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Suzette Bross (she/her)
Founder & Executive Director
Suzette@artistsinpublicschools.org
Sophia Guadalupe Padgett Pérez (she/her/they/them)
Artistic Director
Sophia@artistsinpublicschools.org
Susan T. Mangaluz (she/her)
Associate Director
Susan@artistsinpublicschools.org
Ebony N. Andrews (she/her)
Marketing Director
Ebony@artistsinpublicschools.org
Molly Kelly
President
Michael T. Noonan
Secretary
Cheri Hubbard
Treasurer
Jenn Dixon
Kelly Costello
Yumi Ross
Marielle Lifshitz
Cyraina Johnson-Roullier
Smita Shah
Peter B. Smith
Susan Aaron
Teri Boyd
Nora Daley
Tricia Van Eck
Terry Evans
Vikki Hood
Karen Krehbiel
Carrie Lannon
Caroline Older
Lori Smedley
Gary Schechner
Matt Siber
Jan Tichy
Jay Wolke
Brooke Hummer
Jeff Phillips
The Chicago Public School (CPS) system is the nation’s fourth largest school district, serving over 325,000 students in 634 schools. Further, CPS predominantly serves students of color, with 70% of CPS students reported to come from low-income households. Research underscores that students from disinvested communities benefit significantly from arts programming, which fosters critical thinking, community building, and civic engagement (Source: NEA, Arts Education in America).
Artist-founded in 2017, Artists in Public Schools (formerly CPS Lives) was created by photographer Suzette Bross to integrate artists and cultural producers into CPS through paid artist residencies. Artists in Public Schools offers these artist residencies to CPS at zero-to-low cost, ensuring accessible collaboration between the artists, the students, and the school community. Since its inception, Artists in Public Schools has transformed public school environments into vibrant hubs of creativity, cultivating opportunities for professional, working, and emerging artists to connect with CPS students and faculty to create meaningful art experiences.
Learn MoreCPS Lives seeks to expand our knowledge of the space students inhabit through the work of our artists produced in the public schools. The artists seek to enlarge our understanding of the places students inhabit and their worldview through the use of cultural processes. How public spaces are enriched and developed through the presence of visual production increases the level of the students’ cultural literacy and becomes palpable to the larger civic community, both politically and culturally. This program creates ties to local communities through the exhibitions in their library branches and community centers. By creating this relationship in a public space we come to understand the complexity and importance of the public school system and the increasing importance of these public sites, their value, their diversity.
We want to hear from you! Please feel free to email us…
Learn MoreWe proudly appreciate support from our partners.
Stories
View Page2024
2023
Nelson W. Armour & Lazaro Cardenas Elementary School
Jess Smoot & Cesar Chavez Elementary School
Zhuyan Ye & Robert Healy Elementary
Mariah Karson & Carl Schurz High School
Pooja Pittie & Jones College Prep
Chang Ching “Casper” Su & Haines Elementary
Denise Waite & Lincoln Park High School
Jess Smoot & Cesar Chavez Multicultural Academic Center
Dylan Yarbrough & Joyce Kilmer Elementary School
Steven Gross & Art In Motion
Ludvig Peres & Mozart Elementary School
James Hosking & Senn High School
Kathryn Rodrigues & Sullivan High School
Nathan Miller & Percy L. Julian High School
