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Artists in Public Schools creates artist residencies in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), providing expansive art making experiences for students, educators, and professional Chicago-based artists. Working together with a collaborative, community-focused mindset, we celebrate and widely share the unique stories of CPS students and schools through art and creativity. When the arts and aesthetics are integrated into education, work, and life, we strengthen our capacity to learn. Creating something is at the core of learning.
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Art In Motion

Bowen High School

William P. Nixon Elementary School

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My documentary project with the non-profit organization Artists in Public Schools continues with an emphasis on the classroom setting and student portraiture. For the 2022-23 school year, I am paired up with William P. Nixon Elementary School, a K-6 grade school in Hermosa, a northwest side neighborhood in Chicago. 
Initially my focus began by documenting the after school programs covering classes in Spanish language skills, music and folk dance. The early pictures made during my first few weeks at Nixon made me realize I wanted to work within a more controlled environment when making individual portraits. Going forward, I can plan the backgrounds in advance while the students can engage with the camera. 
The series of photographs are two-fold, scenes from the classroom and individual student portraiture. I am interested in a creative take on the classic student school portrait. The hallways and auditorium replace the rolled studio paper in the hope that it can allow the student to relax more. Kids at the elementary school age have a tendency to love the camera and mostly enjoy being photographed. 
In the end, each student will go away with a 4×6 print. It is my hope that many of the kids can walk away with an understanding that there is still value and excitement in tangible objects like a photographic print in an era when digital is the default. 
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andrew miller, cps lives, nixon elementary school, chicago public schools, nonprofit, chicago artist, photography, chicago students, chicago art, portraiture, school

Andrew Miller, Chicago Artist, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, Photographer, Chicago Public Schools, Art

Andrew Miller is an interior, architectural and portrait photographer based in Chicago. He works with commercial and editorial clients in the interior design industry, residential and commercial developers. His interior work has been featured in Modern Luxury Interiors, Michigan Avenue Magazine, and Design Et Al among others. For personal work, Andrew concentrates on people, 
politics and urban environments. Andrew’s work has been featured in group shows at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins and the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver. In 2015, he created a body of work titled Respecting POTUS based on found presidential portraits from a commissioned assignment for the Chicago Park District. He has continued to add to this work throughout the years. Respecting POTUS was exhibited in a show at the Aurora Photo Center in Indianapolis in 2019.
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Andrew Miller

Hermosa

Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School

Andrew Miller, CPS Lives, Chicago Public Schools, William P Nixon Elementary School, Public Education, Nonprofit Organization, Photography, Artist residency, 501(c)3, chicago, visual arts, local

William P. Nixon Elementary School

Stories from William P. Nixon Elementary School

Andrew Miller
& William P. Nixon Elementary School
Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School

Andrew Miller
& William P. Nixon Elementary School
Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School

William P. Nixon Elementary School

Stories from William P. Nixon Elementary School

Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary SchoolAndrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School

Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary SchoolAndrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School

Andrew Miller
& William P. Nixon Elementary School
Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School

Andrew Miller
& William P. Nixon Elementary School
Andrew Miller & William P. Nixon Elementary School