What Makes The Chicago Academy for the Arts a Unique Arts High School?
For aspiring young artists, choosing a high school can feel like choosing a first step toward a lifetime of creative exploration. But what if that step didn’t force you to choose between academic excellence and professional arts training?
Making Waves: How the Duck Derby Helped Us Rebuild
We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of love and support from our Academy community following last month's water main break.
Faculty Spotlight: Between the Lines with Nick Roux
As Co-Chair of the Humanities Department, Nick Roux brings both depth and curiosity to the classroom. A graduate of Kenyon College, he has built his courses around a simple but transformative idea: texts are everywhere.
6 Tips for a Successful Acting Audition
Auditions can feel thrilling, intimidating, and exhilarating all at once. For young actors, they’re also an essential part of learning the craft. Here are six key tips to nailing your next audition.
Celebrating the 2025 Donors Whose Generosity Expanded Opportunity for Students
The Chicago Academy for the Arts Celebrates 2025 Donors Whose Generosity Is Expanding Access, Opportunity, and Excellence for Students
Visual Arts Students Transform a Lincoln Park Window Display for the Holidays
Visual Arts students bring the classroom to the city in this unique visual project in Lincoln Park.
Chicago As Our Classroom: Immersive Trip to the Newberry Library
In November, our Graphic Novel students traded the studio for stacks and took a deeply immersive field trip to the Newberry Library. It was the kind of real-world classroom field trip that reminds us what it means to learn in Chicago, not just about it.
