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The development of the Arts Education Plan is a collaborative effort between educators, administrators, community members, and arts professionals.

Key Stakeholders

The development of our Arts Education Plan is a collaborative effort involving various stakeholders. We have a dedicated team comprising educators, administrators, community members, and arts professionals who are deeply committed to enriching the educational experience of CPS students through the arts. This collective effort ensures that diverse perspectives are considered, and the plan is tailored to meet the needs of our diverse student population.

Leading

The Department of Arts Education will lead this work, and we’ve partnered with Civic Consulting Alliance who is providing pro-bono strategic planning services. Through CCA, we have also secured a pro-bono communications support through Zeno Group, and integrated communications agency.

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Supporting

Zeno will support this plan with a communication strategy that we will present to our marketing team and communications team to mobilize the entire arts education community in support of this planning process.

Ingenuity is our most important partner in arts education advocacy, they are also supporting this work through data collection and reporting, convening our art partners and supporting the operations and logistics of this plan.

We are so grateful for these three organizations that are joining forces to envision a future of arts education at CPS.

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Contributing

We are honored to collaborate with various state and citywide organizations, marking a historic collaboration across the sector. Today, we want to acknowledge all members of these organizations, and highlight a historic collaboration that includes the CPAA: Principals & AP Union, Chicago Teacher Union alongside cultural organizations, state officials, and city officials

Thank you for being here and saying YES to the arts in CPS.

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Interagency Advisory Council

As the highest-level inter-agency leaders and changemakers within the arts ecosystem of Chicago, the AIC will leverage their voice to:

  • Support engagement leading up to the Plan development, including venue and facilitation support as needed and able
  • Champion this Plan and the value of the arts within your own organization and with external stakeholders, including funders
  • Implementing and embodying the recommendations set forth in the Plan In order to fulfill this charge as members of the IAC, we also ask that they:
  • Attend all meetings, and sending a representative in your place if needed
  • Engage with pre-read materials

Sunday, July 17

  • Format: Virtual
  • Description: Information sharing about the charge of the IAC, development approach, and initial interview themes
  • Presentation
  • Recording

Friday, August 16

  • Format: Asynchronous Email
  • Description: Progress updates, preview September/October focus groups, and share opportunities to support roundtables.
  • Marketing Package

Wednesday, September 18

  • Format: Virtual
  • Description: Synthesis of focus groups and roundtables thus far, preview Working Group (WG) and opportunities to support

Monday, November 11

  • Format: Virtual
  • Description: Synthesis of remaining focus groups and roundtables, discuss recommendations identified by the Working Group and alignment with best practices

Wednesday, December 18

  • Format: Hybrid
  • Description: Review draft Arts Education Plan
  • Illinois Arts Council
  • Arts Institute Chicago
  • Columbia College Chicago
  • Arts Alliance, IL
  • Cape logo
  • Illinois State Board of Education
  • Joffrey Ballet Chicago
  • Lyric
  • City Colleges' of Chicago
  • Theatre Goodman
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Chicago Teachers Union
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City Cultural Institutions

As cultural institution leaders, these organizations are charged to:

  • Engage through multiple entry points: focus groups, roundtables, surveys, etc.
  • Support engagement leading up to the Plan development, including venue and facilitation support as needed and able
  • Champion this Plan and the value of the arts within your own organization and with external stakeholders, including funders
  • Identify renowned artists to serve as Creative Advisors to the Plan

As cultural institution leaders within the arts ecosystem of Chicago, the leaders of these organizations are charged with leveraging their voices and influence to:

  • Champion the CPS Arts Education Plan 2.0 and the value of the arts within their organization and with external stakeholders, including funders.
  • Implement and embody the recommendations outlined in the Plan
  • Support engagement leading up to the Plan development, including venue and facilitation support as needed and able

Who are we working with?

Organization Contact Email
Art Institute Robin Schnur rschnur@artic.edu
CAPE Amy Rasmussen Amy@capechicago.org
Chicago Shakes Kimberly Motes kmotes@chicagoshakes.com
CSO Jonathan McCormick McCormickJ@cso.org
Goodman Theatre Jared Bellot JaredBellot@goodmantheatre.org
Joffrey Ballet Linda Swayze lswayze@joffrey.org
Lyric Opera Afton Battle abattle@lyricopera.org
Merit Kurt Gildow kgildow@meritmusic.org
Ravinia Christine Taylor ChristineT@ravinia.org
Steppenwolf Abhi Shrestha ashrestha@steppenwolf.org

City Cultural Institutions Meetings

Monday, July 1

Thursday, August 8

  • Time: 12 to 1:00 p.m.
  • Format: Virtual
  • CANCELED

Thursday, August 29

Thursday, September 26

  • Time: 12 to 1:00 p.m.
  • Format: Virtual

Thursday, December 5

  • Time: 12 to 1:00 p.m.
  • Format: Virtual

Thursday, January 9

  • Time: 12 to 1:00 p.m.
  • Format: Virtual

CPS Department of Arts Education

773-553-2170

cpsarts@cps.edu

42 W. Madison St, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60602