SAIC Recognized again for Excellence in Diversity
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SAIC’s new faculty members represent a diverse range of practices, media, and methodologies and exemplify SAIC’s focus on interdisciplinary studies. Read more.
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Join us this year for an exciting lineup of exhibitions, lectures, screenings, and special events.
January 14, 2019
SAIC opened its All-City High School Senior Portfolio exhibition in the LeRoy Neiman Center on January 8. In partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) this annual show features the talent and achievements of more than 200 CPS high school students' artwork.
December 10, 2018
James Weinstein Memorial Fellowship Recipient: Guanyu Xu James Weinstein Committee: Aimée Beaubien, Marzena Abrahamik, Dawit L Petros, Kate O’Neill, Oliver Sann, Jan Tichy, Alan Labb, Claire Pentecost, Robert Clarke-Davis
This series of artist talks given by our second year graduate students takes place during Critique Week and offers an opportunity to gain insight into the individual artistic production of each candidate.
The presentations are part of the application process for the James Weinstein Memorial Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded to one graduating graduate student to support photographic work for Spring 2019 Graduate Thesis Exhibition.
October 23, 2018
SAIC alum Guadalupe Rosales' (MFA 2016) solo exhibition Echoes of a Collective Memory at Vincent Price Art Museum features archived photos and memorabilia from her Instagram accounts Veteranas and Rucas and Map Pointz.
Parlor Room Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presents:
Risa Puleo in conversation with Iván LOZANO & Gonzalo Reyes Rodríguez
October 18, 2018
Several SAIC community members have been awarded grants from the Propeller Fund.
October 16, 2018
A new four-part series titled Art and Design in Chicago premiered on Friday, October 5, on WTTW with the first episode "If You Build It." The series covers a wide range of Chicago artists and designers.
Since 2011, Natasha Egan has served as the executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (MoCP), where she was previously the associate director and curator since 2000.
Ornella Fieres is a German multimedia artist living in Berlin. Her work deals with the transitions between the analogue and digital space, as well as with the loss and transformation of data and energy in an attempt to capture and transmit moments via recording technologies.
September 20, 2018
SAIC community members are once again an integral part of this year's EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago's international exposition of contemporary and modern art.
For more than 155 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program ranked number two in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world, and adults, teens, and kids in our Continuing Studies classes have the opportunity to explore their creative sides, build portfolios, and advance their skills. Notable alumni and faculty include Georgia O’Keeffe, Nick Cave, David Sedaris, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Cynthia Rowley, Michelle Grabner, Richard Hunt, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Jeff Koons.
