Office of Engagement

October 12, 2021

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Awarded $25,000 from Bloomberg Philanthropies to Improve Walkability in North Lawndale

SAIC has been selected as a recipient of one of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative grants.

March 11, 2021

Homan Square

Eric Hotchkiss teaches a public design class for SAIC in Nichols Tower

March 12, 2019

Homan Square Proves to Be a Beam of Hope

Nichols Tower in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood was the recent subject of an article in the New York Times.

September 20, 2018

SAIC Concludes First-Ever Significant Fundraising Campaign with $55.2 Million

CHICAGO–The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, raised $55.2 million as part of its first ever significant fundraising effort, Beautiful/Work: The Campaign for SAIC, exceeding its goal to raise $50 million for student scholarships and faculty support by 10 percent.

September 19, 2017

Artist Pedro Reyes To Reproduce His Work, “Palas Por Pistolas” (Guns Into Shovels), In North Lawndale

CHICAGO–The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, announced a partnership with artist Pedro Reyes to reproduce his work, “Palas por pistolas” (Guns into Shovels), in the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood on September 23.

September 12, 2017

U.S. Pavilion Announces Exhibitors at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

Chicago, September 12, 2017–The curatorial team for Dimensions of Citizenship, the exhibition that will represent the United States in the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, today announced the architects, landscape architects, and designers who will create work for the show. The seven commissioned exhibitors are:

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