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Passport to ChiArts is back!

Saturday, Sept. 24

September 22, 2016
On Saturday, September 24th, pack your bags and take a family vacation to The Chicago High School for the Arts.


Passport to ChiArts is an open event hosted by The Chicago High School for the Arts and held from 10 AM to 2 PM, showcasing ChiArts’ unique staff, students, and mission to the community. Kid-friendly performances, art activities, a dress-up photo booth, refreshments, and offerings from neighborhood businesses will open up the ChiArts campus to our neighbors. Passport is free of charge and family friendly!


Passport is an excellent opportunity to introduce your family to our school. No matter your child’s age, Passport offers fun, engaging activities and performances that are sure to entertain and interest your child in the arts and the mission of ChiArts. We hope to see you there!


ChiArts is proud to partner with Chicago businesses and organizations including Passport media sponsor Macaroni Kid Chicago, Play Toy Store, Dimo’s Pizza, Little Beans Cafe, The Wasteshed, Music House School of Performing Arts, The Red Balloon, Shop 1021, Purple Monkey Playroom, Spinning J Bakery and Soda Fountain, and more.


The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) is Chicago’s first public high school for the arts. Located in West Town, ChiArts provides artistically gifted, diverse Chicago high school students with intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum. ChiArts relies on private support to fund the arts conservatories, which are tuition-free for students.