April 24, 2018
SAIC Recognized for Sustainability Efforts
This semester SAIC flexed its power by reducing its energy usage and upping its green initiatives.
April 24, 2018
Kenneth Josephson: The Man Who Pioneered Contemporary Photography and the Selfie
Professor Emeritus Kenneth Josephson, who was on SAIC faculty for 40 years in the Photography department, has been profiled in the Chicago Tribune as the man who pioneered contemporary photography and the selfie.
April 23, 2018
SAIC Presents Spring and Summer Exhibitions and Events
SAIC continues its year-end events with an exciting line-up for spring and summer.
April 23, 2018
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Fashion 2018 Runway Show and Exhibition Challenges Viewers to Engage with Fashion
Students from the Department of Fashion Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, will make a bold statement when their designs hit the runway at the School’s annual fashion show and exhibition on May 4.
April 19, 2018
LaToya Ruby Frazier's Photographs Appear in the New York Times Magazine
Critic Jerry Saltz (SAIC 1970–75, HON 2008) describes the photographs of LaToya Ruby Frazier, associate professor in the Photography department, like "Goya turning his eye toward the struggles and triumphs of Black America." In a cover story for the New York Times Magazine, Frazier points her camera at the health crisis facing Black mothers.
April 19, 2018
Justus Harris Receives Kennedy Center Fellowship
Justus Harris (BA 2013) has been named a 2018 Citizen Artist Fellow from the Kennedy Center for his work as founder of MedSculp, a company that uses creativity to help others visualize information about their chronic illnesses, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
April 19, 2018
Rashid Johnson Begins Shooting Native Son in Chicago
Rashid Johnson (SAIC 2003–04) began shooting his debut directorial film in Chicago this month.
April 19, 2018
Nick Cave to Install Dance Hall on Park Avenue
This summer, from June 7 to July 1, Nick Cave, Stephanie and Bill Sick Professor of Fashion, Body and Garment, will transform Park Avenue Armory’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall into a carnivalesque dance party.
April 19, 2018
Judy Chicago to Deliver Commencement Address at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SAIC will welcome celebrated artist Judy Chicago to deliver the School’s commencement address on Monday, May 14, at Wintrust Arena.
April 17, 2018
Jerry Saltz Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Jerry Saltz (SAIC 1970–75, HON 2008) has been awarded this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his article published last April, “My Life as a Failed Artist,” which reflects on his failure at being an artist and how it turned him toward art criticism.
April 13, 2018
Helen O'Leary Receives Prestigious Rome Prize for Visual Art
On April 12, Helen O'Leary (BFA 1988, MFA 1989) received the American Academy Rome Prize in Visual Arts for 2018–19.
April 12, 2018
SAIC Students to Exhibit Work in Venice
This spring, 20 SAIC students bolstered their knowledge of curatorial approaches—how their work and critical positions intersect with questions of citizenship and its role within art and design.
