Wego District 33 CAPE Community Class Exhibition at Kindred Coffee April 4-26
West Chicago District 33 (WeGo) Community Class Exhibition at Kindred Coffee
Exhibition in West Chicago: Tues April 4 – Fri April 26, 2023
Exhibition hours: M-F 7am-5pm, Sat. 7am-3pm, Sun Closed
Location: Kindred Coffee Roasters, 148 W Washington St., West Chicago, IL 60185.
For directions, see website: kindredcoffeeroasters.com 
This Exhibition features the work of members of West Chicago’s CAPE community classes at Turner Elementary and Leman Middle School, and the CAPE partnership of teacher Rosalba Rodriquez and teaching artists Anni Holm, Jessica Mueller and Luzma Fuentes (Paraprofessional at Turner Elementary).
This year the classes have been hosted fully in person, and members have been able to meet each other and collaborate together.
CAPE Parent/Community Classes provide contextualized creative and continuous development opportunities for parents and families of CAPE students. The classes integrate the arts with community-articulated needs such as English language learning, technology skills, career development, civic and ecological issues. Community classes are co-taught by teaching artists and teachers and illuminate for parents the connections between art making and learning, and how parents can observe evidence of learning and development in their child’s arts and academic work.
In this Exhibition:
CAPE Parent/Community Classes held at: Turner Elementary and Leman Middle School, West Chicago, IL.
Teachers: Rosalba Rodriguez
Teaching Artists: Anni Holm, Jessica Mueller and Luzma Fuentes (Paraprofesional at Turner Elementary)
Clase comunitaria de CAPE en Turner
Los participantes:
| Adamaris Coss | Guadalupe |
| Adriana Garcia | Ingrid Correa |
| Adriana Salinas | Jacky Lopez |
| Allina Arvizu | Jasmine |
| Ana Maria Guevara |
Jazmin Orzuna
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| Anabell Correa | Katie Garcia |
| Andrea Correa | Laura Arvizu |
| Angelica Correa | Liliana Araujo |
| Ashley |
Maria Dolorez Ramirez
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| Azucena Morales | Mariely Arvizu |
| Diana Coss | Norma Aviles |
| Edgar Salinas | Osana |
| Erika Lopez | Rocio Garcia |
| Evelyn lopez | Sandra Munoz |
| Fernanda Olascoaga | Sophia Orzun |
| Gimena Estala | Zakay |
| Gloria Barajas |
Artistas: Anni Holm and Luzma Fuentes
Este grupo de madres de la comunidad de CAPE se reúne todos los miércoles de 5:30 p.m. a 8:30 en la escuela Turner para trabajar juntas con mucho entusiasmo y compartir sus ideas y creatividad, a la vez que ayudarse y compartir entre sí. El grupo es dirigido por Anni Holm y Luzma Fuentes.
CAPE Turner Community Class
This group of community moms from CAPE gathers every Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Turner School to work together with lots of enthusiasm and exchange ideas and creativity, at the same time they help each other and share. This group is directed by Anni Holm and Luzma Fuentes.
Máscaras
Para el Día de los Muertos creadas por las mamás de la comunidad del grupo de CAPE adornadas con lentejuela y colores con la imaginación de las artesanas.
Masks
For Day of the Day created by the community moms from CAPE and decorated using sequins and colors with the imagination of the artists.
Mandiles
Las mamás del grupo de CAPE buscaron los diseños a su gusto, los trazaron y los pintaron de acuerdo a sus propias habilidades y destrezas, dándoles vida y color.
Aprons
The group of CAPE community moms searched for the designs to their taste, they traced them and painted them based on their own skills and abilities, giving life and color to them.
Guirnaldas
Estas coronas fueron decoradas con listones, pedazos de tela, flores y material reciclado al gusto de cada una de sus creadoras.
Wreaths
These wreaths were decorated using ribbons, fabric, flowers and recycled materials to the taste of each of their creators.
CAPE Leman Community Class
Clase comunitaria de CAPE en Leman
Los participantes:
| Juana Velazques | Anabel |
| Judith Colunga | Ramon Torres |
| Anahi Santiago | Laura Chavez |
| Benjamin Martinez | Maria Luna |
Teacher: Rosalba Rodriguez
Artist: Jessica Mueller
Big Idea: Coming together
On exhibit are paintings, wood burning plaques, screen prints | serigraphia on paper, fabric, and t-shirts created by community members during last summer and the 2021-22 school year. Over the duration of the year, participants learned about color theory, gauche and acrylic paint, experimental painting, and drawing techniques. We attended a workshop at P.O. Box Collective in Chicago where we embroidered, block printed, and drew as we mingled with parents from other CAPE schools. Our final class was held at Gallery 200 in West Chicago. During this time we ate, laughed, screen printed, drew, and made zines. It was an extremely active afternoon of making and being together.
