Push your ideas, visions, and skillsets to new heights! Join students from around the country and right here in Chicago for courses taught online by our renowned faculty. Experience dynamic virtual demos, engage with peers during group work, critiques, and activities, and receive a blend of time for independent exploration and making and time to check-in with faculty.
Taking place during fall, winter, spring and summer, sessions may investigate a wide variety of disciplines. Students who have completed their sophomore year have the option to enroll for college credit!
What you can expect from our creative community:
- Ideas Matter Here—with us you have the freedom to explore new ideas that push boundaries.
- ECP Faculty—professional artists, designers, and scholars who are passionate mentors.
- Access to our Art Institute of Chicago Museum—the world's third-largest museum, recently voted the best museum in the world by TripAdvisor.
- Preparation—the skills you learn will help you in the classroom and as you start a portfolio of work should you be interested in pursuing art and design at the college level.
Noncredit courses for high school students, ages 14-18
Upcoming Sessions:
Spring Five-Week Session, February 6-March 7
Spring Ten-Week Session, February 6-April 18
Spring Five-Week Session, March 13-April 18
Summer Three-Week Session, July 12-30
Summer One-Week Session, August 2-6
Summer One-Week Session, August 9-13
Summer Three-Week Session, August 2-20
Summer One-Week Session, August 16-20
Our five- and ten-week spring online courses are held on Saturdays or Sundays. Our one- and three-week summer online courses are held Monday-Friday. Juniors and seniors have the option to enroll for credit.
- Offered in a predominantly synchronous format, these classes meet live at a designated time of day, Central Time, on the video conferencing platform Zoom.
- Live lectures and demonstrations will be combined with virtual visits to museums, independent studio work, and group critique.
- Many class activities will take place as a class, with opportunities to meet one-on-one with your instructor and teaching assistant or in small groups with peers from time to time.
- You will have access to course materials outside of scheduled class sessions in Canvas, SAIC’s learning management system.
See all courses and register online.
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