Chicago Academy for the Arts

MissionThe Chicago Academy for the Arts transforms emerging artists through a curriculum and culture which connect intellectual curiosity, critical thinking and creativity to impart the skills to lead and collaborate across diverse communities.Vision 2020By 2020, CAA will be nationally and internationally recognized for:• Setting new standards in arts education and promoting the arts as integral to life.• Developing individuals—through its core values, traditions, students, faculty, and facilities—who are sought-after artists, thinkiers, and leaders• Serving the region as a major arts and educational resource and partner to colleges, arts organizations, local communities, businesses and individuals.Promise StatementThe Chicago Academy for the Arts is Chicagoland’s independent conservatory prep school where aspiring scholar-artists, grades 9 through 12, master fundamental tools for both critical thought and authentic creative expression.Our renowned teachers—professional artists and accomplished academics—connect with the ever-present, impassioned, soon-to-burst-forth artist and the nascent scholar within each student, cultivating innate gifts independent of prior training.Anchored in the classical discipline of their art forms, encouraged by our warm, wise community, and fueled by the dynamic energy of this uncompromising environment, Academy graduates emerge ready for college and conservatory, commerce and art, with the confidence and skill to pursue any dream for life.