It became clear that participants were very engaged in learning new artistic techniques during class and applying them on their own terms outside of class time. Each time we would return, most would have created several paintings and/or drawings utilizing what they had learned in the prior class. This helped evolve our inquiry to How do we suelta nuestra pelo | let our hair down? which is a play on ideas of experimentation, enjoyment, self care, and going with the flow. We learned that the freedom for participants to go in different directions with thoughtful guidance is key to growth with this group.
This year our class began with conversations about the materials and concepts community members were interested in exploring. This led to dialogue about the characteristics and history of the clay. We discussed its ties to “home”, its rustic nature, how it is a gift from the earth that has been used to sustain human existence for all of history and how it continues to evolve with new technologies, being one of the most sustainable materials out there even in architectural structures. Since then the class has been unfolding through making and conversation. Weekly, a new clay based artist is introduced with diverse backgrounds and meaning in their work. At the same time we will begin to explore sculpting with clay, at times going with intuitions and sculpting “free form” and at other times following specific techniques to expand our options. We follow their lead as we explore together. This work is in progress.
About Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
CAPE reaches 4,000 students annually with programs designed to engage students in their learning and inspire teachers and community members. This year, CAPE’s 90 teaching artists will collaborate with classroom teachers, arts educators, and other school staff at 44 schools.
CAPE teaching artists collaborate with teachers in the classroom — during the school day or after. CAPE staff provides ongoing professional development and personalized coaching. Partners develop classroom projects integrating visual art, dance, theater, digital media, and music into science, math, history, language arts, and humanities.
In addition to developing new strategies for teaching and learning, CAPE works with external evaluators to measure student progress beyond standardized testing and classroom grades. Studies of these strategies have resulted in compelling reports linking CAPE programs to decreases in achievement gaps, better academic performance, higher homework completion rates, and more engagement in learning.
Community Classes
CAPE Parent/Community Classes provide contextualized creative and continuous development opportunities for parents and families of CAPE students. The classes integrate the arts with community-articulated needs such as English language learning, technology skills, career development, civic and ecological issues. Community classes are co-taught by teaching artists and teachers and illuminate for parents the connections between art making and learning, and how parents can observe evidence of learning and development in their child’s arts and academic work.
Acerca de Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
CAPE llega a 4000 estudiantes anualmente con programas diseñados para involucrar a los estudiantes en su aprendizaje e inspirar a los maestros y miembros de la comunidad. Este año, los 90 artistas docentes de CAPE colaborarán con maestros de aula, educadores de arte y otro personal escolar en 44 escuelas.
CAPE expande el aprendizaje más allá de las paredes de la escuela e incorpora sitios comunitarios como teatros, museos, parques y otras instituciones culturales y comunitarias. A través de este trabajo, los estudiantes desarrollan conocimientos científicos a través de la danza, aprenden principios matemáticos a través de la pintura, exploran la historia mundial a través de la composición de canciones y entienden la poesía a través de la fotografía. Este enfoque innovador de la enseñanza ayuda a los estudiantes a establecer conexiones duraderas y profundamente personales con las temáticas y a impulsar la participación continua en el aula.
Además de desarrollar nuevas estrategias para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, CAPE trabaja con evaluadores externos para medir el progreso de los estudiantes más allá de las pruebas estandarizadas y las calificaciones en el aula. Los estudios de estas estrategias han dado como resultado informes convincentes que vinculan los programas CAPE con la disminución de las brechas de rendimiento, un mejor rendimiento académico, tasas más altas de finalización de tareas y una mayor participación en el aprendizaje.
Clases Comunitarias
Las Clases de Padres/Comunitarias de CAPE brindan oportunidades contextualizadas creativas y de desarrollo continuo para padres y familias de estudiantes de CAPE. Las clases integran las artes con las necesidades articuladas por la comunidad, como el aprendizaje del idioma inglés, las habilidades tecnológicas, el desarrollo profesional y los problemas cívicos y ecológicos. Las clases comunitarias son impartidas conjuntamente por artistas docentes y maestros e ilustran para los padres las conexiones entre la creación artística y el aprendizaje, y cómo los padres pueden observar evidencia de aprendizaje y desarrollo en las artes y el trabajo académico de sus hijos.
Read More about recent CAPE Community Class activity in West Chicago here.
