Katie Kurcz Memorial Fund Inaugural Grantees
Katie Kurcz September 24, 1982 – May 12, 2017 "Katie dedicated her career to building awareness for arts organizations and cared deeply about the role of artists in our world. We are so happy in this moment to be able to honor her memory by supporting the work of four amazing Snow City Arts Teaching Artists who are making a difference in the lives of young patients in Chicago." ~Alex Cohan and Allison Green, on behalf of the Katie [...]
Jonathan Stein: Meet the Teaching Artist V
How do you feel when I make art? Curious, Engaged, Challenged. Curious where the ideas and materials will lead me. Engaged in wondering what part of my brain will I need for this? My math brain, my science brain? Food Server? Tour Guide? Bike Mechanic? Teaching Artist? Challenged in regards to what might I do or find in the artwork to surprise myself. What is the most wonderful art gift you have ever received? Advice, from a painter I was [...]
Lenny Zieben: Meet the Teaching Artist IV
How do you feel when you make art?Wow... it seems to change every time I enter its domain. I have the opportunity to make functional art where I am recording or learning material for a class or performance or I am creating spontaneously because I sampled a cool sound or effect and want to modify it up, down or around; or maybe, I have a lyrical idea that is circling around my head that needs to be freed. At times [...]
Snow City Arts Launches Virtual Learning Initiative!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2020 Contact: Deirdre Harrison Director of Development, Snow City Arts 773-793-8096, deirdre@snowcityarts.org Snow City Arts Launches Virtual Learning Initiative! Chicago, IL: On Friday, April 24, Snow City Arts began rolling out its Virtual Learning initiative to fulfill its mission to “inspire and educate children and youth in hospitals through the arts” despite limitations created by COVID-19. Snow CIty Arts’ new virtual arts workshops are aligned with Federal and Illinois State Learning Standards and are [...]
Eric Elshtain: Meet the Teaching Artist Vol. III
The greatest “art gift” I ever received was a penmanship exercise. Let me explain. In the fourth grade, to practice our cursive writing, my teacher assigned us the task of copying out a poem in cursive. We were sent to our small school library one-by-one and looked for a poem to copy out. I saw a book I recognized from home—a book of sonnets by William Shakespeare. I randomly picked a page and started writing. It was Sonnet 14: if [...]
Dan Kerr-Hobert: Meet the Teaching Artist Vol. II
How do you feel when you make art? When I make art, I feel just about everything at one time or another. Giddy. Bored. Hungry. Connected. Desperate. Graceful. Awkward. Like anything is possible and nothing is possible. It’s all moment to moment. I hate writing but I love having written. I love editing. Rehearsal is the best, but also the worst. Sometimes I feel like I’m on a sled riding a giant hill and other times I feel like I’m [...]