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Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)

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CAPE engages students, inspires teachers and artists, and transforms schools by weaving the arts into academics in classrooms across Chicago.

11/04/2026

🎧Hear co-curator Jordan Knecht share the creative journey behind A Murmur, a Mutter, a Roar, a Song: Learning the Sounds of the Classroom, an immersive exhibition built from CAPE’s classroom audio archive: student voices, hallway chatter, playground noise, and everything in between.

Don’t miss your chance! Visit us during gallery hours (Tues-Fri, 10am-4pm) and keep an eye out for our upcoming Third Friday event!

(Please note: this is an audio-based exhibition with layered, immersive sounds that may feel intense for some visitors.)

11/03/2026

Your voice matters! Don’t forget to go vote today!

Polls are open until 7pm all around Illinois! Not sure where to go? Check out Vote.org to find your nearest polling place.

Let’s be the change 💪🏽

10/22/2026

Last week, students and families at Telpochcalli enjoyed making sugar skulls with Teaching Artist Jessica Mueller for Dia de los Mu***os!

They rotated through three crafting stations, decorating sugar skulls and painting pumpkins.

A big thank you to Telpochcalli Community Education Project (TCEP) and SGA Youth & Family Services for their collaboration on this fun event! 🎉

10/21/2026

On August 26th, 2026, Illinois became part of a groundbreaking $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms Inc., one of the largest consumer protection settlements ever!

CAPE urges our leaders to allocate these funds towards supporting young people and their well-being through afterschool programs.

Want to get involved or learn more? Visit ACT Now Illinois and fundirl.org!

10/20/2026

The Collaboration Laboratory is back for its second year!

Last week, participating teachers and artists gathered for the program’s first professional development workshop of the year, building on the foundation of CAPE’s methodology established last year.

Participants explored the role of documentation in artistic research through an activity inspired by Yoko Ono’s "Grapefruit." Using writing, drawing, photography, and video, they documented enacted instructions and brought their recordings together to create a new collaborative artwork.

We’re excited to see how this year’s collaborations continue to grow!

10/14/2026

🎧Don’t forget to join us this Friday for the opening reception of “A Murmur, A Mutter, A Roar, A Song: Learning the Sounds of the Classroom.” In addition to captivating live performances by Regina Martinez and Belu-Olis Sarkissian, attendees are invited to complete their own sonic workbook, crafted by curators Jordan Knecht and Fiorella Gomez Bermudez. This workbook comprises a series of inquiries, prompts, and activities designed to enhance your engagement with the sonic elements present in your environment.

We can’t wait to see (or rather hear) what you discover! RSVP at the link in our bio!

📍 1010 W 35th Street, Suite 697
📅 Friday, October 16th
⏰ 7-10 PM (performances from 7:30 - 8:30 PM)

*video audio from exhibition*

10/13/2026

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Messejah Washington, CAPE’s newest team member! Messejah joins us as the Program Coordinator for Harvey School District 152. We’re so happy to have him on board and look forward to all the great work ahead! 🥳
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Messejah Washington is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, curator and community organizer working in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up on the South Side he was exposed to the arts at a young age and developed a passion for it through his father, visual artist Dale Washington. He is the founding member of the South Side Artists Coalition an emerging grass roots arts organization and founder of “Keepers of the Flame” a free multidisciplinary youth arts summer education program. He is a Lumniarts finalist, Illinois Arts Council, and DCASE Neighborhood Access Program grantee. He has received a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois (Chicago) and studies classical drawing and painting at the Ravenswood Atelier. He is passionate about making the arts accessible to under resourced neighborhoods and establishing an independent maker-space for cultural workers to serve the community.

10/12/2026

Join us for Bridgeport Third Fridays at CAPE!

This Friday, visit the CAPE Gallery for the opening reception of A Murmur, A Mutter, A Roar, A Song: Learning the Sounds of the Classroom, a sonic exhibition curated by teaching artists Jordan Knecht and Fiorella Gomez Bermudez.

From 7:30–8:30 PM, guest sound artists Regina Martinez and Belu-Olisa Sarkissian will perform a live response to the exhibition. Come listen, explore, and experience the classroom in a new way!

Swipe to learn more about the performers & don’t forget to RSVP at the link in our bio!

📅October 16, 2026 | 7–10 PM
📍CAPE Gallery | 1010 W 35th Street, Suite 697, Chicago, IL

Regina Martinez (Selective Listening) Regina Martinez experiences sound as records of our connections and departures. Her experiments draw from an archive of infinitely personal recordings she relates to as soundmarks: her family’s hands cleaning dried beans, the flap of our clothes outside on the line, the creak of the front gate to home. Each moment becomes its own instrument, its own layer of composition, and a washing and wringing out of memory meant to be overheard like a poem again and again. Often under the alias selective listening, her work evolves through vinyl dj sets, audiovisual collage and sound design for film and movement. She currently produces the show alluvia’s fluid for Chicago Public Media Institute’s Lumpen Radio.

Website: https://selectivelistening.site (https://selectivelistening.site/)

Belu-Olisa Sarkissian is an artist and sound designer from Brooklyn, NY with an academic and professional background in Environmental Justice and Electronic Music. After working for various organizations in NYC across the arts, music and environmental fields—she attended Northwestern’s Sound Arts and Industries masters program where she recently graduated. As an artist her practice focuses on black history, environmental justice, afrofuturism, video art, and archival work.

Instagram: beluolisa_
Website: https://www.soundofolisa.com (https://www.soundofolisa.com/)

10/07/2026

CAPE's Artist/Researcher Partners launched their year last night with a creative art-making session!

Led by talented teaching artists Jessica Mueller, Alana Ferguson, and Patty Okulinski, participants explored various stations in the gallery.

Together, they crafted a unique chipboard and weaving quilt that celebrates the joy of collaboration 🎨✨

10/06/2026

We're excited to introduce our new intern, Carlos Aleman! 🎉

Currently pursuing his BA in Animation with a focus on Storyboarding and Character Design at DePaul University, he will be working with us as a Digital Content & Communications Intern this semester.

Keep an eye out for the cool CAPE animations he'll create!

Check him out at carlosaleman.art

Address

1010 W. 35th Street, Suite 697
Chicago, IL
60609

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 5pm
Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm

Website

https://capechicago.org/

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