Chicago High School for the Arts

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Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) is a

Chicago, Illinois, United States. Operated by the Chicago Public Schools
district, The school opened for the 2009–10 school year.

History

ChiArts curriculum is combined with intensive training in the performing and visual arts. A public

Creative Writing
. ChiArts was previously located at the Douglas school campus for 2009–10 and 2010–11 school years, where ChiArts shared the campus with John J. Pershing West Middle School. It shared the Doolittle West space at 521 East 35th Street in Bronzeville and the third floor with the James R. Doolittle, Jr. Elementary School next door from 2011 to 2014.

Over the summer of 2014, it moved to its permanent home located at 2714 W. Augusta Blvd, in the Ukrainian Village and Community.[citation needed] It was scheduled to be in the former Lafayette School, which CPS closed since the number of students was too low.[3]

Program

Students participate in a rigorous program of academics and arts education where they are in school from 8 am until 4:30 pm, with three of the last hours dedicated to the Arts each child joined.

Admission

Entrance into the school is through a competitive audition and application process. Students may audition for dance (novice and advanced), theatre (acting, musical theatre), visual arts, music (instrumental and voice), and creative writing.

Partnerships

Numerous community arts programs, professional arts organizations and institutions of higher learning that specialize in the arts have come forward to join with ChiArts in making this type of educational experience available to Chicago residents through the public school system. Arts Partners include: Actors Gymnasium, Albany Park Theatre Project, American Theatre Company,

Steppenwolf Theatre, The Theatre School at DePaul University, Thelonious Monk Institute, Urban Gateways, UIC- College of Architecture and the Arts, UIC- College of Education, VanderCook College of Music, Victory Gardens Theater

Associations

ChiArts is a member of the following organizations: National Guild of Community Arts Education, Arts Schools NETWORK, Illinois Arts Alliance

References

  1. ^ Chicago High School for the Arts CPS profile
  2. ^ "Home". Chicago High School for the Arts. Retrieved 2024-01-22. 2714 West Augusta Boulevard Chicago, IL 60622 - Compare to the community area map
  3. ^ "Shuttered CPS elementary to be home of Chicago High School for the Arts". Chicago Sun-Times. 2013-11-04. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

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