"I truly believe that if we enable youth and communities to capture the essence of how the arts can be a positive reflection of themselves, then positive social, political, economic and educational changes will occur at the will of the people."
—Ayesha (Sista Soul), AYCD graduate program
Photo credit (top): Nicole Garneau
Service Learning & Civic Engagement
As the largest arts and media college in the country - serving over 10,000 students - Columbia College Chicago provides an excellent environment in which CCAP's Urban Missions program can thrive. The College's mission mandates active involvement with the urban community by empowering undergraduates to leave the confines of the classroom and explore how their artistic practice can potentially transform society. This would not be possible without a commitment to service-learning and civic engagement by both the College and the Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP).
Integrating arts and civic engagement into the college curricula is a major component of CCAP's Community Partnerships initiative. In partnership with community members and the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), under the auspices of the Provost's office, CCAP helps develop ways to infuse courses with service-learning components that address community-identified goals and specific course objectives.
Through service-learning and civic engagement, the City of Chicago becomes the classroom for over 100 undergraduates each year at Columbia. They are given unique opportunities to apply what they learn through the development of community arts projects, impacting the lives of all those involved.
Integrating arts and civic engagement into the college curricula is a major component of CCAP's Community Partnerships initiative. In partnership with community members and the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), under the auspices of the Provost's office, CCAP helps develop ways to infuse courses with service-learning components that address community-identified goals and specific course objectives.
Through service-learning and civic engagement, the City of Chicago becomes the classroom for over 100 undergraduates each year at Columbia. They are given unique opportunities to apply what they learn through the development of community arts projects, impacting the lives of all those involved.
