August Calendar
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Inspiring Found-Object Art by Jane Perkins
Inspiring Found-Object Art by Jane Perkins At Catalyst Ranch, Chicago’s first unconventional meeting venue, we love re-purposed art and furniture! Stroll around the Ranch and you’ll see classic lamp stands with modern lampshades, tea tins from around the globe that have turned into pen holders, and re-painted picture frames embellished with beads and trinkets. There is [...]
Ranch Hand Spotlight: Adrienne Catlett
Catalyst Ranch, Chicago’s most creative meeting venue, is staffed by a incredible team of quirky characters known as Ranch Hands. Creative individuals are drawn to Catalyst Ranch’s colorful workspace, diverse clientele, and co-workers of similar sensibility. Ranch Hand Spotlight is an occasional blog series that invites you to take a sneak peek behind the scenes at the [...]
February Giveaway Prize – The Artist Magnetic Poetry
Here at Catalyst Ranch, we like to give away a unique prize every month to one lucky Ranch visitor! We're just generous like that! We provide toys, puzzles, and games in our meeting rooms to help clients ignite their imaginations and have the most productive offsite meeting ever! Sometimes the giveaway prize is an inspiring book [...]
The Art Institute of Chicago & Catalyst Ranch present Art-Work
Greyed Rainbow by Jackson Pollack, 1953 For the next few weeks, we are spotlighting a variety of our partner vendors and meeting enhancements to give you a taste of who you’ll meet at the second annual Creative Meeting Carnival at Catalyst Ranch on February 23! Today, please welcome Brendan Sullivan! Mr. Sullivan is a corporate creativity coach who helps organizational teams, [...]
#5 in our 12 Days of Creative Inspiration
Who hasn't wanted to be a monster for a day? We know we have, which is only part of the reason we love these insane knitted monster masks from Brutal Knitting, which we spotted over at Nerdcore. Brutal Knitting, also known as Tracy Widdess, does “creepy sci fi and horror-inspired custom knitting” of all kinds, but [...]
3 Cool Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
Chicago’s Catalyst Ranch is proud to be a green meeting venue! First of all, we love vintage furnishings as you can see once you step off the elevator! Eva, Ranch Czarina, and many of our creative Ranch Hands have a knack for beautifully re-purposing what others might throw away. By looking at things in a different [...]
Using a Highly Interactive Retreat to Launch a Transformation
Welcome back guest bloggers Jackie Sloane and Anil Saxena! Ms. Sloane and Mr. Saxena provide coaching, consulting and training to enhance clients’ abilities in engaging others and producing results through relationships. They will be sharing their process in an interactive seminar, Leading the Transformational Retreat, on Monday, May 19 at 3:00 pm at Catalyst Ranch. What shift are [...]
Pressed for Time? Creative Routines to Maximize Productivity
“I wish I had more time!” “I’m so swamped.” “Ain’t nobody got time for that!” How often do you hear phrases like that? Or express them yourself? Time, or the lack thereof, can cause a lot of stress. In a recent staff meeting at Catalyst Ranch, our Operations Manager, John Leen, led us through a series [...]
Inspiring Found-Object Art by Jane Perkins
At Catalyst Ranch, Chicago’s first unconventional meeting venue, we love re-purposed art and furniture! Stroll around the Ranch and you’ll see classic lamp stands with modern lampshades, tea tins from around the globe that have turned into pen holders, and re-painted picture frames embellished with beads and trinkets. There is plenty of vintage furniture that has [...]