Arnold Aprill

Location: Chicago, IL

About Arnold Aprill    

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Arnold Aprill is Founding and Creative Director of Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, a network of artists and arts organizations, educators and schools, that are dedicated to school improvement through arts education partnerships. He comes from a background in professional theater as an award-winning director, producer and playwright. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is one of the co-authors of Learning Partnerships: Improving Learning in Schools with Arts Partners in the Community, published by the Arts Education Partnership, and is one of the co-editors of Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning. He consults nationally and internationally on the role of the arts in effective school improvement. He has been recognized for exceptional leadership by the Chicago Community Trust and by the Leadership for a Changing World initiative supported by the Ford Foundation.

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