Category: Urban Gateways Artists
Our Top 12 Favorite Blog Moments of 2012!
Is it really already 2013? Where did 2012 go? While it definitely flew by, it was also filled with tons of amazing Urban Gateways moments that were highlighted here on …
A Two-Month Residency at Red Lodge Clay Center
By UG teaching artist Seana Higgins Greetings! My name is Seana (pron. SHAW-na) Higgins, and I am a teaching artist with Urban Gateways. For the past two months, I was …
Let’s talk Africa! Englewood students build cultural conversation through drums
Wow, check out the concentration on their faces (photos below)…after all, these Kershaw Elementary 6th-8th graders were learning from the expert, UG teaching artist Josh Guy. Also possible that they …
Mays Academy residency churns out musicians and…zoologists?
Englewood has a new sound thanks to teaching artist Amy Lowe. During her after-school music composition residency, Amy first exemplified songwriting technique by using students’ written dreams and aspirations to …
Award-winning spoken word artist in action at Wentworth School
Teaching artist Avery Young – incidentally, also the recent winner of a 3Arts Award (go Avery!) – has been slamming up a storm at Wentworth School in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. …
Hip hop + music composition, two things we’re thankful for!
And the lucky students of Mays Academy get both. Check out these Flickr sets featuring Mays after school programs with UG teaching artists Kim Schomburg and Amy Lowe! (We’re thankful …
UG Student Filmmaker Examines Lawndale Violence
“I hope they think about how children handle problems [like violence and bullying]… I want viewers to see that in certain neighborhoods, children especially don’t really have a foundation or …
Decorated artists grace UG roster – Congrats Amaniyea and Avery!
And now, a moment of appreciation for the amazing experiences that our teaching and touring artists create in classrooms, schools, and beyond! Two things recently came to our attention that …
“I have changed a lot” Arts-Wired’s Positive Impact on Fairfield Students
To say the kids at Fairfield Academy had a good 2011-2012 school year would be an understatement… because they had an awesome one! Thanks to law firm Jenner & Block’s …
Elementary School Students Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Hooked on Cuba!
Last month we posted a fantastic interview with Zachary Himelhoch that made us so excited for Hispanic Heritage Month, and definitely got us Hooked on Cuba! UG touring group ZJH …