Creative Canvas Productions

01/01/2025

Cheers to new opportunities and collaborations.

10/01/2024

We're excited to have them back with us at

Meet One Of Our RETURNING Food Truck Vendors: Banh Mi Brothers.

BanhMi is an iconic sandwich to the Vietnamese culture as hamburgers are to America. A hybrid of French-Vietnamese food that consists of warm crusty bread, a protein, and accompanied by homemade mayo, cucumber, crunchy pickled daikon and carrot, hot chilies, and topped with refreshing cucumber and herbs!

Who doesn't love a good sandwich?

Banh Mi Brothers consists of two brothers who are excited to share their love of this classic, must-try, street food with Charlotte. The essence of their food is simple and delicious, utilizing high-quality ingredients and lots of love.

Join us at NoDa Brewing Company's North End location, 150 W 32nd Street, Charlotte, NC 28206 on Saturday, October 19th, and Sunday, October 20th from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm each day for our FREE-to-attend, family and wheelchair-friendly festival.

is produced by Creative Canvas Productions LLC with sponsorship support from NoDa Brewing Company Eventful Expressions NPC Jerry's Artarama Retail Stores - Charlotte, NC Arts+ and Redwood Living - Harris Houston Road.

09/19/2024

Dear Artists:
We have 8 Artist Vendor spaces inside the NoDa Brewing Company North End Pavilion, just for you during the 3rd Annual Charlotte Chalk Art Festival on Saturday, October 19th.
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You bring your 3' to 6' table, chairs, and your Small Artworks for this One Day opportunity. Read the application for more details about the type of artwork.
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The 3rd Annual Charlotte Chalk Art Festival takes place on Saturday, October 19th, and Sunday, October 20th, from 12pm to 5pm each day at 150 W 32nd Street, Charlotte, NC 28206.
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Our EVENTENY portal is the ONLY place you can apply for all offerings.
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09/19/2024

Calling All Chalk Art Artists Ages 12-17 (individual or teams of up to 3) & 18+!

We welcome all artists who want to compete in our Charlotte Chalk Art Festival Chalk Art Competition.

Cash Prizes are awarded to the winners of each category. You must apply by October 6th.

Our EVENTENY Portal is the ONLY place you'll find our applications. You can use the link in our bio/profile for easy access.

takes place Saturday, October 19th, and Sunday, October 20th from 12 pm to 5pm each day at NoDa Brewing Company North End, 150 W 32nd Street, Charlotte, NC 28206.

Don't wait until the deadline. Apply Today!

07/02/2024

Bridget B Sullivan is putting the Executive Director hat back on! 🎩

In 2023, Eventful Expressions NPC was founded as a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to creating engaging festivals and educational events that foster community connections.

The first initiative supported the expansion of the Annual Charlotte Chalk Art Festival (CCAF), a project we created and will continue to produce.

The goal is to enhance Eventful Expressions NPC's impact as a community builder, uniting individuals to celebrate creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity.

This role presents an opportunity to assemble a team of passionate individuals, including Advisory Board Members and ad hoc committee members, to support this year's festival in October and shape programming for 2025 and beyond.

🌟 Bridget will continue to serve a small number of clients as an event producer, with capacity for two more. 🌟

The remaining capacity allows her to combine events industry expertise with a fresh approach, focusing on innovative ways to support communities.

Resharpening her non-profit skills in this way will also allow her to serve more people and make a much more meaningful difference.

06/06/2024

Do you have a Small Business Center near you?

I stumbled upon the Central Piedmont Small Business Center back in 2014 during my WordPress learning and Charlotte Tech networking days.

Did you know Central Piedmont Community College's Small Business Center "provides the local business community tuition-based courses, a non-degree certificate program, networking events, free seminars, no-cost counseling, and a business resource library."

Last year, I was fortunate to take the Equity In Contracting course facilitated by Edwards,, MPA of Civility Localized.

This certification program was presented by the center in collaboration with Wells Fargo's funding.

It's another gift that keeps on giving, and I'm for the opportunity to sign up for a new headshot.

05/17/2024

Some clients just need a pa system for their events, and we're happy to assist them with the basics.

Using smaller portable systems like this one allows us to create an affordable package offering for indoor and outdoor events.

