2022-2023 HIGHLIGHTS

Read about how scholar-artists from ChiArts’ five conservatories have made the most of their arts classes, performing opportunities, and community partnerships!

Visual Arts

Led by the Visual Arts Curatorial Fellows and Visual Arts Student Reps Board, Visual Arts now has opportunities to specialize in curation and zine production.

MUSIC, INSTRUMENTAL

Scholar-artists, Jacob Cornejo, Gio Ibarra, Ben Lopez, Fabrizio Milcent, Leo Milano, and Sofia Villanueva represented ChiArts at Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC) also known as “All-State.”

Dance

The conservatory premiered new productions such as: A Not So Nutcracker, Nutcracker, Moving Voices (a cross-conservatory collaboration), and shared their production of ROOTED with local elementary schools.

MUSIC, VOCAL

This year, ChiArts vocalists performed for Michelle Obama, were featured in Millennium Park’s Holiday Sing-Along, and scholar-artists placed at Chicago’s National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition.

SCHOLAR-ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Tyra Outlaw, Dance ’24 has been named a YoungArts 2023 Merit Winner for Dance in the Modern/Contemporary category. YoungArts will support Tyra with creative and professional development opportunities throughout her artistic career!