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Yesterday, the FY26 federal budget “blueprint” was released.  The news for arts and education is grim. The budget calls for the elimination of The National Endowment for the Arts, the [...]

Join CAPE for an evening of art, education, and conversation! Discover how CAPE teaching artists bring their studio practices into the classroom—and how their work with students and teachers [...]

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Join Us for a Free Arts Integration Workshop in Bridgeport! CAPE warmly welcomes educators, teaching artists, and anyone curious about arts education and creative learning to a hands-on [...]

This exhibition of CAPE’s in-school Artist/Researcher Partners Program brings together the artworks of over 1,370 students from 21 Chicago Public Schools. Convergence investigates academic [...]

Dear Friends, Over the past six months, the CAPE Board and Staff along with input from teachers, artists, and other stakeholders have been working on a new strategic plan for […]

Public school principals, administrators, CAPE teaching artists, and teachers will engage in dialogue about navigating the evolving demographics of their neighborhood schools. They will explore [...]

Everyone is invited to gather at CAPE during Family Day with art, food, and celebration of the student artists! RSVP below. CAPE’s afterschool SCALE (Supporting Communities through Arts Learning [...]

CAPE’s afterschool SCALE (Supporting Communities through Arts Learning Environments) Program in Chicago and West Chicago takes place in 6 schools. With over 230 participating student artists and [...]

Let’s celebrate the expression and diversity of Chicago Public School students exhibiting in CAPE’s Performativity and Transparencies, and the incredible creativity of Snow City Arts [...]