Around the Corner is the Northwest Arts Connection’s annual teen art exhibition, featuring works from Northwest Side high school students. The project is a link for students between receiving school art instruction and experiencing the art world in a professional setting. Because high school students are just around the corner of deciding what to study in college or dedicate their lives to, we aim to provide a supportive, educational experience.
Students create work under a curated theme. They attend workshops in order to learn hanging methods and materials as well as how to effectively engage an audience. The exhibition itself will take place in a professional art setting, gallery or collective, and will be open to the public. A formal gallery show opening will be scheduled. In the past, all genres of work have been accepted and encouraged. The 2018 ATC will focus solely on photography. The exhibition will be in mid-autumn.
Around the Corner cultivates the talent of our Northwest Side youth by mentoring and connecting them with the skills and information they need to become a valuable contributor to our local cultural movement. Northwest Arts Connection’s mission is to develop vibrant communities by empowering our neighborhood artists as key contributors to our economic and cultural development. We believe that begins with our youth.
Roosevelt High School: 2017 Student Artists
Intrinsic Schools: 2017 Community Builders
Aspira High School: 2016, 2017 Student Artists
Schurz High School (buildOn): 2017 Community Builders
Taft High School: 2017 Student Artists
Schurz High School: 2016 Student Artists
Steinmetz High School: 2016 Student Artists
Luther North High School: 2015, 2016 Student Artists
Lydia Urban Academy: 2015, 2016 Student Artists
Around the Corner is the Northwest Arts Connection’s annual teen art exhibition, featuring works from Northwest Side high school students. The project is a link for students between receiving school art instruction and experiencing the art world in a professional setting. Because high school students are just around the corner of deciding what to study in college or dedicate their lives to, we aim to provide a supportive, educational experience.
Students create work under a curated theme. They attend workshops in order to learn hanging methods and materials as well as how to effectively engage an audience. The exhibition itself will take place in a professional art setting, gallery or collective, and will be open to the public. A formal gallery show opening will be scheduled. In the past, all genres of work have been accepted and encouraged. The 2018 ATC will focus solely on photography. The exhibition will be in mid-autumn.
Around the Corner cultivates the talent of our Northwest Side youth by mentoring and connecting them with the skills and information they need to become a valuable contributor to our local cultural movement. Northwest Arts Connection’s mission is to develop vibrant communities by empowering our neighborhood artists as key contributors to our economic and cultural development. We believe that begins with our youth.
Roosevelt High School: 2017 Student Artists
Intrinsic Schools: 2017 Community Builders
Aspira High School: 2016, 2017 Student Artists
Schurz High School (buildOn): 2017 Community Builders
Taft High School: 2017 Student Artists
Schurz High School: 2016 Student Artists
Steinmetz High School: 2016 Student Artists
Luther North High School: 2015, 2016 Student Artists
Lydia Urban Academy: 2015, 2016 Student Artists
Thanks again for including UpBeat and our students at Around the Corner 2016. It was a great opportunity for students to perform and get more connected with the local music and arts community.
Scott Barbeau, Upbeat Music & Arts
Thank you for your investment in our students and our community... All of us at Lydia Urban Academy are so grateful to for the opportunity we had to participate in Around the Corner 2015. Our students were treated with such respect and encouraged to grow as individuals and artists. To have such positive interactions with adults in the community is priceless. Thank you for continuing to include us in this wonderful experience as you begin planning the second annual event.
Karen Anderson, Lydia Urban Academy
I’ve had a lot of people literally laugh in my face when I mention I’m trying to do art professionally and I’m going to art school. The first Around the Corner show was really emotional for me because I had multiple people come up to me and give me support. Although I receive support from close friends and family, the positive feedback I received that day felt especially special. They’re good people there, and I appreciate them a lot.
Mialis Mercado, student
It was a wonderful event. Very nice to see all the students stand proudly by their work displayed in such a lovely space.
Keith Pollok, Steinmetz H.S. After School Matters
I personally want to thank all of you for your support of young artists and your hard work in pulling this show together. It really does mean a lot to the students and their parents. Schools need the support of these outside organizations and the feedback was just great from both parents and students. I cannot thank you enough and I appreciate your time spent at the show with the parents and especially the students. God bless your efforts and you continue this work.
Linda Galek, Luther North College Prep
I take seriously the art making, as an artist I think is the best way to express our inner soul in a beautiful way. Thank you guys to help promote the arts between our youth, they need it.
Ulises Rivero, Aspira Early College
Around The Corner has literally been a life-changing experience for me. It provided me with a taste of what it’s really like to be a professional artist showing in a gallery setting. It also introduced me to many important people, even some who became mentors to me.
Amanda Jablonka, student artist
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