For more information
about IHOBF-Chicago
please contact:
IHOBF-Chicago
Francine L. Pope
Program Director
329 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312.923.2040
email:
ihobfchicago@hob.com


Promoting Cultural Understanding and Creative Expression Through Music and Art
 

Blues Ambassador Scholarships

Blues SchoolHouse - a multimedia classroom where students learn about American culture and social history through an exploration of blues music and folk art

Make An Impression Guitar, Drum & Percussion Programs - hands-on opportunities for students to play music

Moving Blues SchoolHouse - off-site Blues SchoolHouse program, music component only

Teacher/Student Workshops

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit of
the Dream Celebration

Community Blues SchoolHouse

IHOBF-Chicago opened in January 1997 in the heart of Chicago’s historic Marina City. Since its inception, IHOBF -Chicago has reached over 40,000 students, teachers and community groups with music and arts educational programs. IHOBF-Chicago is the founding location for the Make An Impression Guitar Program, now in its fifth year in Chicago.









































Each One Teach One is an IHOBF- Chicago Make An Impression Art Program in which students, under the direction of visual artist Anna Millea and in collaboration with Erie Neighborhood House, hand-painted electric and acoustic guitars, transforming them into beautiful, functional pieces of art. The guitars were donated by Washburn Guitars, national sponsor of the IHOBF Make An Impression Guitar Program.

In partnership with Aboriginal artist and musician Peter Wallabulla Amunda Amut Rotumah, IHOBF-Chicago offered a program titled "Art From the People: "From an Aboriginal Perspective" to 25 community schools and community centers across the Chicago area (reaching over 2200 people). The purpose of the program was to teach students about Aboriginal history and culture, focusing on the unique Aboriginal styles of painting and music.

Nine Chicago Public Schools participated in the recent IHOBF-Chicago Make An Impression InSTRUMents Guitar Recital at the House of Blues-Chicago. Over the course of two days, 150 students showcased the guitar skills that they learned in the program on the House of Blues stage.