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Archives for September 2009
September 29, 2009 :: Media Mentions
Non-Profits work in harmony to provide arts programs for CPS students
Medill Reports
9/29/2009
This is just a look into how non-profit organizations are collaborating and working together to find the financial means to provide arts programs and shows in public schools such as Kenwood.
September 22, 2009 :: Press Releases
Urban Gateways Launches MusicianCorps Program in Chicago
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS –Urban Gateways: Center for Arts Education will announce the Chicago launch of the national MusicianCorps program on Tuesday, September 22 at 6:00 p.m., as part of an all-ages concert event and launch party in Homan Square Park, 3559 W. Arthington.
MusicianCorps is a “musical Peace Corps” that gained national recognition through the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act signed by President Barack Obama in April 2009. In its first year, MusicanCorps is being piloted in four cities: Chicago, New Orleans, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. Nationally the program is managed by the service organization Music National Service (MNS), which is headed up by CEO & Founder Kiff Gallagher, a successful musician and national service veteran who served in the Clinton White House and on the Obama campaign’s National Arts Policy Committee. In Chicago, the MuscianCorps program will be managed locally by Urban Gateways, a non-profit that has worked to provide Chicago-area children with equitable access to the arts since 1961.