Welcome to Urban Gateways

For over 45 years, educators, parents, administrators and students have relied on the services of Urban Gateways to enhance a student's educational experience by helping them discover the arts. Through our Artist in Residence programs, our Touring and Matinee Performances, and our custom-designed special projects, Urban Gateways teaches children, their teachers and their parents the value of arts in education.

We believe the skills developed and knowledge acquired through arts study – observing a subject matter, working within it, studying its social, historical, and humanistic context, and analyzing and critiquing it - directly apply to, and directly improve, other courses of study and other aspects of the student’s life.

At Urban Gateways, our mission is to improve the quality of a child’s life by incorporating the arts into all levels of education for aesthetic, cultural, and personal development; to ensure that children have equitable access the arts; and to serve as an arts education resource both for the Chicago metropolitan area and the nation at large.

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Urban Gateways 205 W. Randolph, Suite 1700 Chicago IL 60606 312-922-0440