The list below offers links and contact info for some specific programs. The Art Institute of Chicago offers guided tours for school groups and operates a resource center for teachers, featuring slides, tranparencies, posters and videos. Art Resources in Teaching sends its teaching staff to schools to teach art and art history courses. After-school programs for kids, and training programs for teachers and parents are also available. Emily Aldredge, contributed program manager.
Artists work with classroom teachers to develop and teach arts-integrated academic curricula.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra offers educational concerts at Symphony Hall and sends small groups of musicians to perform in schools. The Goodman Theater 's Student Subscription series offers tickets to matinee performances of four of the Goodman's mainstage shows to school groups. Teachers come to preview performances and get advance copies of scripts and other material to develop class discussions. Music Theater Workshop produces touring performances for students on topics including drug awareness and gang prevention. Performers lead workshops for students and teachers on each show's theme.