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+1 312-942-6991
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630 S Hermitage Ave Ste 103K, Chicago, IL, 60612
University Village
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580 ftPolk
0.2 miIllinois Medical District
0.6 miMadison & United Center 1900 W
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Specialties
Snow City Arts educates and inspires children in hospitals through the arts.
History
Established in 1998.
Snow City Arts was founded by Paul Sznewajs in 1998 through a seed grant from Ford Motor Company with a commitment to improve the healthcare experience for children in hospitals. These children are unable to get to the classroom because of illness — so we provide them with the educational outlets they definitively lack, and broaden their exposure to arts and culture.
Being seriously ill means friends and school are replaced by machines and hospital. We use the arts to springboard children in hospitals back towards their daily lives, and work to keep them as academically in-step with their healthy peers as possible — all of our workshops are bench marked against 159 age– and skill level-appropriate state and federal learning standards.
The White House and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities underscored the importance of our programming in 2007, honoring Snow City Arts with the prestigious Coming Up Taller Award.
Meet the Manager
Carrie S.
Manager
Carrie Spitler joined Snow City Arts in January 2013 as Executive Director. She joined the Snow City Arts team after spending 10 years as the Executive Director of the Neighborhood Writing Alliance and Publisher of the Journal of Ordinary Thought where, during her tenure, she led the organization through strategic planning, increased its budget by 20%, and expanded its neighborhood efforts and partnerships. Carrie is currently a member of the Steering Committee of the Southside Arts and Humanities Network and a member of the Chicago Literary Advisory Council of the American Writers Museum. From 1997 to 2002, Carrie was the Director of Development at Access Living where she increased government support, organized record-setting annual galas, and facilitated the creation of a major gift program and Access Living’s first endowment effort. She holds a BS in Political Science from Central Michigan University and a Certificate in Baking and Pastry from Kendall College.