Sandra Leonard & Columbia Explorers Academy
Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School
2022
Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School
Dylan Yarbrough & Arnold Mireles Academy
Marzena Abrahamik & Michele Clark High School
Ludvig Peres & Bowen High School
Steven Gross & CPS Administration Portraits
John Mann & Columbia Explorers Academy
Kioto Aoki & Benito Juarez High School
Nelson Armour & Lazaro Cardenas Elementary School
Nathan Miller & Percy Julian High School
Norman Teague & Tilden HS
Lynn Renee Persin & Edison Regional Gifted Center
Lynn Renee Persin & Budlong Elementary School
Justin Schmitz & Taft High School
Doug McGoldrick & William Penn Elementary School
Kathryn Rodrigues & Sullivan High School
2021
Steven Gross & Ravenswood Elementary School
Jeff Phillips & Marzena Abrahamik: Projection Installations
Marzena Abarahmik & Michele Clark High School
Mia Capodilupo & Henry H. Nash Elementary School
Andrew Miller & Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
Dorian Sylvain & John L. Marsh Elementary
Doug McGoldrick & Sayre Language Academy
Ludvig Peres & Mozart Elementary School
Jeffrey Wolin & Collins Academy High School
Dylan Yarbrough & Arnold Mireles Academy
Kioto Aoki & Benito Juarez High School
Matt Siber & A.N. Pritzker Elementary School
Justin Schmitz & Taft High School
Cyraina Johnson-Roullier & John Preus
2020
Marzena Abrahamik & Justin Schmitz at Michele Clark High School
Scott Fortino & Interior Spaces
Lynn Renee Persin & Edison Regional Gifted Center
Krista Wortendyke & Senn High School
Kioto Aoki, Jan Tichy & Benito Juarez Community Academy
Kelly Costello & Galileo Scholastic Academy
Jim Iska & Stone Scholastic Academy
Janet Mesic-Mackie & Amundsen High School
Edra Soto & Westinghouse College Prep
Matt Siber & A.N. Pritzker Elementary School
Eileen Ryan & Jones College Prep
Doug McGoldrick & Sayre Language Academy
Melissa Ann Pinney & Ogden International High School
Jeff Phillips & Dorian Sylvain: The BMO Harris x CPS Lives Mural, Summer 2020
Marzena Abrahamik & Michele Clark Magnet High School
Justin Schmitz & Taft High School
John Preus & Sullivan High School
Bob Thall & Tilden Academy
Justin Schmitz & Taft High School
Jeff Phillips & Phoenix Military Academy
2019
Jim Iska & Nicholas Senn High School
Rhonda Brown & University of Chicago Charter School: Woodlawn
Faheem Majeed & “What Shall I Tell the Children?”
Michelle Keim & Nicholas Senn Highschool
Michelle Keim & William Jones College Preparatory High School
Melissa Ann Pinney & Ogden-Jenner Academy of the Arts
Whitney Bradshaw & Chicago High School for the Arts
Cecil McDonald Jr. & Senn High School
Jeff Phillips & Phoenix Military Academy
Eileen Ryan & Waters Elementary
Eileen Ryan & Jones College Prep
Sa Schloff & Mather High School
Kelly Costello & Galileo Scholastic Academy
Jaclyn Silverman & East Side Volume One
Doug Fogelson & Roberto Clemente Community Academy
Dorian Sylvain & Dolittle Elementary School
Bob Thall & Carl Schurz High School
Scott Fortino & The Noble Academy
Bob Thall & Eugene Field Elementary School
Bob Thall & Roger C. Sullivan High School
Jan Tichy, Kioto Aoki & Benito Juarez Community Academy
Jay Wolke & Dolittle Elementary School
Suzette Bross & The Principal Project
Marzena Abrahamik & Young Women’s Leadership Charter School
Kris Brailey & Polaris Charter Academy
Janet Mesic Mackie & Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
Janet Mesic Mackie & Amundsen High School
