SAIC's First-Generation Fellows is a pilot program that aims to create a stronger peer network for first-generation students, who make up nearly 20 percent of SAIC’s undergraduate and graduate community.
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.
