CAPE After School brings families together to create art. Arthur R. Ashe Elementary School's family cooking class on Saturday, Nov. 18th, was led by Chef Nyah Griffin, Artist Joseph Spilberg, and Ms. Ebony Issac. #AfterSchool #ArtsIntegration

CAPE's Community Class at George Washington High School was recently welcomed by the Art Institute of Chicago's Ryan Learning Center. Save the date for CAPE's exhibition of its Community Classes The Art of Gathering (El arte del convivio) from January 22 to March 16, 2024.

CAPE’s Community Class at George Washington High School created Mexican-traditional altar de muertos, which will be re-installed for Community Class Exhibition: The Art of Gathering. More here: bit.ly/47CYqur #ArtsIntegration. #CommunityArts #ArtsEducation

CAPE After School Program students create seeds of health. Cultivating a garden is a long term project, and the CAPE Garden Club at North-Grand High School has been growing seedlings indoors, transplanting them into the garden, then planning for the next season.

Save the date for CAPE's exhibition of its Community Classes The Art of Gathering (El arte del convivio) from January 22 to March 16, 2024. Check out this exhibition and RSVP information on the Exhibition Schedule at CAPE online!

CAPE is seeking a photographer with darkroom experience who is available to teach 3-5pm on Mondays and Tuesdays next semester at Dyett High School. Application deadline January 8. Apply here: bit.ly/3TsQdF5 Questions? Contact Grace Philion at [email protected].

CAPE prides itself on a long history of providing quality professional development (PD) for its arts partner teams. In November during the final PD of 2023, Artist/Researcher Teams were introduced to the article “Decentering the Adult Gaze: Young Children’s Photographs as P ...

Last week, we visited the partnership of Sarah Ramirez, 4th grade teacher, and Margie Stover, CAPE teaching artist, at Murphy Elementary. Students are studying, “How can a modern dwelling unit be based on traditional Native American architecture?” bit.ly/3RiMmaE

We stopped by Penny Shultz’s 4th grade class at Murphy Elementary, where students are studying types of Native American housing with teaching artist Margy Stover. Students will then work on their housing models and test them in extreme conditions. #ArtEducation #ChicagoArtists

Finger knitting & fuzzy leaves have kept the Leman Middle School Fiber Art Class and Turner Elementary 4th and 5th grade CAPE students busy this November. Together the finished fiber leaves create a thankfulness branch. #WestChicago #WeGo #ArtsEducation

This year, CAPE is happy to continue its partnership with Healthy West Chicago, seen here with students at Currier and Pioneer Elementary making protein bites and a winter wonderland-themed lunch .

Collaboration Laboratory Professional Development off to a great start Teachers and artists worked across partnerships in an Inquiry Round-Robin exercise designed to have everyone critique and receive feedback on their team’s inquiry question. Feedback varied greatly as teac ...

West Chicago Friday Guest Artist Experience Every Friday, CAPE students learn artmaking from a guest artist from the surrounding western suburbs. This year, CAPE is happy to continue its partnership with Water Street Studios.

Ashe Elementary's New CAPE Mural revealed December 2023 This semester, CAPE's After School Graffiti Arts Class, led by teaching artist Tony Collins and teacher Marsha Redmon, designed and painted a new mural for the school.

West Chicago Friday Guest Artist Experience Every Friday, CAPE students learn artmaking from a guest artist from the surrounding western suburbs. This year, CAPE is happy to continue its partnership with Scarce. Scarce brought materials from their warehouse to show Currier ...

CAPE invites you to a for The Art of Gathering (El arte del convivio) on Saturday, February 3rd, from 12-3pm at 1010 W 35th Street, Suite 697. Meet the community classes behind the exhibition; join us for dance, music, food, art, and conversation! RSVP at ...

To explore the different feelings, symbols, and dualities of home, artists from these West Chicago schools present prints that express their reflections or memories of what home means to them. Their goal with the exhibition is to explore artifacts that inspire nostalgia, and ...

The Ashe Community Class explores how cooking and music-making are food for the soul. Come taste their cooking on February 3rd, from 12-3pm at 1010 W. 35th Street. Also on display will be art created by parents and students from Arthur Ashe, Taylor, Telpochcalli, Waters, Ne ...

Exploring the idea of mapping, CAPE’s Community Class at Turner Elementary in West Chicago makes connections between past memories while creating future ones. With focus on intergenerational sharing and learning, class participants have engaged in cultural exchange. Teaching ...

Everyone is moving into a new #Era! CAPE is planning for a great school year to start next week, hoping to inspire a future #taylorswift with collaboration, curiosity, and creativity in classrooms across Chicago. We are taking learning through the arts to #newheights!