Gallery 37 is a not-for-profit organization in Chicago. Its purpose is to attract artistically inclined city youth to work as apprentice artists at a vacant downtown lot known as

Block 37 108 North State Street, also known as Block 37, is a development located in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the square block bounded clockwise from the North by West Randolph Street, North State Street ...

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Gallery 37 was created in 1991 by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs'

Lois Weisberg Lois Weisberg (May 6, 1925 – January 13, 2016) was the first Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chicago, from 1989 until January 2011. She was profiled by writer Malcolm Gladwell in a 1999 ''New Yorker'' essay, "Six Degrees of Lois ...

and Maggie Daley, wife of the city's former mayor,

Richard M. Daley Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term ...

. Its purpose is to attract artistically inclined city youth to work as apprentice artists at a vacant downtown lot known as

, bound by State, Dearborn, Washington, and Randolph streets. Gallery 37 currently houses Chicago Public Schools' Advanced Arts Program, a magnet arts program open to CPS Upperclassmen who want to pursue careers in the arts and After School Matters. ASM is a not-for-profit organization that partners with the City of Chicago, the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Public Library, the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and Community-Based Organizations to expand out-of-school opportunities for Chicago teens. Advanced Arts Programming is open to juniors and seniors within Chicago Public Schools, students have to meet GPA, attendance, and pass a rigorous interview process. Advanced Arts Students go on to some of the best art schools within the country and solid careers within their chosen field of specialization. After School Matters is open to young people between the ages of 14 to 21 living within Chicago city limits. After School Matters provides teens with opportunities to discover their potential and find their future. Advanced Arts Programs run throughout the school year at Gallery 37, and After School Matters Courses run year round.

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Advanced Arts ProgramAfter School Matters

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