Our Partners

Since its inception, the Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP) has been developing and implementing arts education programs that cultivate ongoing, reciprocal relationships - true partnerships - among Columbia College, public schools and community-based organizations.  These unique partnerships are crucial to the success of CCAP's programs and initiatives.   They ensure that CCAP's vision of collaboration in the arts and an improved quality of education for Chicago's youth becomes a reality.   

CCAP extends its gratitude to the following partners for their unwavering commitment to creating communities of learning in and through the arts. 

 
Education
    Public Schools - Illinois
    Higher Education - National
Community-Based Organizations
Columbia College Chicago
    Academic Departments
    Offices & Centers
Agencies, Cultural Institutions & Organizations
Funding Sources


EDUCATION

Public Schools — Illinois

Chicago Public Schools

• Academy of Communications and Technology (A.C.T.) Charter School
  
• Crown Community Academy
  
• Robert Healy Elementary School
  
• Theodore Herzl Elementary School
• Edward Jenner Academy of the Arts
• Thurgood Marshall Middle School
• Pulaski Fine Arts Academy
  
• Albert R. Sabin Magnet School

Evanston School District 65

• Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School
• King Lab Magnet School

Higher Education — National

• California Institute of the Arts
• Campus Compact
• Chicago Teachers Center/Northeastern IL University
• Columbia College Chicago
  
• Council of Independent Colleges
• Institute of American Indian Arts
• Maryland Institute College of Art
  
• The Reciprocal University for the Arts
• Xavier University of Louisiana
  

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COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

• Archi-Treasures
• About Face Youth Theatre
• Association House of Chicago
• Beyondmedia Education
  
• Chicago Children's Choir
• Chicago Public Art Group
• Chicago Youth Centers
  
• Free Spirit Media
• Free Street Programs
• Gary Comer Youth Center
• Insight Arts
• Little Black Pearl Workshop
• Music Theatre Workshop
• Najwa Dance Corps
• People's Music School
• Redmoon Theater
• Snow City Arts Foundation
• Street-Level Youth Media
• Video Machete
• Yollocalli Arts Reach
  
• Young Chicago Authors

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COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO

Academic Departments

• Art & Design
• Arts, Entertainment and Media Management
• Audio Arts & Acoustics
• English
• Fiction Writing
• Film & Video
• Photography
• Television
• Theater

Offices & Centers

• Admissions
• C-Spaces
  
• Center for Arts Policy
• Center for Book & Paper Arts
• Center for Teaching Excellence
• The Dance Center
• Educational Studies
• Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media
  
• Institutional Advancement
• Library
• Student Organizations & Leadership
  

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AGENCIES, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

• Americans for the Arts
• Arts Education Partnership
• Cambodian Association of Illinois
  
• Catalyst Magazine
• Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
• Chicago Campaign for the Expansion of Community Schools
• Chicago Consortium for School Research
• Duncan YMCA Chernin Center for the Arts
• Englewood Community Culture Council
• Museum of Contemporary Photography
• National Public Radio/WBEZ-FM
• National Coalition of Community Schools
• National Performance Network
• Schools to Watch
• Smart Museum of Arts
  
• Split Pillow
• West Caribbean Dance Company

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FUNDING SOURCES

The Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP) thanks the following contributors for their generous support over the years.  Their commitment ensures that CCAP and its many partners can continue to create innovative arts programming that builds stronger schools and communities, and ultimately better educated students. 

If you are Interested in supporting CCAP's many programs and initiatives, please contact the Development Manager. 

Organizations
After School Matters
Alphawood Foundation
American Express
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois
Blum-Kovler Foundation
Campus Compact
Chicago Department of Children and Youth Services
Chicago Public Schools
Council of Independent Colleges
Field Foundation of Illinois
Foster's Wine Estates
Geographic Society of Chicago
Heartland Arts Fund
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois Campus Compact
Illinois Humanities Council
Inroads Program of Arts International
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Kraft General Foods, Inc.
McDougal Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
National Performance Network
Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
Prince Charitable Trust
Starbucks Coffee Company
Starbucks Foundation
Steans Family Foundation
Target
TCF National Bank of IL
The Chicago Community Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
The Corporation for National and Community Service
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Surdna Foundation Inc.
The Wallace Foundation
U.S. Department of Education
Woods Fund of Chicago

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Gifts-In-Kind
Africa International House
African Festival of the Arts
American Airlines
Arts Midwest
Chicago Public Radio
Chicago State University
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Tribune
Comfort Inn & Suites
Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc.
Gospel 1390AM
House of Blues
Jewel Osco
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Kraft General Foods, Inc.
Lawry's Foods, Inc.
Lenox Suites Hotel
Marshall Fields
Northern Trust Bank
Old Town School of Folk Music
Palmer House Hilton
Residence Inn by Mariott
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Target Corp.
UPN Channel 50
V-103
WBEZ 91.5 FM
WBEZ-FM
Western Union
WGCI 107.5 FM
WGN
WVAZ-FM.

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