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Lauren Bon has been at work "undeveloping" a Los Angeles River adjacent property, regenerating the soil to form a novel urban ecosystem. Four years into this work, her Metabolic Studio has created a self-generating and self-complicating urban haven best illustrated by the biological diversity that has re-emerged.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Hosts Second Discussion in Toward an Anti-Racist Art Ecosystem Series on November 3
Alum and former faculty member Michael Murphy (MFA 2004) is debuting work in The Dr. Seuss Experience, a traveling interactive exhibit based on the imaginary worlds created by children’s author Dr. Seuss. Murphy’s work is a perception piece, featuring 85 laser-cut acrylic Dr. Seuss–themed items that hang from the ceiling.
Artist and alum Renluka Maharaj (MFA 2017) recently spoke with Elle about decolonizing narratives, returning to her roots, and finding one’s voice in art.
Associate Professor, Adj. Giovanni Aloi co-edited Posthumanism in Art and Science: A Reader, an anthology of statements and artworks that provide an unprecedented mapping of posthumanism’s development in a global context.
The New York Times spotlighted alum Rashid Johnson (SAIC 2003-04, HON 2018) following new exhibitions at the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Alum Bani Abidi is presenting work in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The show, entitled Bani Abidi: The Man Who Talked Until He Disappeared, features video, photography, and sound works exploring the artist’s practice over the past two decades.
HPres alumni Charles C. Almonte interviewed by Topic Architecture
This podcast discusses museum curation–What is it? How did curation originate? What are some of the issues we see in museum curation today? And how can we do it better? What are some alternative models? Featuring interviews with Teri Greeves, Artist and Co-Curator of Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, and Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Associate Curator of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Co-Curator of Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists. Podcast produced by Reilly Ribeiro, Lizzi Ginsberg, Yesenia Bello, Britton Farrell, and Jenny Zhu.