July 26, 2018
Exhibition Space Designed by Tadao Ando to Feature AIADO Student Work
A new exhibition space, Wrightwood 659, designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Tadao Ando opens this fall, and AIADO student work will be featured as part of the openiing exhibition, Ando and Le Corbusier: Masters of Architecture.
July 24, 2018
SAIC Alum's Work Aims to Overcome Division
SAIC alum Ramón Jiménez Cárdenas (BFA 2018) was recently featured in an article in Fast Company for his project Mending Wall, a series of eight grappling hooks he created as a response to the designs being considered for President Trump's proposed wall along the US's southern border. Although the objects are not meant to be truly functional, their symbolism (one is in the shape of a house) becomes a "hopeful statement that the practical and ideological forces behind the border wall can be defeated," reports Fast Company.
July 23, 2018
Emil Ferris' My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Wins Three 2018 Eisner Awards
Emil Ferris (BFA 2008, MFA 2010) won three Eisner Awards for her debut graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. She won Eisner Awards in the Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/Artist, and Best Coloring categories.
July 19, 2018
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Announces Fall Visiting Artists Line-Up
CHICAGO—This fall, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, will host a distinguished lineup of visiting artists who exemplify the boundary-blurring nature of contemporary art. The fall season kicks off on September 10.
July 19, 2018
Robert Burnier's Black Tiberinus Turns Chicago's First Resident into a River God
SAIC alum, Robert Burnier (MFA 2016) erects a three-piece installation on the Riverwalk in honor of Chicago's first official resident.
July 18, 2018
Public Art by SAIC Alumni on Display Now
From Edgewater to Hyde Park, Chicago is increasing its public art with new murals and installations from some of the cities most talented artists including several SAIC alumni.
July 17, 2018
SAIC Launches New Apparel Shop
CHICAGO (JULY 17, 2018)—The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, launched a new online store featuring sleek branded apparel and gear befitting of a world-renowned art and design school. Top items from the collection include a monochromatic crewneck sweatshirt, beanie, travel mug and tote bag, as well as a “No Art Making in Restrooms” pin, a nod to campus signage that famously appears at the entrance to some SAIC restrooms.
July 16, 2018
SAIC Faculty and Alumni Participate in Inaugural Cleveland Triennial
The inaugural FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art opened to the public this week and runs through September 30, with Professor Michelle Grabner of the Painting and Drawing department as its artistic director.
July 13, 2018
Cleveland Triennial Opens with Michelle Grabner as Creative Lead
Cleveland, Ohio seeks to be the center of the contemporary art world with the opening of Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.
July 13, 2018
Leonard Suryajaya and Derrick Woods-Morrow Receive 2018 Chicago Artadia Award
SAIC alumni Leonard Suryajaya (MFA 2015) and Derrick Woods-Morrow (MFA 2016) have both received the 2018 Chicago Artadia Award.
July 11, 2018
Congrats to Bike to Work Winners 2018
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Bike to Work Challenge!
July 10, 2018
SAIC Faculty Member and Alum Receive "Imagining Justice" Arts Grants
SAIC Assistant Professor Maria Gaspar and alum Laurie Jo Reynolds (MFA 2000) are recipients of the Art for Justice Fund's "Imagining Justice" Arts Grant.
