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Join us for the Visual Arts Senior Showcase opening this Friday, May 10, 6-8 pm at Color Club (4146 N Elston Ave)! 🌈 The Senior Showcase is the culminating exhibition of a Visual Arts scholar artist’s ChiArts career, featuring work from each graduate’s year-long thesis. 🎉 After the opening reception, the exhibition is also available to the public on Saturday, May 11, and Saturday, May 18, from 2-5 PM. Come admire and celebrate these incredible young artists. Fun fact - this GIF was collectively created by the Visual Arts Class of 2024!

ChiArts Foundation's Kerfuffle! 2024
Join us for an unforgettable evening at Kerfuffle!, hosted by our philanthropic partner, the ChiArts Foundation, on Thursday, May 2! 🎉 As 100% of our arts conservatories are donor-funded, your presence or event donation directly fuels the future of scholar-artists. 💚 Let's celebrate ChiArts creativity, arts innovation, and the transformative power of our community together! Secure your ticket, sponsorship, or make a donation today: https://chiartsfoundation.org/kerfuffle/

ChiArts Foundation: Honoring Legacy & Welcoming a New Era
On behalf of our philanthropic partner the ChiArts Foundation, and with great admiration for our legacy, we'd like to share an important leadership transition with our community. 🧡 After 15 years of dedicated service to the ChiArts community, ChiArts Foundation President José Ochoa is moving on from his leadership role at the Foundation and beginning an exciting new chapter! The entire ChiArts community expresses heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Ochoa for his unwavering commitment to accessible arts education and creative opportunities for Chicago’s youth. 🙌 The Foundation Board has enthusiastically announced that Johnny Merrifield will serve as the new Executive Director! 🎉 Johnny Merrifield has been dedicated to Chicago’s nonprofit fundraising community for 15 years and shares a deep connection to the ChiArts mission since joining as Director of Development and Marketing in 2019. Read more about Johnny Merrifield's vision, José Ochoa's legacy, and their strong partnership with ChiArts Executive Director Tina Boyer Brown: http://bit.ly/3Hd3XMS

In 2023, ChiArts scholar-artists and faculty brought forth new and old traditions. 🧡 We are grateful for our community of 600+ scholar-artists, 140+ staff, 40+ board members, 1,200+ alums, and hundreds of supporters who fuel creative opportunities at ChiArts. From everyone at ChiArts, we wish you and yours a happy and healthy new year! 🌟

The ChiArts Jazz Combo made their live TV debut on WGN TV Midday Mix yesterday! 🎉 📺 What an iconic performance to usher in the Music Conservatory's productions next week. Huge congratulations to the nine scholar-artists of the ChiArts Jazz Combo for a stellar performance, and an amazing interview segment with Wanye Williams (Music '24) and Conservatory Head Anthony Bruno! Enjoy a tease of the number they performed, and behind-the-scenes footage with Victoria Flores (Music '24), the Jazz Combo's lead vocalist.🎙️ Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQViBGWdkYo 🔗 to watch the full performance and interview segment!🔥 Looking for more ChiArts music? Attend the productions next week! Check out chiarts.org/performances

Triniti Cole - ChiArts Senior Vocalist Live on Good Day Chicago
On Tuesday, Fox 32 Chicago visited the ChiArts Chamber Choir, Music faculty Charles Taylor, and Executive Director Tina Boyer Brown to learn more about our one-of-a-kind school and Connections Week! 🎉 Tim McGill from FOX's Good Day Chicago experienced a rehearsal and interviewed senior vocalist Triniti Cole! How incredible is Triniti?! 🤩 Watch the full performance and learn more about Triniti's pre-professional training and aspirations 💫 https://bit.ly/46J7gqb Learn more about ChiArts from Executive Director Tina Boyer Brown 🏫 https://bit.ly/46FnwZa