Melissa Ann Pinney & The Bell School
2018
Michelle Keim & Lane Tech College Prep High School
Jay Wolke & Gary Comer College Preparatory Middle School
Carlos Matallana & Smyser Elementary School
Kioto Aoki & Mark Sheridan Math and Science Academy
SAIC Collaboration & Drake Elementary School
Moe Zoyari & Ogden International School
Sandra Steinbrecher & Alain Locke Charter Academy
Maggie Meiners & Walt Disney Magnet Elementary School
Jaclyn Jacunski & North Lawndale College Prep Academy
Paul D’Amato & Hubbard High School
Cecil McDonald Jr. & Manierre Elementary School
Cecil McDonald Jr. & Walter Dyett High School for the Arts
Cecil McDonald Jr. & Hendricks Elementary
Artists
View PageClass of 2025
Juan Bãnos Arjona
Kat Bawden
Teresita Carson
Johnathan Michael Castillo
Nia Easley
Eseosa Edebiri
Brian Herrera
J. Daniel Hud
Hillary Irene Johnson
Deirdre Colgan Jones
Tulika Ladsariya
Seonyoung Lee
Haerim Lee
Miguel Limon
Natasha Moustache
David Obermyer
Armando Roman
Jessica Shapiro
Nyia Sissac
Eugene I-Peng Tang
Class of 2024
Nelson W. Armour
Kat Bawden
Teresita Carson
Eseosa Edebiri
Kris Derek Hechevarria
Juan Hernandez
J. Daniel Hud
Jayne King
Haerim Lee
Sandra Leonard
Miguel Limon
Alyce Haliday McQueen
Natasha Moustache
Armando Roman
Nyia Sissac
Jess Smoot
Chang-Ching “Casper” Su
Denise Waite
Class of 2023
Steven E. Gross
Kris Derek Hechevarria
Juan Hernandez
James Hosking
Mariah Karson
Sandra Leonard
Alyce Haliday McQueen
Andrew Miller
Nathan Miller
Ludvig Peres
Pooja Pittie
Kathryn Rodrigues
Jess Smoot
Chang-Ching “Casper” Su
Denise Waite
Dylan Yarbrough
Zhuyan Ye
Class of 2022
Marzena Abrahamik
Kioto Aoki
Nelson W. Armour
Mia Capodilupo
Steven E. Gross
John Mann
Doug McGoldrick
Andrew Miller
Nathan Miller
Ludvig Peres
Lynn Renee Persin
Kathryn Rodrigues
Justin Schmitz
Norman Teague
Dylan Yarbrough
Class of 2021
Marzena Abrahamik
Kioto Aoki
Mia Capodilupo
Steven E. Gross
Cyraina Johnson-Roullier
Doug McGoldrick
Andrew Miller
Ludvig Peres
Jeff Phillips
John Preus
Justin Schmitz
Matt Siber
Dorian Sylvain
Jeffrey Wolin
Dylan Yarbrough
Class of 2020
Marzena Abrahamik
Kioto Aoki
Suzette Bross
Kelly Costello
Scott Fortino
Jim Iska
Doug McGoldrick
Janet Mesic-Mackie
Lynn Renee Persin
Jeff Phillips
Melissa Ann Pinney
John Preus
Eileen Ryan
Justin Schmitz
Matt Siber
Edra Soto
Dorian Sylvain
Bob Thall
Jan Tichy
Krista Wortendyke
Class of 2019
Marzena Abrahamik
Kioto Aoki
Whitney Bradshaw
Kris Brailey
Suzette Bross
Rhonda Brown
Kelly Costello
Doug Fogelson
Scott Fortino
Jim Iska
Cecil McDonald Jr.
Michelle Keim
Faheem Majeed
Carlos Matallana
Janet Mesic-Mackie
Melissa Ann Pinney
Eileen Ryan
Sa Schloff
Jaclyn Silverman
Bob Thall
Jan Tichy
Jay Wolke
Class of 2018
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Exhibitions
View PageNews
View PageJude Gallery Artist Talk! July 19th
CPS Lives featured in Classic Chicago Magazine
CPS Lives featured in DAZED Magazine
Mariah Karson at Prism Photo Workshop
Now Open: Applications for 2023-2024 Cycle!
Welcome Vero and Grace!
5th Anniversary Benefit: Tickets Now On Sale!
Announcing our EXPO Artists for 2023!
Rock Bottom Brewery Projections
Marzena Abrahamik at Weinberg/Newton Gallery
Norman Teague featured in Artnet
Pooja Pittie featured in Newcity Art
CPS Lives featured in CS Magazine
Critique + Conversation at Filter Space
CPS Lives at EXPO Chicago 2023!
Save the Date: 5th Anniversary Celebration!
Season’s Greetings from CPS Lives
Salt Shed: Student Mural Contest
CPS Lives is Hiring!
