Going Green at Greeley – with a bright and art-filled community garden!

By Jamie Kostecki Greeley Elementary 1st through 6th graders got their Green on during Sonja Henderson’s awesome residency in early July. The students channeled their green thumb by planting tomato …

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Where Words Meet Addiction: Part 3

By Anna Joranger: Continued from Part 2. …The myth of Persephone struck Maia as a relevant theme for her workshop. “It’s about loss and redemption, transitions, being trapped in the …

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Student artists reflect, react, retell the tales of Chicago violence

  On “The Interrupters” Let he that is without sin cast the first stone But if he is causing harm to the harmful then who is wrong? Constantly what do …

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Where Words Meet Addiction: Part 2

By Anna Joranger: Continued from Part 1. …How can writing and art help empower young women recovering from addiction? This question proved crucial to the combined mission of Urban Gateways …

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Where Words Meet Addiction: Part 1

The following article by Anna Joranger will be presented in four parts, each Thursday through July. Italicized portions of the article represent writing excerpts from anonymous participants in this Urban …

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July 3, 2012 //

Breaking News: Massive Outbreak in Smiles at Nixon Elementary Final Performance

By Jamie Kostecki Still have a “Case of the Mondays” on a Tuesday? Looking to turn that frown upside-down? Well, I have the perfect solution, let me tell you! Teaching …

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June 28, 2012 //

We want YOU! To help document the enormous impact of arts education!

Calling all enthusiastic supporters (and we know you’re out there): Are you a photographer? Videographer? Educator? All or a few of the above? We have an awesome photo/video volunteer project …

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You are Soul Sweet: Reconstructing corporate ads at Fairfield Academy

Oh, how we love our artists! They have truly been rocking the Urban Gateways world lately with their amazing documentation & eagerness to share, not to mention their always-awesome work …

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Murals, Masks & Multi-Cultural Art Prevail at Otis School

By Jamie Kostecki Okay, so how awesome is Urban Gateways artist Judy Petacque? Not only is she a great teaching artist, but she also put together this super creative scrapbook …

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June 19, 2012 //

A booming conclusion: Arts Ed impact on EPIC Academy students

We’ve had a seriously fantastic first year at EPIC Academy – amazing students, staff, teaching artists, the whole deal! We had a chat with Resource Coordinator Kelly Christiel here, and …

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