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From Pilsen and Bridgeport to the Art Institute of Chicago, José Lerma, chair of the Painting and Drawing department, introduces his Chicago.

Professor Maud Lavin (Visual and Critical Studies) is the 2020 recipient of the Distinguished Feminist Award for scholarship from the College Art Association of America. 

On July 27, 2019, Jefferson Pinder, interim dean of faculty and vice president of academic affairs, realized a meditative performance called FLOAT in Lake Michigan to honor Eugene Williams.

President Elissa Tenny reflects on the courage of SAIC artists and designers in art school and beyond. 

Angee Lennard (BFA 2004), founder and executive director, has steadily expanded Spudnik Press since its humble beginning, moving to a large, industrial space in Chicago’s West Loop in 2009.

Courage is not unknown to the work and practices of MacArthur Fellows Jeffrey Gibson (BFA 1995) and Walter Hood (MFA 2013).

Read an excerpt from our conversation with Moki Tantoco (BFA 2014), museum educator and artist.