Thank you to Erayna Sargent, owner of Hooky Wellness, for the opportunity to service your audio production and technical support needs.

This Catch Your Breath event was held in collaboration with the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance Foundation.

📸 Bridget B Sullivan, Nix & a Hooky Wellness team member. 📸

05/10/2024

Happy National Small Business Day!

Join me in Celebrating the self-employed and those with startups. Appreciating individuals with big ideas and the drive to make them come true. Applauding the small businesses run by individuals with true grit and heart who willed themselves to succeed.

Cheers to all the Small Business Owners, and especially the ones I've had the great pleasure of spending quality time with or worked with directly. 😁

05/09/2024

The Charlotte Chalk Art Festival Registration Portal for Food & Beverage Vendor Applications is Now Open.

Use the Link In Our Bio or this one: https://www.eventeny.com/events/vendor/?id=19043

We look forward to reviewing your application.

05/03/2024

The Charlotte Chalk Art Festival Registration Portal for Artisans & Exhibitors is Now Open.

EARLY BIRD price available until July 1st. Use the Link In the festival bio

We look forward to reviewing your application.

04/29/2024

Our Charlotte Chalk Art Festival Vendor Application goes live on our Eventeny page starting 🌟May 2nd🌟. A link to the applications will be in our bio on that day.
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We'll have Early Bird Rates, so keep an eye on our social media posts and turn on notifications.
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We are the creators and producers of . Our sponsors include:
➡️ NoDa Brewing Company North End, our Venue Sponsor.
➡️ Eventful Expressions NPC, our 501c3 Fiscal Sponsor.
➡️ Jerrys Artarama Charlotte, our Chalk Sponsor.
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03/30/2024

Our 🔦 Women's History Month Spotlight continues with Sonya Carey, CEO of The Animation Lounge.

Sonya is a glass ceiling breaker in the male-dominated world of animation, where she became an expert compositor and a pipeline specialist.

Her technical animation credits include Disney's "The Princess and the Frog", "The Proud Family Movie", and even "Winnie the Pooh".

"Born in London and raised in Jamaica and then Canada, Sonya’s worldly and diverse upbringing has fueled her creativity."

"In college, she majored in Drama and began to shape her career as a technical artist focusing on lighting and sound. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles and took an interest in animation. She taught herself and then landed her first job as a compositor on the “Ren and Stimpy” show, and her career took off from there. Which included running her own animation studio, Portfolio Entertainment."

Now, with her 25+ "years of experience at the top of the animation industry as an artist and producer, Sonya is sharing her knowledge through teaching."

"Carey is the founder and lead trainer of The Animation Lounge, where she helps aspiring animators refine their skills and prepares them to work in professional studio settings."

"One of the films she produced: We Imagine…. Us: The Animated Series – Ep. 1 “Anahí’s Story”, takes a look at the positive side of immigration and what the world would be like if we embraced immigrants."

"This film honors Sonya’s father, who was turned away from most jobs when they first immigrated to Canada. He ultimately found his own way to support a multitude of family members around the world with his big blue taxi."

"The film was made by a talented team of black, underemployed artists and production crew that Sonya mentors."

Excerpts: Creators For The Culture ( 📸 ) & Industrial Brothers Artist Profile

03/20/2024

Our 🔦 Women's History Month Spotlight continues with Anca Platon Anca Platon Trifan, CMP, DES, WMEP, a founder, dynamic CEO, creator, & event producer of , a company integrating Futuristic AV Production, Innovative AI Technology, Thriving Audiences, & Empowered Teams to transform event experiences.

She started in Radio while growing up in Romania & "taught herself about equipment and programming all through college."

Anca moved to the U.S. & focused her learning on AV production. She attended training in New Jersey on a scholarship & even coiled cables for a while.

A move to the West Coast afforded her an opportunity to work at a production company where she learned everything she could "by organizing the warehouse and creating a system for checking equipment in and out and quality testing it.

In "A Band of Female Event Producers", an Industry News article posted on Smart Meetings online publication, Anca said; “I learned about the gear before I ever had a chance to use it in a production setting,”

She also said; “I had to teach myself a lot of things because no one else would teach me..."

