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Archives for January 2010
January 21, 2010 :: Press Releases, Urban Gateways News
UG Launches Blog Focused on Arts Education & its Impact
Blog Features Experiences of Six Chicago-area Teaching Artists
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS –Urban Gateways: Center for Arts Education is launching a blog to bring attention to the importance of arts education. The blog, entitled Urban Gateways Artists Wired (www.ugartistswired.typepad.com), features six Urban Gateways’ teaching artists, who will post regularly about their experiences in Chicago-area classrooms.
“We want to chronicle their journey with the students, in hopes of drawing attention to the importance of the work these professional artists do and the impact they have on the children, on the schools and on the communities where they work,” said Julie F. Simpson, Urban Gateways Executive Director.
Founded almost 50 years ago, Urban Gateways is one of the largest and most comprehensive arts education organizations in the country. Each year, the organization provides in- and out-of-school programming in the literary, performing, media and visual arts to more than 100,000 young people in the Chicago-area.
Read more »January 20, 2010 :: Urban Gateways News
NBC Nightly News To Feature MusicianCorps
Urban Gateways and Music National Service want to thank NBC Nightly News Correspondent John Yang and Producer Stephanie Himango - who came out to do a feature story on MusicianCorps, the new "musical Peace Corps" launched by Music National Service in four cities nationwide and being managed in Chicago by Urban Gateways.
The NBC crew visited two of Chicago's seven MusicianCorps fellows: Cyndy Fike and her students in an after-school music program at Russell Square Park, and Vernon Lloyd and the students in his Davis Square Park Band.
We don't know when the story will air, but we will keep you updated. In the meantime, here are some pics and video of the NBC shoot.
Read more »January 13, 2010 :: In The Classroom, Urban Gateways News
In the Classroom at Andersen School
Inside the Classroom is a new monthly feature created to give you an up-close look at Urban Gateways Teaching Artists in action. Each month, we’ll take you inside a different Chicago-area classroom, introduce you to the Urban Gateways Teaching Artist who is working there, and share with you the experiences of the teaching artist and their students.
A classroom at Anderson School is buzzing with two dozen fifth graders – they’re out of their seats, talking, laughing, and moving around the room. Not necessarily the picture of a well-behaved class. But Urban Gateways Teaching Artist Jennifer Green wouldn’t have it any other way.
From the middle of the room, she suddenly shouts, “You’re in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Within seconds, the room is silent, each child frozen in a pose – some are marching in a band, some are waving to people lining the streets, others are desperately trying to hold on to giant balloons floating high above their heads. A classroom full of kids who are not sitting quietly at their desks – yet fully focused and engaged, and also having fun.
Read more »January 11, 2010 :: Media Mentions
Chicago Tonight - MusicianCorps
WTTW's Chicago Tonight featured a segment about Musiciancorps, the new "musical Peace Corps" launched by Music National Service in four cities nationwide and being managed in Chicago by Urban Gateways. They interview Chicago MusicianCorps Fellow Vernon Lloyd and Urban Gateways Executive Director Julie Simpson. Watch Video>>
January 1, 2010 :: Media Mentions
Urban Gateways Brings an Arts International Exchange Program to Auburn Gresham
Greater A-G Devel. Corp.
Auburn Gresham had an opportunity to work alongside multiple traveling teaching artists. Grace Gachocha, Maia Morgan and Shawn Wallace participated in an exchange program that allowed both artists to share their experiences through a final production entitled "You Feel Me?"
January 1, 2010 :: Media Mentions
Urban Gateways Launches Arts Education Blog Featuring Local Artists
Urban Gateways Launches Arts Education Blog Featuring Local Artists
1/1/2010
It’s an article that focuses on Urban Gateways new blog entitled "Urban Gateways Artists Wired" which gives firsthand accounts of the teaching artist’s experiences during the program.