Type: Staff

Leah Damte is a Minnesota raised, Chicago based, sound artist and community curator. After leaving her home state in 2018, she attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she …

Christopher Rapisarda is thrilled to join Urban Gateways during the spring of 2023.  His career has been spent at the intersections of education, equity, and community.  Most recently he worked …

Gabriel Chalfin-Piney is an artist and organizer passionate about creating manageable and mutually beneficial artist programs and systems. They have thirteen years of experience working with community arts organizations and museums, …

Leslé Honoré was recently appointed CEO of Urban Gateways in 2022. Leslé is a Blaxican poet, activist, and published author. In her poetry and personal life, she helps youth find …

Taylor Brown joined Urban Gateways in Summer 2022. She was born and raised in Upstate NY where she received a degree in Arts Administration but has called Chicago home for …

Justus White is a Cabrini Green raised filmmaker, photo/video producer, and Christian content creator. He previously spent his high school summers attending Urban Gateways Summer program where he studied film …

A Chicago native, Kylah Frye joined Urban Gateways in the spring of 2022. She began her journey in arts education and outreach as an apprentice artist over 20 years ago …

Ty’Kira Smalls is an avid consumer of film/television, which led to her attending Columbia College Chicago to receive her BA in Cinema Art and Science. As a zealous writer, she …

Interdisciplinary artist Matt Woods, aka Motep, has been a sought-after collaborator and project manager in the Chicago arts and museum education scene since he moved to the city in 2001. …

E’Lisa Davidson, Media Instructor, was raised and resides on the West Side of Chicago. Her writing ventures began with poetry. At the age of 10, while watching older MCs, she …