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Data Snapshot: Arts Partnerships - Before and After the Pandemic

Data Snapshot: Arts Partnerships - Before and After the Pandemic explores the challenges that were faced by arts partners during the COVID-19 pandemic school years. It details what the common characteristics were among arts organizations that had school partners in 2018-19 but no longer in 2020-21, while also exploring such data as whether partners served fewer or more schools, what artistic disciplines they provided, and how we can use this data to build back partnership numbers.

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2019-20 State of the Arts report shows access to the arts continues to grow in CPS

We are pleased to share the 2019-20 State of the Arts Report (SOTA). This eighth annual edition presents data that tracks student access to arts education in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) while also identifying areas for improvement and opportunities for growth. Read the report now.

Get your questions answered with the Arts Partner FAQ

We know many partners have questions about the return to in-school programs. We've worked with the CPS Department of Arts Ed to create this living document that responds to partner-submitted questions!

What are the APSP and how can they be used?

The Arts Partner Standards of Practice is a diagnostic tool for organizations and teaching artists that articulates a vision for quality teaching and learning in the arts. The APSP contain focus areas, elements and characteristics of practice which teaching artists and organizations can use as a guide for self-evaluation. Although not mandated, various arts education stakeholders use APSP to help determine partner readiness, capacity, and program quality.

How were the APSP Created?

Over the course of two-years, Ingenuity engaged more than 400 arts education stakeholders under the Quality Initiative. In 2019, Ingenuity published the Arts Partner Standards of Practice to support the instructional quality and growth of the 1,100+ arts organizations and Teaching Artists who work with Chicago Public Schools.

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