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Urban Gateways artists performing at FREE events all summer with Chicago Park District!
You heard right! This summer is your chance to see the performance groups we’re constantly bragging about in artistic action, totally and 100% FREE. Artists who perform shows in Urban …
UG Students Help Wrigley Field Celebrate its 100th Birthday
Michigan Avenue strolls are a trademark of Chicago summers, and at the moment we can give you a pretty good reason to check out the Mag Mile the next time …
Wacker Elementary’s Artistic Makeover (feat. Wrigley Seats)
A visual arts residency with teaching artist Jonathan Franklin at Wacker Elementary in Washington Heights transformed school hallways, stairwells, ceilings – you name it – into an artistic haven. Jonathan …
The Epic Tunes of the Four Layer Players
I’ve always considered myself lucky to be part of a generation that has been able to experience the development of different musical genres such as pop and hip-hop. Not only …
Urban Gateways Teaching Artists Collaborate on New Children’s Book: JITTERBUGS!
We’d like to introduce you to Margot Toppen and Karen Light, two of our teaching artists, also the author and illustrator of a new children’s book: Jitterbugs! We love this …
A Winter Wonderland in April
At South Shore Fine Arts Academy, playful and exuberant voices carry throughout a small classroom bustling with children. Amidst the sounds a black scarf is tossed into the air, and …
Art for All Gala a smashing success – Check out photos, video!
We are thrilled to report that a fabulous evening of live performances, live auction, and ART resulted in $280,000 raised for arts education in Chicago! The 2014 Art for All …
A City Made by Poets
Poetry can convey a wide array of meanings for different people when the word is mentioned. Its meaning can range from broken stanzas that truncate in a playful rhythm, to …
#ThrowbackThursday in honor of tomorrow’s Art for All Gala
Urban Gateways’ 2014 Art for All Gala is TOMORROW, Friday March 21 at the Art Institute! Hopefully you’ve heard all about it (if not, read more HERE), so we’ll keep …
“Ruby Bridges, Ruby B”: Debut single from Woodson School
From Amy Lowe, the teaching artist who inspired the student song “Zoologist” (an Urban Gateways office favorite), comes a new track that will prompt you to marvel at Amy’s lovely …