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Long-time CAPE teaching artist Laura Sáenz’ The Teaching Artist Recording Booth collects the stories of teaching artists as they bring arts and arts-integrated learning into schools. These [...]

Currently on view at the Practices in Proximity exhibition are selections from Timothy David Rey’s The Monologue Play (2017-present), as a 3-channel video installation.  Utilizing the form of the [...]

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 fight […]

How do you say goodbye to a school?  I frequently pondered this question, when I visited Pioneer Elementary last year. The school was in a state of physical and mental […]

We are pleased to be part of Gallery 400’s exhibition Learning Together: Art Education and Community, from September 5 through December 14. The exhibition centers the progressive art pedagogy of [...]

What does modern architecture, nature and West Chicago students all have in common? The Edith Farnsworth House! This historic floor to ceiling glass house was Dr. Edith Farnsworth’s weekend home. [...]