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Meet Aidan Anne Frierson, Artist and Storyteller

Recent graduate Aidan Anne Frierson (MFA 2025) is many things: a storyteller, educator, artist, and daughter of Chicago. Her work threads together personal history and collective memory, grounded in the textures of Black life and legacy.

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Why SAIC?

Three of our students share what brought them to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Tess Shoshana

"The freedom to choose what you learn and how you learn."

Leo Dai

"I wouldn’t be where I’m at right now without Chicago."

Antane Phillips

"The museum, I have now seen it as my second classroom."