Street Level

We know things have been a lil quiet in the last couple of weeks, but we want you to know we haven’t forgotten about you. We want to let you know we will be merging all our Facebook accounts into one. Moving forward we will be posting all of our Urban Gateways Teen Arts Pass and Street Level content undeUrban Gateways. This will apply to all of our social media platforms. Please make sure you follow Urban Gateways so you don’t miss anything!

Shout out to artist and Street Level intern Jason Roman for his beautiful art work that was featured in both our digital zine and recently at Urban Gateways Bubbles & Beats Auction!

Here Jason gets signs his prints and gets them ready for pick-up.

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An amazing first day with our participants from Vaughn Occupational High School! 🙌🏽🙌🏽

We celebrated the final day of our GoOfff! screening series through partnership with and friendship w/ a great group of femmes, women and girls! 🥳

*HUGE shout out to Justus, Jason, James and Matt for supporting Behind the scenes.

📽️🎙️ Join us this Saturday @ Street Level for our (Final!) POV Film Screening, "An Act Of Worship"

Afterwards we'll record/film a conversation discussing the movie!

Stipends & lunch provided. DM to sign up!

Design by Ty’Kira

CEO of Urban Gateways Leslé Honoré joined us this weekend for the series podcast with our friends from AMDOC!

We watched the film "Unapologetic", and Bella BAHHS whose journey was covered in the doc, popped in to say hello!

📽️🎙️Are you interested in film/documentaries and podcasting?

Are you between the ages of 13-19?

Do you identify as a woman, femme, or non-binary person?

Join us this Saturday @ Street Level for a viewing of "Unapologetic" ! Afterwards we'll record/film a conversation discussing the movie!

Stipends & lunch provided. DM to sign up!

Fall is here! So are our friends from Vaughn Occupational Highschool to create some new media projects with Video Coordinator, James Duke.

Contact us about booking a residency for your school in our website. urbangateways.org.

Wishing Jason Roman a very Happy Birthday!! We're proud of you! 🥳🎉🎊✨🎈

From Chicago Park District and Teens In The Parks comes TIP Fest!

T.I.P. (Teens in the Park) Fest is the largest platform for Chicago’s young artists to showcase their talent, connect to resources, and celebrate one another's talents. Performers include singers, rappers, dancers, and poets between the ages of 14 and 24. The fest features the top 10 performers selected from auditions held this summer.

The top three winners will receive 1st place - $500, 2nd place - $250, & 3rd place - $150.

Support our city's amazingly talented young artists and enjoy a great day celebrating Chicago teens on 9/30 @ Union Park!

Happiest Birthday Reggie!!! We are so proud of youuuuuu 📸🎶🎶🤟🏾

This Summer Video Coordinator and Teaching Artist James Duke is teaching Photo-Journalism with youth from Noble Schools which includes some field trips to galleries and museums throughout Chicago.

Hey it’s research! Mildsauce journalist Markel has been leading the SL crew through Chicago investigating the cultural clash between pizza? Are you deep dish person or a thin slice? Do you like the triangle cut or the square?

📸: by Justus

to our work with OTV - Open Television with "Pride, Protection, and Practice: OTV Celebrates Femmes in Film" on Mildsauce.com's Issue

OTV is a nonprofit streaming platforms and media incubator, focusing on intersectional storytelling!

Ty'Kira interviewed head of Artist Development & Production Sarah Minnie about their "Filmmaking While Femme Roundtable" talk. Follow OTV to keep up with their latest news, like the fact that they're gifting new subscribers who sign-up by July 3rd with a FREE Annual Membership!~

TOMORROW: We'll be at the Museum of Contemporary Art, screening Chicago Otaku at 430 and The Uptown Blues at 5! Come check it out at

Jubriel Chaparro, Creative Editor of MILDSAUCE, kicks off this Summer with the "Future" Issue. Read his Op-Ed on how the butterfly effect, video games, and SpongeBob SquarePants impact the future on mildsauce.org!

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Great last day with interns from David Speer ITW!

You all were the sunshine on this grey day. Don’t forget about us this summer and HAPPY GRADUATION!!!

Mickey, SL Alum. Good to see you the other day. Don’t stop drawing, your really good. Thanks for keeping us laughing. Your the only person we know that eats a burger with a fork and knife.

Thanks to Gevorg for sharing photos of our friends at Vaughn Occupational High School during their recording sessions with James

Wow, just like that it’s almost summer and the interns are all grown and professional. Todays shoot with the wonderful Korean drummers of KPAC was a cool experience. More to come…
#📸: James , Matt

Welcoming our guests for a podcast style discussion about cultural exchange, the future, and Street Level. Hosted by resident from Armenia, Gevorg. More to come…

📸: Danny Nally

Our friends and neighbors at Burr came to visit us and develop some skills in multimedia production with Studio Coordinators James Duke and Lisa Lust. Contact us about scheduling and purchasing an immersive learning experience (Tuesdays) for your school or group.

📸: Danny Nally, Natt Woods

Happy Friday! Shout out to our friends who SL participants and staff are partnering with for a mini doc celebrating the contemporary Opera “Proximity” . The Opera reflects on our society’s interconnectivity.

Shout out .cred for the amazing work they are doing within the city and who were some of the inspiration behind the upcoming Opera.

All grown up, Jalen. Good to see you healthy and doing your thing full time! Construction work can be serious but you got this! Congrats on getting your cat, don’t let it eat all your food.

This is your time! 🙏🏾

The one and only JOEL . Wishing you the very best in your move . So excited for the things coming your way. It’s been a privilege to watch you, your work l, and your future grow. Don’t be a stranger.

The legendary Ribo, middle name Ramses. Always glad to see you are doing well. From Alumnus to Father from Spiderman to Businessman, your wealth is beyond money . Keep going. ✊🏿

Congrats Marko and Street Level (a program of Urban Gateways)for being featured for the Black Harvest Film Festival.

The new journalism interns got such a great start thanks to Jubriel, the new Creative Editor of Mildsauce.

We took photos and recorded our first audio in the studio.

Thanks for rolling through Elliot. Glad to hear work is going so well and your still continuing your professional photography. Your images have always been really good. Continued success and safety to you.

📸: matt@motepthepoet

Such a great visit from World Chicago’s International Visitor Leadership Program delegation.
This delegation was from Pakistan focusing on youth engagement and using media for social good. Good luck on your youth programs abroad and we look forward to continuing our connection. ✊🏿