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A composite image of all Guggenheim fellows

Professor Michelle Grabner, Professor Diana Guerrero-Maciá, and alums william cordova (BFA 1996), Emil Ferris (BFA 2008, MFA 2010), and Dread Scott (BFA 1989) were announced as 2021...

A gallery view of pieces of fiber art—bright, colorful curtains and a series of sculptures with hands in gloves peeking out from their bottoms

Assistant Professor Lee Blalock was featured on The National News Podcast discussing art and technology forging the future. James Cohan staged an exhibition of new works by...

Anne Wilson, "If We Asked About The Sky" (detail), 2020. Photo by Jake Silby.
Every month, we celebrate the accomplishments of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's staff and faculty. 
Danielle Andress
Danielle Andress, assistant professor of Fiber and Material Studies, is instructing her students on how to make looms from materials in their own home. To continue their art, students have made looms out of stripped bicycle wheels, chopsticks, nails, and wooden crates, a true lesson in resourcefulness and sustainability.

SAIC Student Annabelle Sigmond has been selected as one of ten finalists for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2020 Costume Institute College Fashion Design Competition. This year’s competition...

LEDs to Bees - SAIC

From LEDs to bees and renewable energy in between, for the past 10 years the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been busy becoming a sustainable and resilient campus. SAIC ...

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Jeff Koons, Sterling Ruby, Isaac Julien

Alums Jeff Koons (SAIC 1975–76, HON 2008) and Sterling Ruby (BFA 2002), and honorary degree recipient Isaac Julien (HON 2019) were named among the most influential artists of 2019 by Artsy...

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For its Art Top 5 exhibitions for December 2019, Newcity features the show CAN YOU FEEL IT by MacArthur Fellow Jeffrey Gibson (BFA 1995) at Kavi Gupta. The title references the track "Can...

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Re:Working Labor, the current exhibition in the Sullivan Galleries, was recently spotlighted in Hyperallergic. The article, which was written by Gabrielle Welsh (BA 2019),...

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Leana Yonan (BFA 2020) Leana Yonan is a Chicagoan from Rogers Park. She is a first-generation Assyrian who makes work about her family’s history as immigrants/refugees from Iraq and how that...

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Yanira Collado’s art making is informed by her roots.
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Edra Soto, "Manual GRAFT," 2018 decal, 192 x 72 in.

Lecturer in Contemporary Practices Edra Soto (MFA 2000) was awarded the inaugural Foundwork Artist Prize, which is a new juried grant awarded to recognize outstanding artists on the...

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