In the May 2009 CAPE Communiqué:				CAPE's Mission CAPE advances the arts as a vital strategy for improving teaching and learning by increasing students' capacity for academic success, critical thinking and creativity. CAPE's Vision CAPE works toward a future in which: • students are valued as creators of culture in our society; • teachers, artists and students work collaboratively to develop and share innovative approaches to teaching and learning in and through the arts in our public schools; • teachers, artists, school administrators and parents recognize the arts as a key element in transforming schools into vibrant, creative and successful learning communities; • professional colleagues and partners regularly communicate and share their practices and research in order to continually improve and evolve the field of arts in education; and • policy makers, business leaders and all citizens value the arts in education as essential to a just and equal society, a thriving economy and an inclusive democratic culture. Board of Directors Nancy Jones Emrich, Pres. Phil Cote, Vice President Paula S. Carlin, Treasurer Jan Woelffer, Secretary Richard M. Assmus Frank Baiocchi Christine K. Buck Jeffrey A. Byrnes Dawnmarie Domingo Carol P. Eastin Sean D. Egan, Ph.D. Stephen Flisk Kurt Johnson P. Loreen Mershimer Mel Smith Kylie M. Sorden Beth Swanson Phillip Thomas Bill Tuggle Donate to CAPE With your financial support, CAPE can bring its extraordinary teaching and learning philosophies and methods to educators and children throughout Chicago. Your gift will enable CAPE to continue to be an effective advocate for positive change in Chicago's public schools. For the third consecutive year Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities. Follow this link to donate to CAPE. Meet the Board Dawnmarie Domingo Chairperson, 4th Annual Toast to CAPE What is your occupation? I work for U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management. I am a Private Client Manager. How long have you been a CAPE Board member? I think it's going on 4 years since I was recently nominated for a second term. Seems like just yesterday.... How did you get connected with CAPE for the first time? My dear friend, Sean Egan – an educator, musician, CPS Principal and CAPE Board Member – brought the organization to my attention. I was looking to become involved with a not-for-profit organization. Because of my deep passion for the arts and children and love of our city, CAPE was a perfect fit. What do you like about the organization? The staff at CAPE is extraordinary. Nothing is unattainable and all is given consideration. They promote a culture that is creative, collaborative, respectful and forward-thinking. Plus, they have managed to have success where many not-for-profits fail: balancing mission and budget. Where would you like to see CAPE in the future? I would like to see CAPE continue to grow, to use our research and years of experience to reach more and more teachers, artists and children. What type of art form(s) have most engaged you (as a practitioner, audience member, etc.)? I'm not so much about the art form as I am about the need for expression and the need to be part of the experience. I love art, dance, music and film, photography and architecture, and anything that provokes thought and passion. When you present the arts to children, the possibilities are endless: a new way to learn, a new way to think about life, a new way to be productive with time – off of the streets and away from negative influences.
	1. Toast to CAPE 2. CAPE Artist Honored		3. Arnie in the White House 4. Convergence 09
	On Friday, June 5, CAPE’s 4th Annual fundraiser in celebration of the work done by the organization to improve teaching and learning by increasing students’ capacity for academic success, critical thinking and creativity will be held within Convergence 09 at IIT’s Institute of Design, 350 N. LaSalle St., Chicago. Toast to CAPE will be a fun-filled evening in art immersion. Attendees will be able to enjoy artwork created by students from 15 of our Veteran Partnership schools, as well as bid on art (and some other exciting items) created by students and CAPE artists and staff. Click Toast to CAPE for detailed information and to purchase your tickets, as well as to sneak a peek at some of the wonderful artwork up for auction. - - - - New City weekly newspaper has recognized CAPE partner and teaching artist Mike Bancroft as one of the "Breakout Artists" of 2009. Mike is currently working with the International Baccalaureate program at McPherson School, where students are representing aspects of the Columbian Exposition through innovative arts installations. Check out Mike at Breakout Artists 2009: Chicago’s next generation of image makers. - - - -
			On Friday, May 29, El Cuarto Año High School, a CAPE Supporting Communities through Arts Learning Environments 2 school, presents its showcase of student artwork. It is free and open to the public at QUENNECT 4, 2716 W. North Ave., from 4-7 p.m.
	On May 12, more than 60 artists and creative organizers that are engaged in civic participation, community development, education, social justice activism, and philanthropy came together in Washington, D.C. for a White House briefing on Art, Community, Social Justice and National Recovery. This national delegation included Chicagoans Arnold Aprill, Founding and Creative Director of CAPE, and Nick Rabkin, director of the Teaching Artist Research Project at NORC at the University of Chicago (and a founding Board member of CAPE). This brief served as the beginning of discussions between the Obama administration and innovative thinkers working toward broad public support for a bold and forward-looking national agenda embedding the arts in larger policy considerations. - - - -
	In classic "turn-about is fair play" fashion, CAPE received visitors from the Academy for Learning through the Arts Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. (Principal Carla Toliver and Board Member Graham Down at right). They were joined by Ari Frede, Principal Intern at Armstrong Elementary School in Chicago. They observed classroom work at Telpochcalli and Mark Sheridan schools, and attended a cross site documentation critique of the Fine and Performing Arts Magnet Cluster Program.
	Principal Toliver commented, “This was a very enlightening experience for me, providing concrete strategies for application back in my own context. Most useful for me was seeing the way CAPE and the CPS Fine and Performing Arts Magnet Cluster Program emphasize the importance of documentation and reflection in developing quality programs.”
	CAPE Convergence 09 is a celebration, an exhibition, a performance piece, a conversation, a research puzzle, a revelation, and a question. It is art making and academic learning at the deepest and most challenging levels. Work of this quality occurs when teachers, artists, and students are given the space to engage in intellectual conversations about teaching, learning, academic subjects, art making – about the things they need and want to really talk about! And CAPE is an organization dedicated to providing the space they deserve. Click the graphic below for detailed information about this amazing collaborative showcase, running June 1-5 at IIT’s Institute of Design, 350 N. LaSalle St., Chicago. - - - - This May, teacher Dave Rench from Agassiz School and Jackie Russell from Chicago Children’s Theater (at left, above) presented a workshop on their successful partnership work in using theater games to develop a sophisticated “Emotional Alphabet” with students with autism for teachers at John Spry Elementary Community School. The workshop included a screening of an extraordinary original film created by the Agassiz students. - - - - Richard J. Daley School Veteran Partnership teachers Jessica Bortman and Tara Rhoden presented in CAPE's class on arts integration methods at National-Louis University.

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