The world has significantly changed over the past two years, and art and design institutions across the country have had to intently listen, learn, and evolve to meet the needs of their communities.
Fashion designer and alum Cynthia Rowley (BFA 1981) recently spoke with Chicago magazine about her upbringing, her current passions, and her experience at SAIC.
This incredible gift was facilitated by a local arts organization in an attempt to revitalize the city’s arts community.
A recent Hyperallergic review analyzes filmmaker Wu Tsang's (BFA 2004) MOBY DICK; or The Whale, a film adaptation of the classic Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick.
Artist, activist, and alum Tania Bruguera (MFA 2001, HON 2016) agreed to leave Cuba in exchange for the release of 25 prisoners who are incarcerated for protesting the current regime.
He is most well-known for his oil paintings depicting life in his hometown of Baghdad.
The Gelmans’ artistic interests were sparked through Jacques’ career as a motion picture producer in Mexico, where many painters worked on his sets.
The grains of pine look like brushstrokes, the furls of seafoam green paint draped like folds of fabric.
She received both her bachelor of fine arts and master of fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and has taught in nearly every department at the School over the course of her 16-year teaching career.
Two SAIC alums, Jeanine Oleson (BFA 1995) and Dread Scott (BFA 1988), were awarded highly competitive Rome Prizes for the 2023–24 season.
