IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS – CONVERGENCE 2022 Schedule and Images
An Exhibition of artwork from 40 schools in 4 locations Join us to meet the students, teaching artists, classroom teachers, and families of CAPE 2022! Exhibitions, Receptions and Hours [...]
Self-Portraiture in West Chicago during COVID-19
The Art of Self-Portraiture: CAPE students in West Chicago, IL, explore the art of self-portraiture during a time of masks and COVID-19 Spring 2022 This year, 3rd to 5th grade students at West [...]
STEAM Ahead April 2022: Mapping visual arts into social studies at the Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM SD163
Marc Fischer, one of CAPE’s most innovative teaching artists, has been working with the Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM SD163 in south suburban Chicago Heights. In this post, Marc [...]
Narrative Structure and Computer Coding
During the 2018-2019 school year we worked with students at Camras Elementary in Belmont Cragin to explore storytelling, animation, and computer coding. Below is a description of their project, [...]
Convergence 2019 in Review
Convergence is CAPE’s annual exhibition of visual, digital, and performing art created by hundreds of public school students across Chicago. This year’s Convergence exhibition was held in May and [...]
Boeing Grants $50 Million+ to CAPE and other Nonprofits Worldwide
On November 2, 2017, Boeing announced more than $50 million in grants to more than 500 nonprofit organizations across 50 countries globally, including Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education. The [...]
Updates on our 2017-2018 In-School Partnerships
Lots of our classroom partnerships are up and running, so we wanted to provide and update for each of our in-school programs. Read on to learn what’s happening this school year in our [...]
The Collaboration Laboratory is open to new CPS school partners!
Are you with a school that would like to integrate the arts across curriculums? Have you wondered how your school can work with CAPE? If so, a new opportunity from CAPE may be just what you and [...]
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 [...]
CAPE’s new Office Residency Program!
CAPE has launched its new Office Residency Program, which invites teachers and teaching artists from our network of Artist/Researchers to further investigate the potential of art and pedagogy. As [...]
