Fine art and fashion were on full display as graduating students presented their final work at the 2016 Fall BFA Show. Here are our editors’ picks of some of the best street style at the preview reception on November 18, at the Sullivan Galleries.
The students graduating SAIC in spring 2017 are inquisitive in the classroom and studio, diverse in their backgrounds, and a little outrageous in how they express themselves. Meet four of our newest alumni.
Christina Gómez is Professor of Liberal Arts and Director of Academic Affairs for Diversity and Inclusion. She is a sociologist, activist, and native Chicagoan whose book was recently selected for the One Campus, One Book program at the University of Alaska Southeast. Gómez told us about some of her favorite places around Chicago that inspire her.
For many students at SAIC, written descriptions and photos are all they have experienced of Tropicália—at least, this has been the case until this February.
Kjell Theøry (2017) is an augmented reality performance by the provisional collective Anatomical Theatres of Mixed Reality (ATOM-r) juxtaposing Alan Turing’s mathematical descriptions of nature with algorithmic mutations of Guillaume Apollinaire’s 1917 play The Breasts of Tiresias, a genderfluid spectacle for which the author invented the word “surrealism.”
Artist, educator and newly endowed professor Nick Cave reflects on his career and current exhibition exploring race and racism in America.
Students use augmented reality to build virtual installations, prompting conversations with art of the past.
Each year the graduate students work together with artists to create a meaningful final thesis exhibition.
Norman Teague (MFA 2016) was the 2016 recipient of the Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists, a one-year, $30,000 award to a recent alum of SAIC. Since 2010, this highly competitive award has recognized the creative potential of artists who began their career at SAIC and is meant to provide the means to substantially advance their practice.
Gail Hodges’ passion for fiber arts is rooted in family and home. As a child, she watched her mother, grandmother, and aunt sew all of the clothes for their families and make quilts, working with beautiful fabrics they collected.
