Category: News

Building our new Teen Arts Pass (TAP) App was a long and thoughtful process – and we’re thrilled with the result. Here, we tell the story behind this innovative new technology.

Urban Gateways has a new logo, a new mission statement, new colors…and a new organizational identity. Here’s the story of how it came to pass.

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. For eight weeks this summer, the students and seniors worked with teaching artist Grace Needlman and got to know each other through collaborative art-making that …

A new school year can mean new teachers, new classrooms, new friends, and a new box of freshly-sharpened number two pencils. Here at Urban Gateways, the new school year means new touring performances! This upcoming school year, we are excited to announce five new shows offered by four new artists. The first, “Band of Steel: …

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, donors, and sponsors, not to mention the performers, event staff, and volunteers who made the evening as fabulous as we had hoped it would be, Urban Gateways is thrilled to announce that the 2015 Art for All Gala, hosted March 20 in the Modern Wing of the Art …

Traditionally, when we think about the arts, things like music, painting, and dance come to mind. What if we look at art differently, in terms of everyday life? What would art look like then? Art can be found in everyday objects, scenery, creations such as movies and architecture, even in casual storytelling between friends. Taking …

If you’ve never before attended a New Arts Forum (Urban Gateways Auxiliary Board) event to support arts education, now’s your best chance yet: ARTINI 2014 is next Friday, November 14, from 6-9pm at Parliament Chicago in River North. ALL are welcome. Below, our Top 7 reasons to join us next Friday! THE VENUE This year …

Michigan Avenue strolls are a trademark of Chicago summers, and at the moment we can give you a pretty good reason to check out the Mag Mile the next time you have friends in town to tour the city (or even if you don’t). Wrigley Field is turning 100 this year, and we have teamed …

Maurice Elias, a professor at the Rutger’s Psychology department, reflects on the growing concerns involved with teaching at-risk youth and preparing teachers for urban schools. Of course, issues surrounding this topic have been discussed for years, along with potential solutions. He decided to look back at 50-year-old wisdom published by Lois Weiner, a professor and …

I came across a thought piece in the Atlantic this morning asking this very question. I may be biased because I intend to become a musician, but I feel that this cabinet post should have been created a long time ago. In major cities, Artists are four to five percent of the total working population, …