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Every month, we celebrate the accomplishments of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's staff and faculty.

SAIC  announced the appointment of artist and theorist Aliza Shvarts as the School’s new Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts director.

After arriving at the SAIC, students Saida Blair (MA 2024) and Jordan Barrant (MA 2024) decided to start their own affinity group specifically for Black graduate students: the Coalition of Black Restorative Artists (COBRA).
 

This year six SAIC community members were named Creative Capital’s 2024 “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact” Awardees in Visual Arts and Film/Moving Image.

A solo show by the School of the Art Institute alum Anida Yoeu Ali (MFA 2010) is now on view at the Seattle Asian Art Museum through July 7.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Associate Professor in Printmedia jina valentine opened up about community, care, and education in the latest Oral History Project (OHP) by BOMB Magazine.

In A VILLAGE BEFORE US, nine Chicago-based Vietnamese artists and scholars investigate their heritage, identity, memory, and dreams through their work. 

Chloe Thompson's (BFA 2023) Froups project collaborates with AI to create a collection of fantastical creatures. 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Professor Eduardo Kac (MFA 1990) has realized an artistic goal he set in 1986: his holopoem Ágora  will be launched into space.

Senior Lecturer Lori Waxman spotlights Deb Sokolow's (MFA 2020) exhibition Visualizing in Hyperallergic, commenting on the ideologies of space and architectural design.