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Newsletters
Fall 2016 Newsletter
December Update Blast
November Update Blast
Summer 2016 Newsletter
Spring 2016 Newsletter
Fall 2015 Newsletter
Summer 2015 Newsletter
Audio and Video
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“We Are ChiArts” videos (spring 2016)
We Are ChiArts: An Introduction
We Are ChiArts: Full Length
- WGN-TV “Students Memorialize Gun Violence Victims” (5/30/13) : In a student-led project inspired by the group Art=Ammo, scholar-artists created an installation in front of the school to draw attention to the rash of gun-violence our city has been facing. UPDATE: In August of 2013, the Illinois House of Representatives officially recognized this project in HR0486. See the full text here.
Articles and Press Releases
ChiArts Alumni to Exhibit at SOFA CHICAGO
The Chicago High School for the Arts Receives Exemplary School Designation
ChiArts Visual Arts Department to Present Senior Showcase Exhibition at MANA Contemporary Chicago
Students Advance to Nationals in Prestigious Dance Competition
Scholar-Artist Selected for GRAMMY Camp Choir
ChiArts Receives $1 Million Gift from The Efroymson Family Fund
Release – “Mayor’s Office and CPS Announce ChiArts Moving to Permanent Location” (2/7/14)
Crain’s Chicago Business – “40 Under 40: 2013, José Ochoa” (12/1/13)
Crain’s Chicago Business – “Wine Purveyor John Hart Joins ChiArts Board” (8/8/13)
ABC7 News – “Herbie Hancock Addresses Chicago High School Graduates” (6/7/13)
Chicago Tribune – “Jazz Pianist Gerald Clayton Performs with Students” (6/6/13)
Chicago Splash – “Chicago High School for the Arts’ Kerfuffle” (4/19/13)
Crain’s Chicago Business – “David Herro: Creative Schools for Creative Kids” (4/18/13)
Crain’s Chicago Business – “Talent Show: Arts Kerfuffle” (4/17/13)
Social Life Chicago Blog – “Kerfuffle!” (4/15/13)
WBEZ 91.5FM – Chicago Public Radio, “Fame School Comes to Chicago” (9/9/09)
Chicago Sun-Times – “CPS’ new performing arts high school strikes a cord with students” (9/7/09)
Chicago Defender – “Performing Arts High School Open in Fall” (6/3/09)
Catalyst Chicago – “New Principal for Arts High School, Pennies for Charity” (1/7/09)
Chicago Reader – “Putting the Arts Back in Education” (8/28/08)
ChicagoTalks – “Chicago Public High School for the Arts on Target to Open in 2009” (7/17/08)