Our Locations

Through teen-dedicated spaces across the city—both in our own buildings and throughout our neighborhood sites—we show teens how much they matter by empowering them to build a bright future for themselves and their communities.

Program Locations Across Chicago

Each purple circle represents an After School Matters program site.

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Gallery 37 Center for the Arts

ASM’s first flagship site serves as a haven of diversity and creativity in the heart of the Loop. The building includes a black-box theater, screen-printing lab, darkroom photography lab, dance studio, and more!

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The Michael and Karyn Lutz Center

In 2016, in an incredibly generous act, Karyn Lutz and her family gifted ASM with this teen-centric facility in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. The building includes a welding workshop, culinary kitchen, vocal rehearsal room, dance studio, various design studios, and more!

After School Matters at Gately Park

In 2021, ASM opened its third teen-centric facility on the city’s far South Side at Gately Park. The building includes art and dance studios, a culinary kitchen, tech labs with 3D printers, a rooftop garden, and more!

After School Matters at Orleans

In 2025, After School Matters opened its new teen-centric facility in the Cabrini neighborhood. The building includes ASM’s first gym, skilled trades labs, a culinary kitchen, design studios, and more!

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