CPS Lives x Giving Tuesday 2022
Whitney Bradshaw Featured in Ms. Magazine
CPS Lives x Ignition Project Space: Class of 2022 Exhibition
Visions & Voices from CPS: Melissa Ann Pinney & Dawn Turner in Conversation
Jay Wolke at Epiphany Center for the Arts
Suzette Bross featured in NS Magazine
Kathryn Rodrigues in Cartography of Care
Dylan Yarbrough in Critical Distance
Marzena Abrahamik at Special Feature
Chicago High Schools Ranked in Nation’s Top 10
Juan Hernandez Artist Panel with BGSQD
Faheem Majeed’s Freedom Stand
Kioto Aoki at Epiphany Center for the Arts
Jaclyn Silverman at Ralph Arnold Gallery
Norman Teague at NOMA
South Shore Arts Party
Norman Teague featured in Chicago Tribune
Welcome, Class of 2023!
Dorian Sylvain featured in Block Club Chicago
Suzette Bross in Northwestern Magazine
Faheem Majeed x Floating Museum featured in Hyperallergic
Kioto Aoki at LATITUDE
CPS Lives x DCASE CityArts Project
Sponsor an Artist!
CPS Lives x Driehaus Foundation
Mia Capodilupo at Koehnline Museum of Art
Norman Teague at CONVERSO
Jan Tichy at The New Gallery (Teddy Stadium)
Norman Teague at The Art Center Highland Park
Nelson Armour at Indianapolis Art Center
Kioto Aoki at Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
Edra Soto at Color Factory in Willis Tower
Faheem Majeed and Floating Museum at The Art Institute of Chicago
Faheem Majeed and Edra Soto at Chicago Botanic Garden
Our First Publication is Now Available for Purchase!
Annual Benefit Recap
Nelson Armour at Perspective Gallery
Ludvig Peres: Recipient of Chicago DCASE Grant
Cecil McDonald at Epiphany Center for the Arts
Online Auction Now Open!
Kathryn Rodrigues at Lillstreet Art Center
Purchase tickets for our May 25th benefit!
Paul D’Amato and Chicago Magazine
Melissa Ann Pinney at National Portrait Gallery
Our 2023 Cycle Application Is Now Open!
2022 Best U.S. High Schools
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Opening Reception
Newcity Art x Expo 2022
CBS x CPS Lives Exclusive
Melissa Ann Pinney at Blue Sky Gallery
Edra Soto’s Screenhouse at Millenium Park
Kathryn Rodrigues in Suburban Nostalgia
CPS Lifts Mask Mandate
CPS Lives launches TikTok page!
Announcing: CPS Lives x Expo Artists
Jeffrey Wolin x Faces of Homelessness: Panel discussion + Chicago Sun-Times article
YouMedia Chicago: Teen Winter Challenge
Matt Siber x Yield Magazine
CPS Lives Critique & Conversation @ Filter Photo
Top schools in Illinois!
Jeff Phillips & Phoenix Military Academy 2021, by ABC 7
Getting Ready To Bloom: The Future of Art and Education
WHAT’S NEXT! A Benefit For CPS Lives
LENS 2021 Exhibition With Artist Matt Siber
Melissa Ann Pinney & The Ogden Video Projection
BMO Harris x CPS Lives Mural Presentation
CPS Lives in Block Club Chicago
Girls’ World Exhibition with Melissa Ann Pinney!
John Preus’ ADAPTATION at The University of Chicago!
Identity and Youth CPS Lives and Expo Chicago Panel
CPS Lives Critique & Conversation @ Filter Photo
Whitney Bradshaw in the Chicago Tribune
CPS Lives in Streetwise Magazine
Melissa Ann Pinney featured in New York Times Lens Blog
CPS Lives in Chicago Gallery News
“Photos Document Remote Learning at a Chicago Elementary School” – Ludvig Peres
CPS Lives select Denise Waite and Chang-Ching “Casper” Su as 2024 EXPO Chicago Artists
6th Annual CPS Lives Gala!