ChiArts Proud - Back to School Edition
ChiArts Proud is a seasonal bulletin produced by the ChiArts Foundation, showcasing our community and events! In today's "Back-to-School Edition," read about the new era of ChiArts leadership, scholar-artists traveling the nation and globe, upcoming productions, and the ChiArts Alumni Network's most recent milestones! ⭐ Read here: https://conta.cc/458Q5g7 Sign up for future ChiArts Proud bulletins by visiting 📲 https://conta.cc/3ERARCW

ChiArts Summer Happenings Music Conservatory
Today, we're featuring ChiArts Music Conservatory's senior opera vocalist Caitlin Burns! 🎶 This past summer, Caitlin visited Italy 🇮🇹 to attend the Bel Canto Institute in Florence. Caitlin shared, "In this program, I received private opera lessons and coaching, as well as Italian language instruction and diction to better my musical style and technique. I was also housed with three roommates and an Italian language speaker, which allowed me to better my Italian skills. I could also walk freely with friends and explore the city after classes." 💚 Wow, what an incredible experience. Check out a preview of Caitlin performing in Florence! ⭐

ChiArts Visual Arts Senior Showcase 2023
Tonight is ChiArts' Visual Arts Senior Showcase opening reception! 🤩 As the culminating exhibition of a Visual Artist's work at ChiArts, the showcase will highlight a variety of mediums including: drawings, paintings, photographs, graphic design, comics, garments, videos, sound art, and animations. Come celebrate our Visual Arts Class of 2023 at Co-Prosperity on 3219-21 S Morgan Street from 6-8 PM. If you can't make the reception, the exhibition is open until May 14! 🗓️ #WeAreChiArts #ChiArtsClassOf2023 💙

In 2022, scholar-artists and faculty brought forth new and old traditions, adapted programming, and opened up their arms for more community members to join. 💚 We are grateful for our ChiArts community of 600+ scholar-artists, 140+ staff, 40+ board members, 1,000+ alums, and hundreds of supporters who fuel creative opportunities at ChiArts. From everyone at ChiArts, we wish you and yours a happy and healthy new year! ✨ Click here to check out more 2022 highlights & support our scholar-artists: https://conta.cc/3HThZoj

All ChiArts admissions applications are open until December 2nd! 📣 To ease the process, here's some important information about how to rank ChiArts as your top choice. Our admissions department is always here for you! Email [email protected] with any questions, check out https://chiarts.org/prospective-students-parents/ for all the links, and last but definitely not least... ➡️ To apply to become a ChiArts scholar-artist go to go.cps.edu #WeAreChiArts #chiartsproud

Congrats to the ChiArts Jazz Combo for an incredible performance at Navy Pier's Chicago Live! This is the second year the combo has performed on the Lake Stage, and we’re very proud of the professionalism and ChiArts energy they showcased to the crowd. Thank you to our community of families, friends, faculty, and board members who came out to support! 🎉 #WeAreChiArts #ChiArtsMusic #ChiArtsPride

ChiArts Dance Conservatory spotlight! ✨ Every day, all scholar-artists attend conservatory classes from 2-5 PM. Our third floor is filled with the Dance Conservatory’s vibrant energy and hard work ethic. 💯 Check out what our dancers were working on yesterday in their Contemporary Jazz, Horton Technique, and Graham Technique classes! #WeAreChiArts #ArtsEducation Shoutout to our amazing faculty featured: Mr. Buckins, Ms. Franklin, and Ms. Chraibi.🧡

ChiArts' Year in Review: 2021
From adapting to remote learning, virtual productions and events, collaborative performances around Chicago, and celebrating the launch of the ChiArts Foundation, 2021 was a year of resilience, growth, and new beginnings for ChiArts! We are proud of our scholar-artists, faculty, and staff, and grateful for everyone in the ChiArts community who make it possible for ChiArts to continue no matter the obstacles faced. Art always finds a way. ✨ We wish you and yours a happy and healthy new year! If you’d like to make a year-end gift to support ChiArts’ five tuition-free arts conservatories, we greatly appreciate every donation. https://chiarts.org/donations/actnow/ Thank you for being a part of the ChiArts family. 💛

