Arts Student Voice Committee

The Arts Student Voice Committee (ASVC) is a diverse group of CPS high school students who work with the Department of Arts Education (DAE) team to discuss, create, and execute strategies for improving arts education in Chicago Public Schools. Additionally, ASVC contributes their ideas and talents to DAE events and programs, further amplifying and encouraging student voices in arts education.

How to Apply

Are you a student who is interested in affecting arts education within CPS? We want to hear from you! Apply to the Arts Student Voice Committee (ASVC) by September 5 for consideration for the 2025-26 school year:

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ASVC meets regularly to discuss issues related to CPS arts education and selects issues they feel strongly about to make an actionable impact during their time on the committee. They also work on select projects for the Department of Arts Education throughout the school year.

ASVC meetings are in-person every other week after school on Wednesdays from 4:30pm-6pm at a location to be determined.

Benefits of being on ASVC include:

Meet like-minded students from across the city
Engage with leaders within Chicago’s arts education sector
Attend outings to arts and cultural events
Free snacks and Ventra cards

ASVC in Action!

SY24-25

The SY24-25 ASVC worked closely with the Student Programs team to design promotional materials for All-City Performing Arts, All-City Visual Arts, and the RE·VER·BER·ATE Festival. They also designed and presented a zine and video for the Holistic Instructional Practice Summit held by CPS’ Arts Professional Learning team. Explore the zine and watch the video below!

zine cover screenshot

Download the Zine

ACVA Exhibition poster

SY23-24

The SY23-24 ASVC worked closely with the Student Programs team to design promotional materials for the RE·VER·BER·ATE Festival, as well as RE:ALIZE.

RE•VER•BER•ATE 2024 Poster

SY22-23

The SY22-23 ASVC worked closely with the Student Programs team to design promotional materials for the RE·VER·BER·ATE Festival.

A Multi-disciplinary Arts Festival

SY21-22

The SY21-22 ASVC worked with the Department of Arts Education (DAE) to develop an online survey designed to understand CPS students’ goals for a student arts event.

SY20-21

Rest & Renew: As part of the 2021 Arts Education Conference: Rest & Renew, the ASVC collaborated with musician Cole DeGenova to write lyrics for an original song celebrating our amazing teachers, arts partners, and students for persisting through a challenging school year.

SY19-20

Why The Arts?: To accompany Amplifying Essential Voices, our April 2020 Conference Keynote and Panel event, the ASVC created this video about the importance of arts education that cleverly riffs on Kahoot!, the popular learning platform.

Thank You, CPS Arts Teachers: The ASVC express their gratitude to CPS arts teachers at the end of the SY20 school year.