6.4.2024 — Class of 2024 Exhibition at the Design Museum
CPS Lives Featured in CGN Magazine
CPS Lives is Hiring!— Associate Director Role
CPS Lives is now Artists in Public Schools!
Save the Date 11.17.2023— Class of 2023: Vol. II Opening Reception
Suzette Bross (she/her)
Founder & Executive Director
Suzette@artistsinpublicschools.org
Sophia Guadalupe Padgett Pérez (she/her/they/them)
Artistic Director
Sophia@artistsinpublicschools.org
Susan T. Mangaluz (she/her)
Associate Director
Susan@artistsinpublicschools.org
Ebony N. Andrews (she/her)
Marketing Director
Ebony@artistsinpublicschools.org
Molly Kelly
President
Michael T. Noonan
Secretary
Cheri Hubbard
Treasurer
Jenn Dixon
Kelly Costello
Yumi Ross
Marielle Lifshitz
Cyraina Johnson-Roullier
Smita Shah
Peter B. Smith
Susan Aaron
Teri Boyd
Nora Daley
Tricia Van Eck
Terry Evans
Vikki Hood
Karen Krehbiel
Carrie Lannon
Caroline Older
Lori Smedley
Gary Schechner
Matt Siber
Jan Tichy
Jay Wolke
Brooke Hummer
Jeff Phillips
The Chicago Public School (CPS) system is the nation’s fourth largest school district, serving over 325,000 students in 634 schools. Further, CPS predominantly serves students of color, with 70% of CPS students reported to come from low-income households. Research underscores that students from disinvested communities benefit significantly from arts programming, which fosters critical thinking, community building, and civic engagement (Source: NEA, Arts Education in America).
Artist-founded in 2017, Artists in Public Schools (formerly CPS Lives) was created by photographer Suzette Bross to integrate artists and cultural producers into CPS through paid artist residencies. Artists in Public Schools offers these artist residencies to CPS at zero-to-low cost, ensuring accessible collaboration between the artists, the students, and the school community. Since its inception, Artists in Public Schools has transformed public school environments into vibrant hubs of creativity, cultivating opportunities for professional, working, and emerging artists to connect with CPS students and faculty to create meaningful art experiences.
CPS Lives seeks to expand our knowledge of the space students inhabit through the work of our artists produced in the public schools. The artists seek to enlarge our understanding of the places students inhabit and their worldview through the use of cultural processes. How public spaces are enriched and developed through the presence of visual production increases the level of the students’ cultural literacy and becomes palpable to the larger civic community, both politically and culturally. This program creates ties to local communities through the exhibitions in their library branches and community centers. By creating this relationship in a public space we come to understand the complexity and importance of the public school system and the increasing importance of these public sites, their value, their diversity.
We want to hear from you! Please feel free to email us…
General Questions
— Info@artistsinpublicschools.org
Executive Director
Suzette Bross — Suzette@artistsinpublicschools.org
Artistic Director
Sophia Guadalupe Padgett Pérez — Sophia@artistsinpublicschools.org
Susan Mangaluz
Susan T. Mangaluz — Susan@artistsinpublicschools.org
Marketing and Press Inquiries
Ebony N. Andrews — Ebony@artistsinpublicschools.org
We proudly appreciate support from our partners.
News
September 22, 2022 11:00 am
Artists in Public Schools (AiPS) makes art a vital part of public schools. Each donation fuels collaborations that inspire students and elevate artists, bringing diverse voices to the forefront of Chicago’s cultural landscape. All donations, no matter the amount, are greatly appreciated and help our organization make a lasting impact on the lives of artists, CPS students and faculty, and their communities.
The CPS Lives website was a gift from Columbia College Chicago. The branding, design system, and website, was created by a team of multi-disciplined students as part of the College's on-campus Internship program.
Jo-Nell Sieren, Project Manger
Students:
Dario Figueroa, UI/UX Designer
Emily Gorski, Graphic Designer
Nick Rissmeyer, Graphic Designer
Andrew C. Shike, UI/UX Designer, Web Developer (current maintainer)
Devina Yoestong, Photographer & Designer