SAIC's Gene Siskel Film Center (GSFC), which has been educating and entertaining film fans for more than 45 years, was featured in ...
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R.A.W. Tuba Awarded Sandor Prize at Black Harvest Film Festival
The Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Black Harvest Film Festival Prize was presented to the short film R.A.W. Tuba on August 17...
On the first day of summer, June 21, SAIC joined famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Bach Project, the North Lawndale community, the City of...
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced recipients of its Fashion Future Graduate Showcase and finalists of the...
June 26, 2019
Darryl DeAngelo Terrell Named Kresge Artist Fellow
Darryl DeAngelo Terrell (MFA 2017) was named a Kresge Artist Fellow by Kresge Arts in Detroit.
June 25, 2019
SAIC Faculty Work with Youth to Bring Mini Golf Back to North Lawndale
Haman Cross III, artist and instructor in SAIC's Continuing Studies program and Eric Hotchkiss, lecturer in the Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects, worked with youth to design the 18 holes of a mini golf course in Douglas Park.
June 18, 2019
Mark Jeffery Talks Goat Island with Newcity
Associate Professor Mark Jeffery (Performance) was featured in an interview in Newcity, where he discussed how he became part of the performance group Goat Island; the current exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center, goat island archive: we have discovered the performance by making it; and being a curator, teacher, and director.
June 13, 2019
SAIC Faculty Receive Inaugural "Leaders for a New Chicago" Awards from Field Foundation
The Field Foundation named 14 recipients of its inaugural "Leaders for a New Chicago" awards, reports the Chicago Tribune. Assistant Professor of Art Education Sarah Ross and Lecturer J.
June 5, 2019
Weaving Art and Astronomy
A recent article in Time Magazine discusses the significant connection between astronomy and art and mentions the work of SAIC alum Isaac Facio (BFA 2001, MFA 2017) and Benedikt Diemer, a cosmologist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
June 5, 2019
Newcity's "Lit 50" 2019 Includes SAIC Community Members
Newcity's 2019 "Lit 50" list includes several SAIC community members.
June 4, 2019
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019 SAIC Contributor List
The Chicago Architecture Biennial announced the more than 80 contributors from more than 20 countries participating in the 2019 biennial, which is titled “…and other such stories.”
June 3, 2019
Encountering the Performance Collective Every house has a door
Professor Lin Hixson (Performance) and Adjunct Professor Matthew Goulish (Writing), founding members of the performance art group Goat Island, were featured in Newcity about the performance collective they began a year after Goat Island ended.
June 3, 2019
Teen Art Council Slated to Debut in Homan Square
The Teen Art Council, a new internship program for Chicago Public School high school students from North Lawndale, will kick off on June 15 at Nichols Tower in Homan Square reports Austin Weekly News.
June 3, 2019
Surface Magazine Interviews Michelle LaFoe
SAIC alum and cofounding principal of OFFICE 52 Architecture Michelle LaFoe (Post-Bac 1992) was interviewed in Surface magazine about establishing OFFICE 52 and its unique architectural perspective.
May 23, 2019
Tony Liu of Diet Prada Included on Fast Company's List of "100 Most Creative People in Business"
SAIC alum and Diet Prada cofounder Tony Liu (BFA 2007) made Fast Company's list of "100 Most Creative People in Business."
May 23, 2019
David Sedaris Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Letters
David Sedaris (BFA 1987) was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
