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Art & Technology Studies 50th anniversary

ATS@50 (Art and Technology Studies, 1969-2019)

The department of Art and Technology Studies is celebrating 50 years at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

 

Day of Service 2019
On March 29, SAIC celebrated its fourth annual Day of Service dedicated to the North Lawndale community. 
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Art & Technology Studies 50th anniversary

The past several years have witnessed a surge of interest in practices at the intersection of art and technology, a phenomenon well documented by the proliferation of exhibitions and edited...

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SAIC Shows

Beginning March 9, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, kicks off a host of exciting year-end events. Celebrating the talented SAIC...

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Martyl with Ellen Sandor, Keith Miller, Pete Latrofa, and Janine Fron of (art)n., “Have A Nice Day” (2002), 40 x 30 inches, PHSCologram: Duratrans, Kodalith, and Plexiglas (courtesy of Ellen Sandor, (art)n.)

New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts, a book edited by SAIC alum and artist Ellen Sandor (MFA 1975, HON 2014), Janine Fron, and Donna J. Cox was recently reviewed in...

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SAIC was named the top producer of Fulbright US Students for special focus four-year institutions for 2018–19 with six awardees, reports the Chronicle of Higher Education. The 2018–19 Fulbright...

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Professor of Art and Technology Studies Eduardo Kac's 1985 work Reabracadabra is featured in an exhibition The Art Happens Here: Net Art’s Archival Poetics at the New Museum,...

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In the basement of SAIC, art is literally coming alive. Featured in the Chicago Reader, SAIC’s Bio Art Lab was brought under the microscope, alongside students' and faculty members'...

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Several SAIC community members have been awarded grants from the Propeller Fund. Selected from more than 100 candidates, these self-organized, artist-led projects continue Propeller's mission...

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New Media Futures book

Artist and SAIC alum Ellen Sandor (MFA 1975, HON 2014), Donna J. Cox, and Janine Fron are co-editors of the recently released book New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts...

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Art in Chicago: A History from the Fire to Now, a new book tells the history of visual art in Chicago from before the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 to the present. With photos, essays, and new...

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Design concept rendering for Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector, co-produced and presented by the Nevada Museum of Art. Courtesy of Trevor Paglen and Nevada Museum of Art. 2017 | Courtesy "PBS News Hour"

A PBS Newshour article details Trevor Paglen's (MFA 2002) Orbital Reflector, a sculpture to be launched into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California in mid-November.

The aim...

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SAIC community members are once again an integral part of this year's EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago's international exposition of contemporary and modern art. Faculty and alums will be ...

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