June’s event with JC Rivera was held at the beautiful Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in Hyde Park. In addition to hearing JC’s wisdom on June’s theme of Survival, attendees got to collaborate with the Bear Champ artist on canvases prior to his presentation. Later, everyone in attendance had a chance to win one of the canvases. 

Making June’s event extra special, we were also joined by students and instructors from After School Matters and Chicago Public Schools Career and Technical Education. 

Check out highlights shared by attendees below!

Some great life + creative advice from the bear champ himself, “roll with the punches.” Thanks for the inspiring @chicago_cm talk, @jcrivera! 🥊

A post shared by Cristina Vanko (@cristinavanko) on Jun 23, 2017 at 10:20am PDT

.@JcRivera’s Advice for #artists? Network. Help each other out. Find consistency to brand yourself if you want to be recognized #CMChi

— Lisa Vahn (@MaskofSilence) June 23, 2017

A man and his 🐻 - #bearchamp #creativemornings #cmchi #uchicago

A post shared by Danyelle Sage (@ellieismycat) on Jun 23, 2017 at 7:04am PDT

Keep on rolling with the punches @jcrivera! Great work! #cmchi

A post shared by Chad Griffin (@chadwgriffin) on Jun 23, 2017 at 2:54pm PDT

Raffel time for the @jcrivera and #creativemornings #chicago audience collaboration pieces. #cmsurvival

A post shared by Neftali Morales (@gorilao) on Jun 23, 2017 at 9:08am PDT

✨🎈Exciting morning @chicago_cm ! #chicago_cm #survival #creativemornings #jcrivera #balloons #raffletime

A post shared by - (@dltandrea) on Jun 23, 2017 at 3:22pm PDT

Raffel time for the @jcrivera and #creativemornings #chicago audience collaboration pieces. #cmsurvival

A post shared by Neftali Morales (@gorilao) on Jun 23, 2017 at 9:08am PDT