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Scott Sikkema

 Monica Skylas: A Personal Remembrance
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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema
Posted August 22, 2020

Monica Skylas: A Personal Remembrance

It is with much sadness that we note the passing of Monica Skylas, long-time art teacher at Pirie Elementary School, and a member of CAPE’s advisory council. I knew Monica for three decades.  We [...]

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 Voices from School Communities: Adriel
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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema, The CAPE Blog, Voices from School Communities
Posted June 23, 2020

Voices from School Communities: Adriel

Teacher Maria Nava and artist Marceia Scruggs co-teach in the CAPE after-school program at Telpochcalli Elementary School. They recently contacted CAPE program staff to share with us some writing [...]

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 Voices from School Communities: George Washington High School
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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema, Voices from School Communities
Posted June 23, 2020

Voices from School Communities: George Washington High School

Voices from School Communities began with a query sent by email on June 8, in reference to the murder of George Floyd and national protests. The email read, in part: “I would like to see if [...]

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 Voices from School Communities: Timothy David Rey
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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema, The CAPE Blog, Voices from School Communities
Posted June 9, 2020

Voices from School Communities: Timothy David Rey

In response to the murder of George Floyd and the national protests that have followed seeking an end to the systemic racism that targets Black Americans specifically and people of color in [...]

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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema, The CAPE Artist/Researcher Journal, The CAPE Blog
Posted May 1, 2020

On Uncertainty

The following was written by CAPE’s Education Director, Scott Sikkema, for our CAPE Network Forum newsletter. Uncertainty and the unknown seem to define our present time. With regards to [...]

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 CAPE’s Program for the Chicago Architecture Biennial!
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By CAPE Staff
In Events, Scott Sikkema, The CAPE Blog
Posted September 6, 2017

CAPE’s Program for the Chicago Architecture Biennial!

CAPE is returning to the closed Overton Elementary School as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial! CAPE will be teaming up for an event with Borderless Studio and DOCOMOMO-US Chicago, [...]

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 Reflecting on Convergence
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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema, The CAPE Artist/Researcher Journal, The CAPE Blog
Posted June 1, 2017

Reflecting on Convergence

Convergence is our annual exhibition of student arts and learning, and it’s on right now!  Click here for more details about the exhibition. This year’s exhibition is particularly [...]

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 Can Testing Save Art Education?
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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema, The CAPE Blog
Posted March 21, 2017

Can Testing Save Art Education?

Scott Sikkema’s response to The Hechinger Report’s “Can Testing Save Art Education?” The Hechinger Report’s “Can Testing Save Arts Education?” implies for the reader that arts [...]

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 CAPE Classrooms: The Overton Project
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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema, The CAPE Blog
Posted November 15, 2016

CAPE Classrooms: The Overton Project

In the 2015-2016 school year, students from Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine worked on a unique project that considered the question of what to do with a closed Chicago public [...]

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By CAPE Staff
In Scott Sikkema, The CAPE Artist/Researcher Journal, The CAPE Blog
Posted June 15, 2016

Introducing the CAPE Artist/Researcher

By Scott Sikkema, Education Director, CAPE The CAPE learner (and leader) is an Artist/Researcher. As an Artist/Researcher, she/he conducts investigations through art and collaboration in order to [...]

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