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Unwavering Motivation: Victoria Martinez
Check out this inspiring article on Sixty Inches From Center about Urban Gateways teaching artist Victoria Martinez and how she is using her artistic practice to make a mark on …
TAP and Arts Exposure: “More Than Feeling Fancy”
We love this Teen Arts Pass (TAP) feature on the blog of Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities, which discusses the new Urban Gateways initiative and the impact it’s already …
Teen Arts Pass on Good Day Chicago
Urban Gateways Executive Director Eric Delli Bovi, plus Teen Arts Pass (TAP) 2017-18 Teen Council members Jamani and Isabel, hung out with Sally Schulze on Good Day Chicago’s June 2 …
Staff Member Tarah Durnbaugh Announced as 2018 CAELI Participant
The Community Arts Education Leadership Institute (CAELI) through the National Guild for Community Arts Education is a rigorous leadership development program in which Urban Gateways Director of Programs Jill Potter …
ABC 7 Chicago Features TAP Launch
Teen Arts Pass (TAP), Urban Gateways’ newest initiative which allows teens to access live arts performances all around Chicago for only $5, launched just a few days ago; ABC 7 …
Chicago Citizen Covers “Amazing Africa” Performance
On February 21, Urban Gateways touring group Ayodele performed their show “Amazing Africa” at the Garfield Park Conservatory in honor of Black History Month. This show features traditional West African …
Dee Dee Pacheco Selected for Multicultural Leadership Academy
We are thrilled to share the news that Dee Dee Pacheco, Urban Gateways Program Manager for Residency & Special Projects, has been selected to participate in Latino Policy Forum’s 2018 …
“Hiplet is Not Your Grandmother’s Ballet”
Here’s a fun one: Former Urban Gateways artist Homer Hans Bryant, who visited schools through Urban Gateways in the 1990s to present his “rap ballet”, is now the creator of …
“14 years old, South Side and feeling helpless”
A recent column by writer and journalist Natalie Moore in the Chicago Sun-Times focused on Monica, a 14-year-old South Side resident who feels helpless about gun violence in her community. …
Crain’s Examines NEA’s Central Role in Chicago Arts
After a recent White House budget plan proposed to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, Crain’s Chicago Business took a look at what the …