CAPE’s unique approach to engaging students, inspiring teachers, and demonstrating impact relies on three strategies: Partnerships, Arts Integration, and Research.
To bring traditional subjects to life through the arts, we pair professional teaching artists with Chicago Public Schools teachers for long-term classroom partnerships and training.
To spark students’ passion for learning, we weave visual and digital art, music, theater, and dance into traditional subjects like science, math, history, and language arts.
CAPE works with external researchers to determine the impact of our programs on students, teachers, and artists. This helps us refine our own work and that of our teaching teams and contribute new knowledge to the field.
Research has shown that CAPE’s programs improve students’ critical thinking, creative problem solving, and self confidence, and leads to higher achievement in the classroom and on standardized tests.
Laura Sáenz invites you to The Teaching Artist Recording Booth and Teaching Artist Gatherings
Laura Sáenz (left) speaking to the visitors of the Practices in Proximity opening reception Long-time CAPE teaching artist Laura Sáenz’ The Teaching Artist Recording Booth collects...
Timothy David Rey on how his pedagogical experiences inform The Monologue Play
Timothy David Rey with his actors Catrina Evans and John Conrad at the Practices in Proximity opening reception! Currently on view at the Practices in Proximity...
This morning we joined ACT Now for a rally to urge the state to issue afterschool funding, and heard testimonies from impacted programs, community members, students, and parents. The...
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CAPE inspires students’ passion for learning by bringing academics to life through original, creative lessons, developed by artists and schoolteachers, leading to improved grades and confidence.