Chicago Undergraduate National Portfolio Day: October 6
Representatives from more than 45 undergraduate art schools and universities will be available to discuss your work and assist you in pursuing an education in the visual arts.
Graduate National Portfolio Day: October 19
Prospective MFA students are invited to receive feedback on their portfolios and learn more about the curricula, faculty, and application procedures from a number of colleges.
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Fall 2024 Magazine
What kind of artmaking becomes possible when people come together? This issue of School of the Art Institute of Chicago magazine spotlights dynamic duos, artistic collaboratives, inspiring partnerships, and the magic that happens when our community members work side by side—including a cover feature on President Jiseon Lee Isbara.
This Issue
What kind of artmaking becomes possible when people come together? This issue of School of the Art Institute of Chicago magazine spotlights dynamic duos, artistic collaboratives, inspiring partnerships, and the magic that happens when our community members work side by side—including a cover feature on President Jiseon Lee Isbara.
Woven In
Jiseon Lee Isbara is ready to ask the big questions. In July, when she became the president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she didn’t want to arrive with all the answers. “I do not think that what lies ahead for SAIC should be solely realizing my vision,” Lee Isbara said. “I think it’s got to be the School's vision.”
Poor Farm
At Poor Farm—run by Crown Family Professor of Painting and Drawing Michelle Grabner and her husband Brad Killam—artists can explore, experiment, and create. “If you build a space that is bigger than yourself, where artists and ideas can intersect, there will be meaningful intensity,” said Grabner.
SAIC at Homan Square
For more than eight years, SAIC at Homan Square has provided an integral link to the North Lawndale community. Located in the historic Nichols Tower, the program offers classes, workshops, and programming that lie at the intersection of art and civic engagement.
What Is This?
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."
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