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Data Snapshot: Arts Partnerships - Before and After the Pandemic

Data Snapshot: Arts Partnerships - Before and After the Pandemic explores the challenges that were faced by arts partners during the COVID-19 pandemic school years. It details what the common characteristics were among arts organizations that had school partners in 2018-19 but no longer in 2020-21, while also exploring such data as whether partners served fewer or more schools, what artistic disciplines they provided, and how we can use this data to build back partnership numbers.

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2019-20 State of the Arts report shows access to the arts continues to grow in CPS

We are pleased to share the 2019-20 State of the Arts Report (SOTA). This eighth annual edition presents data that tracks student access to arts education in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) while also identifying areas for improvement and opportunities for growth. Read the report now.

Get your questions answered with the Arts Partner FAQ

We know many partners have questions about the return to in-school programs. We've worked with the CPS Department of Arts Ed to create this living document that responds to partner-submitted questions!

State of the Arts

Over the past 12 years, the State of the Arts (SOTA) in Chicago Public Schools has presented data that tracks student access to arts education in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) while also identifying areas for improvement and opportunities for growth. The data for these reports come from CPS administrative sources, from CPS schools via the annual Creative Schools Survey, and directly from arts partner organizations that support CPS students. The insights derived from this data have helped to transform CPS Arts Education in ways not seen in the past 40 years. For the 2022-23 SOTA, Ingenuity introduced a new SOTA Dashboard to allow stakeholders to explore the data with customizable filters. For the 2023-24 SOTA, Ingenuity introduced the SOTA Toolkit to equip school leaders, arts organizations, and funders with tailored talking points and call to action.

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