The CAPE Blog

By: Brandon Phouybanhdyt and Mark A. Diaz CAPE is honored to announce the collaborating schools taking part in the Artist/Researcher Partners program for the 2021–2022 school year. This year we [...]

Last year, North-Grand High School’s teacher, Kristina Bowlus, and CAPE teaching artist Jennifer Mannebach quickly adapted their skills when they learned that the 2020–2021 school year [...]

Last year, our kindergarten, first, second and fourth graders at 21st Century Primary Center in Park Forest, Illinois, got the opportunity to design, discover, and play sounds at home. An idea so [...]

Signals & Codes   { Terrain Biennial 2021 }   Anni Holm, Austin McCann, Mandy Rakow, John Rakow  installed at 336 Harrison St., West Chicago, IL  Oct 3 – Nov 15, 2021  Terrain Biennial [...]

This summer, West Chicago’s CAPE teams shared their final projects at the last Community Day at Reed Keppler Park. Teams had tables showcasing their art projects, murals, and even yummy [...]

This past summer we had two CAPE Interns, Cady De Camara, and Sonia Peters, who published independent projects that detail their research interests, using data collected from class visits and [...]

This past summer we had two CAPE Interns, Cady De Camara, and Sonia Peters, who published independent projects that detail their research interests, using data collected from class visits and [...]

The CAPE staff will continue to work remotely and in the meantime, we are finding ways for safe meet-ups! ☺️ On Tuesday we attended the Frida Kahlo Timeless exhibit presented by the Cleve Carney [...]

We are excited to partner with the River North Design District on their 6th Annual Fall Gallery Walk on Friday, September 10th, which will feature our CAPE students’ work! Are you [...]