Arts Administration and Policy Office

Sharp Building
37 S. Wabash Ave., 7th floor
Phone: 312.899.1232
artsadmin@saic.edu

Rachel Weiss, Chair, rweiss@saic.edu

Rachel Weiss, Internship Coordinator, rweiss@saic.edu

Tenesha L. Edwards, Administrative Director, tedwar1@saic.edu

Art History, Theory, and Criticism Office

MacLean Center
112 S. Michigan Ave., suite 605
Phone: 312.345.3788
Fax: 312.345.3789
saicarthistory@saic.edu

David Raskin, Chair, draskin@saic.edu

Daniel Quiles, Graduate Program Director, dquiles@saic.edu

Shay DeGrandis, Senior Administrative Director, sdegra@saic.edu

Each year, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago celebrates the culmination and closure of students' studies at the master's level. In studio areas, the celebration takes place in the form of the thesis exhibitions, while the academic areas complement this with the thesis abstracts publication. This thesis abstract collection gathers and showcases thesis research undertaken in six programs: Master of Arts in Arts Administration and Policy; Master of Arts in Art Education; Master of Arts in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism; Master of Arts in Art Therapy; Master of Arts in Teaching; and Master of Science in Historic Preservation.

2012 Thesis Abstracts

Kristen Boddy
Exhibition to restitution : determining the fate of Soviet trophy art

Allison M. Glenn
Site reflexivity and the contemporary environmnet : Small Liberties in Andrea Zittel's High Desert Test Sites

Laura-Caroline Jonhson
From place to space : the societal and art historical contexts of Clyde Connell's sculptures, 1970-1989

Vipash Purichanont
The land foundation : toward a Buddhistic utopia

Rachell M. Wolff
We bought a virgin : the issue of the artist in No Ghost Just a Shell

2011 Thesis Abstracts

Joseph A. Iverson
Contemporary adventure stories : Janet Cardiff, Sukhdev Sandhu, and immaterial intervention

Elissa Papendick
Systems altered : Mierle Laderman Ukeles and New York City's waste systems

Ariel Lauren Pittman
Juan Downey through the looking glass : video as an instrument of active thought

Danica Willard Sachs
Medium to myth : Lewis Baltz

2010 Thesis Abstracts

Francesca C. Wilmott
Scaling The Motorway: Public Art & Cultural Regeneration in Post-Industrial England

2009 Thesis Abstracts

Steven L. Bridges
Making the invisible visible : socially engaged, collaborative public art in the city

Lauren J. Grundhofer
Murakami's orientalism

Marina Gardiner
Intercultural exchange through grand spectacle : an analysis of cultural performance in Olympic opening ceremonies

Cortney Lederer
Creating a brand : post race in contemporary art exhibitions

Abigail Satinsky
The art of policy : the work of Group Material

2008 Thesis Abstracts

Rachel Servi
Translating taste : the value of art consultants in today's art market

2007 Thesis Abstracts

Andrew J. Reading
The age of expansion : shifting styles in art museum architecture

A leader in educating artists, designers, and scholars since 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers nationally accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees and post-baccalaureate programs to 3,200 students from around the globe. Located in the heart of Chicago, SAIC has an educational philosophy built upon an interdisciplinary approach to art and design, giving students unparalleled opportunities to develop their creative and critical abilities, while working with faculty who are the leading practitioners in their fields.

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