Our Top Picks of 2015
Our annual January post reflecting on our (very subjectively) favorite blogs of the previous year is always a fun opportunity for reflection, and in this case, it brings to light […]
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World Weavers 2015: Finding Stories in Textiles
December at Urban Gateways means the end of another fiscal year, the close of many fall arts programs, time off to rest and reflect…and as of last year, it also
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Randolph Elementary’s After-School Trifecta
After-school artist residency programs at Randolph provided 5th through 8th grade students with access to three different arts experiences: vocal music, African dance, and percussion.
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The Children of Willesden Lane: Thoughts from Our Audience
From October 28-30, Urban Gateways welcomed 6,200 Chicago students and teachers representing 45 schools and 27 zip codes to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance to experience Mona Golabek’s amazing show, “The Children of Willesden Lane.” Hear what they had to say about this moving performance experience.
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Entrance Mosaic by South Shore Students Welcomes Community with Creativity
“It was really fun and really hard work,” one eighth grader at South Shore Fine Arts Academy told me of her recent experience creating a mosaic for her school’s entrance.
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Staff Q&A: Meet Abby, Associate Director of Development
It’s always great fun to let our staffers speak for themselves on our blog – you get to know them better and so do their coworkers! So today we’re handing
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Thoughts from a Crosswalk Artist
Urban Gateways’ new creative aging initiative, Crosswalk, brought together students as young as 16 and seniors as old as 94 at Montgomery Place, a senior living facility in Hyde Park.
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When you can’t actually take a field trip to the Caribbean…
Summer has reached its peak in Chicago, and depending largely on the dew point, you’re probably spending a lot of time either lounging away from the sun or exploring, whether
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Immersion Workshops Promote Summer-Long Learning, Spark Inspiration
School’s out, but Urban Gateways continues to send artists to summer programs all over the city from June through August. Featured here, two touring groups led immersion workshops to keep
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From Pullman to Southside, Building Awareness One School Hallway at a Time
Most of our school-based programs have concluded for the year, but a number of our artist-in-residence programs left lasting marks on the communities they served. We thought we’d take a