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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named alum Rodney McMillian (Post-Bacc 2000) one of its 2026 MacArthur Fellows.

Alum Hong Sang-Soo (MFA 1989) has written and directed more than 30 features and has become a fixture at the world's most prestigious festivals.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago received a $1.5 million grant from the Korea Foundation to establish an endowed professorship in Korean Contemporary Art, Culture, and Media. 

The Los Angeles Times recently featured SAIC alum Guadalupe Rosales' (MFA 2016) debut memoir, East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood.

Check out what our alums have been up to. 

Aidan Anne Frierson (MFA 2025) and David King (BFA 2025) continue the age-old tradition of hand-making paper at Chicago Pulp Papermill & Studio. 

Life Out of Order, novelist Audrey Niffenegger's (BFA 1985) long-awaited follow-up to The Time-Traveler's Wife, is out this October. 

The Jonathan Green Maritime Cultural Center preserves the heritage and traditions of the Lowcountry and African diaspora.

Four new SAIC students expand on their obsessions, inspirations, and art school goals.

Artist Trevor Paglen (MFA 2002) has spent decades researching AI, surveillance, and covert military structures. Now, he’s heading into an MRI machine to tap into his latest subject: his own brain.