CAPE Students Visit StoryCorps
Earlier this month, students from our after-school program at Telpochcalli visited StoryCorps at the Chicago Cultural Center. With their teacher Dana Oesterlin-Castellon and CAPE teaching artist [...]
Arts in the Dark 2018
On October 20, CAPE students from Telpochcalli Elementary and Waters Elementary got to strut their stuff in the City of Chicago’s annual Arts in the Dark parade! Our students braved the [...]
North-Grand High School Students Dedicate Mural to Community
On Monday, September 17, 2018, a crowd of more than two dozen members of the Humboldt Park community gathered near the east wall of the Metra underpass at 1801 N. Kostner to celebrate the [...]
Shifting Boundaries in Review
We recently concluded Shifting Boundaries: Community Arts Practice in Public Schools, an exhibition of artwork created by students and families in our after-school program, and we were thrilled [...]
Nuestras Historias (Our Stories) at Telpochcalli Elementary
This post highlights a project from our upcoming Shifting Boundaries exhibition, which will run March 1-9, 2018, at Hairpin Arts Center. Click here to learn more about Shifting Boundaries, [...]
The Lunchroom Transformation Project at George Washington High School
This post highlights a project from our upcoming Shifting Boundaries exhibition, which will run March 1-9, 2018, at Hairpin Arts Center. Click here to learn more about Shifting Boundaries, [...]
El Origen de La Promesa de Libertad
(Read this story in English) Esta historia describe el origen de La Promesa de Libertad, un trabajo de arte colectivo en marcha del programa después del horario escolar de CAPE en la escuela [...]
The Origin of Liberty’s Promise, La Promesa de Libertad
(Leer esta historia en español) We are so excited to share with you an amazing project underway at in our after-school program at Telpochcalli Elementary! We’ll be sending out additional [...]
Saying Important Things: CPS Mothers Become Artists and Community Builders
Comadres en el Arte, an exhibition of art and community building by mothers from CPS schools As a part of CAPE’s program Supporting Communities in Arts Learning Environments (SCALE), mothers from [...]