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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 [...]

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 […]

In Fall 2018, CAPE and one of our after-school classrooms at Telpochcalli Elementary collaborated with the Sullivan Galleries and the Cog•nate Collective to create art guided by students’ [...]

Connecting with the Cognate Collective In Fall 2018, CAPE staff members were in conversation with Hannah Barco, Assistant Director of Exhibitions at SAIC’s Sullivan Galleries, about professional [...]

We recently concluded Shifting Boundaries: Community Arts Practice in Public Schools, an exhibition of artwork created by students and families in our after-school program, and we were thrilled [...]

This post highlights a project from our upcoming Shifting Boundaries exhibition, which will run March 1-9, 2018, at Hairpin Arts Center. Click here to learn more about Shifting Boundaries, [...]

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, [...]

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 […]

How an installation art project created a dynamic space for a diverse group of students, teachers, and artists to learn together and explore culture and identity