ChiArts Music 2021 Highlights

ChiArts Music Fall 2021 Highlights
We invite all interested students to apply for ChiArts’ 2022-23 school year admission! 🎓 GoCPS applications are due on December 15 and this Saturday, December 4 we’re hosting Backstage Pass, an open house offering an immersive on-campus experience. Equity is central to our mission, and what makes the ChiArts model unique is our commitment to novice students. We STRONGLY encourage students with no training in the arts but who demonstrate a strong natural ability and a desire for learning to apply. 💯 ChiArts is proud to be THE ONLY public, tuition-free, and pre-professional arts high school in the United States that actively recruits novice-level students. ChiArts has five arts conservatories, and today we’re highlighting our Music Conservatory’s fall happenings! #WeAreChiArts More on Backstage Pass: This Saturday, December 4, prospective students and families will have the opportunity to dive into the five arts conservatories, meet faculty, and get an inside scoop on our audition process. We’d highly recommended to register as soon as possible as we’re close to reaching capacity due to COVID guidelines. Registration for Backstage Pass: https://chiarts.org/prospective-students-parents/visit-chiarts/open-houses/ GoCPS Application: https://go.cps.edu/

ChiArts Virtual Shadow Day
Art always finds a way to persevere. 💚 This GivingTuesday, help support our scholar-artists so they can continue to learn, collaborate, and develop their artistic voice through ChiArts’ tuition-free Creative Writing, Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts conservatory programs. 🙌 Every donation supports ChiArts' arts conservatories which are funded entirely through private contributions. Make a special gift today to ensure the creative minds of the future! https://chiarts.org/donations/actnow/ Learn more about the caliber of arts education our scholar-artists receive every day in our first-ever admissions Shadow Day video! #SupportScholarArtists #ArtsEducation #GivingTuesday2021

Happy Friday from our Latin Jazz Ensemble! 😍 🎼 Next week, they'll be representing ChiArts with a performance at the Arts Schools Network 2021 Conference, hosted by Columbia College Chicago. In addition to the ensemble, ChiArts has a strong leadership presence at the conference. 👏 Presentations will be led by ChiArts Artistic Director Tina Boyer Brown, Dean Eric Morris, Clinical Counselor Bryn Poulton, ChiArts Foundation Director of Programs Heather McCowen, and a panel featuring scholar-artist Jamari Williams! #WeAreChiArts #ArtsSchoolsNetwork #SupportArtsEducation

A beautiful day in Chicago calls for beautiful celebrations of scholar-artist work! Our final installment of FreeVerse is now available to stream and the Junior Jam virtual gallery is live. 🤩 As always, FreeVerse features all five conservatories and outstanding work created during remote arts learning. Junior Jam features an online portfolio of work from each junior in our Visual Arts program! The creativity and curiosity shines in both these showcases. 🔥 #WeAreChiArts #SupportScholarArtists FreeVerse Production: https://sites.google.com/chiarts.org/freeverse Junior Jam Virtual Gallery: https://chiartsjuniorjam.com

ChiArts Alumni Present: The Creative Swap, Episode #1
Welcome to The Creative Swap, a new ChiArts web series brought to you by ChiArts Alumni for young creatives, artists, and entrepreneurs! In each episode, hosts La'Charles Trask and Sana Moore will dig deep with two fellow alumni to share their unfiltered career paths, art forms, and industry advice they have for current ChiArts scholar-artists and young Chicago creatives. We hope you'll tune in for the first epsiode premiering here on FB and our YouTube page at 7:30 PM! Episode #1 Features: Genna Simon, Class of ‘14 Singer Songwriter, IG @gennawithagig & Lauren Fern, Class of ‘13 Actor & Stylist, IG @_laurenfern Hosted By: Sana Moore, Class of ‘14 Entertainment Host, IG @iam_sana_ & La’Charles Trask, Class of ‘14 Actor & Arts Educator, IG @lacharlestrask