fine, he encounters that a lot. Ever been to an improv or sketch show with a piano accompaniment? That’s a music director. “If I have to make the Laura Hall reference, I will,” says Kemp, “because that’s […]
Read more