By Anna Joranger “Students transform the confidence [that they gain in the arts] to other places. I see it all the time. They bloom in art and think ‘I can […]
“I have definitely seen an impact on career aspirations. Students come up to me regularly in awe of a particular trip they went on or a project they are working
On May 3, students at Carson Elementary unveiled an outer space mural and presented visual art, poetry, and music during a culminating event for the school community. UG teaching artist
What: Theatre residency for students in grades 5 through 8 Where: Anderson School in Chicago’s East Ukrainian Village neighborhood During this theatre residency Urban Gateways Teaching Artist Jen Green, in
What: Visual Art residency for 8th grade students Where: Greeley Elementary School in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood Urban Gateways teaching artist Sonja Henderson challenged these eighth graders to look at themselves
What: Dance residency for students from several community schools Where: Throughout the Chicagoland area Students from different parts of the city met at Chavez School for a Ballroom Dance Competition
What: Dance residency for 6th to 8th graders Where: Fairfield Academy in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood During this African dance residency, Urban Gateways teaching artist Amaniyea Payne’s goal was to
Urban Gateways teaching artist Michael Riendeau will be playing with his jazz trio, The Second Hand Three, during the cocktail hour at Urban Gateways’ Art for All Gala on March