During her journey, while living in LA, she found herself "mixing live sound for A-lister celebrities like Corinne Bailey Rae, Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg, and the legendary Michael Jackson, just to name-drop a few."

After burnout, she reinvented herself by "diving into the corporate and fundraising scene in Portland, OR and went on to launch her company,Tree-Fan Events, a woman-owned boutique event production agency."

Reaching back to her radio days, she now hosts & and produces the Events: demystified podcast, which opened up several doors of opportunity.

She also nurtures "two incredible communities: Women Behind The Scenes in Events (prod + tech) and Fit Mindful Mavens with a mission to "empower event professionals with the tools and knowledge necessary to thrive, mentally and physically, no matter how challenging the event cycle might be."

📸 Smart Meetings/Excerpts: Smart Meetings & Event Planner News

03/19/2024

Did you know?

Our lead motion graphics designer, Melvin, is also an artist, and you can see more of his work on Instagram or on his artist website, ArtByMelvinDNix.com.

Now you do.

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03/15/2024

Our 🔦 Women's History Month Spotlight continues with one of the first Black Women Animators.

Brenda Banks "blazed a quiet trail through the animation world, building up an impressive resume in an industry where few Black women had succeeded before."

"She started her career as an animator for DePatie-Freleng in the early 1970s, working on a pair of Flip Wilson TV specials and Dr. Seuss’ The Hoober-Bloob Highway (1975).

Brenda was the head animator of the goons in the Ralph Bakshi movie Wizards (1977), animated for Lord of The Rings (1978), and served as a character layout artist on The Simpsons and King of the Hill, and animated for Daffy Duck's Quackbusters in 1988."

"Whatever studio she found herself at, be it Hanna-Barbera or Warner Bros., Banks was remembered for her kindness and humor. Many also described her as quiet — shy, even — and immensely talented. She animated well and fast.

She was never interviewed.

Brenda Banks died in December of 2020

Excerpts from Cartoon Brew. 📷 Animation Magazine

03/11/2024

🔦 Women's History Month Spotlight.🔦

Carolyn E. Howell, President and CEO of USA, has been a "highly visible and well-respected member of the events industry for over two decades."

Her company "creates and produces unique events and experiences that allow her clients to recognize, reward, and retain the valuable talent that they employ."

"Carolyn has been the creative energy behind more than 2,600 successful events ranging from company outings, team building events, employee appreciation events, client appreciation experiences, executive board retreats, conferences, meetings, formal receptions, and more."

Recognized most recently as an International SHE Awards Honoree - Ladies In Business, Dubai, UAE, and an ICABA Women of Impact Honoree, Carolyn also serves on numerous boards.

This week, we celebrate Carolyn E. Howell, a seasoned events industry professional, during Women's History Month.

📷: https://eventsusa.com
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03/07/2024

🔦 Our first Women's History Month Spotlight.

We're shining the light on a woman in animation we've seen rise through the ranks of this male-dominated field.

Sze Jones is a Character Creation Pipeline Specialist for video games and cinematics.

She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts, majoring in Computer Graphics at William Paterson University. To further her art studies, she attended numerous local art schools and workshops including the School of Visual Arts, Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Gnomon School of Special Effects, and Otis College early in her career.

Best known for creating iconic heroine characters for some of the interactive industry’s best-selling titles, Sze was the character modeling supervisor and senior artist at where she implemented and managed the character modeling pipeline for eight years.

Notable characters she created include Lara Croft for Tomb Raider Underworld; Beatrice for Dante Inferno; Anders and Sebrina for Halo Wars; Twilek, Jedi Consular and Bounty Hunter for Star Wars: The Old Republic; Dark Elf Sorceress for Warhammer: The Age of Reckoning; Emmera, Lyra and Cabalist for Hellgate London; Keira for The Age of Conan; and more.

Some past projects include SpongeBob SquarePants in 3D; a Shania Twain Music Video; Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas, and a Coca-Cola Commercial.

Sze loves teaching and her wish is to inspire others and share insights and knowledge from her personal creative experience as an animation professional and artist whose work depicts the mystical realm of her imagination offering up a serene visual experience.

Text Excerpts from her Deviant Art bio. Photo from Facebook 2017.