Faculty Sabbatical Triennial

This fall, SAIC Galleries is pleased to present the second SAIC Faculty Sabbatical Triennial exhibition, featuring a wide range of work across multiple disciplines by School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) faculty who have completed a sabbatical or other paid leave over the past three academic years. Significant gallery-based presentations and a scheduled program of talks and events alongside a dedicated website will represent the research and practices of these renowned SAIC faculty members.

SAIC offers sabbaticals, or salaried leaves-of-absence, to eligible full and part-time professors after seven years of service. During a sabbatical, faculty are relieved of their teaching and administrative duties so they may embark on a dedicated period of inquiry, experimentation, and production to help sustain their instructional and professional excellence. This exhibition highlights the importance and impact of this supported time away and provides the opportunity for SAIC faculty to share their recent bodies of work and current subjects of study with the SAIC community and the public.

PUBLIC RECEPTION
Friday, September 5, 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.
SAIC Galleries, 33 E Washington

CONVERSATIONS AT THE EDGE | FRÉDÉRIC MOFFET: YOU’RE TOO LOVELY TO LAST
Thursday, September 11, 6:00 P.M.
Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.
Film screening followed by a conversation between Frédéric Moffet and John Neff

JERRY BLEEM: STORY TIME | DEMONSTRATION OF ARTIST BOOKS
Wednesday, October 8, 4:00 P.M.
SAIC Galleries, 33 E Washington, Lower Level 2

READING BY CHRIS SULLIVAN FROM HIS ONGOING DIARY
PERFORMANCE BY JUDD MORRISSEY AND AVA AVIVA AVNISAN WITH DOUG ROSMAN
Friday, October 24, 4:00–6:00 P.M.
SAIC Galleries, 33 E Washington

ADAM J. GRETEMAN IN CONVERSATION WITH ERICA MEINERS
Date Tbd, 4:30 – 5:30 P.M.
Neiman Center Lobby, Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash

SAIC faculty members who are participating in the 2025 edition of the Triennial include Marzena Abrahamik, Giovanni Aloi, Claire Helen Ashley, Jonas N.T. Becker, Jeremy Biles, Sara Black, Jerry Bleem, John Bowers, Tom Burtonwood, Odile Compagnon, Tirtza Even, Pablo Garcia, Gaylen Gerber*, Susan Giles, Michelle Grabner, Adam J. Greteman*, Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Rebecca Keller, Piotr Michura, Frédéric Moffet, Judd Morrissey, Marlena Novak, Tyson Reeder, Sarah Ross, Alison Ruttan, Roberto Sifuentes*, Shawn Michelle Smith, Christopher Sullivan, Savneet Talwar, Christine Tarkowski, Jim TerMeer, Jan Tichy, Lan Tuazon, Amy Vogel, and Adrian Wong.

The 2025 SAIC Faculty Sabbatical Triennial is organized by Staci Boris, Director of Exhibitions at SAIC Galleries, with Senior Exhibition Manager Carlos Salazar Lermont, and Graduate Curatorial Assistants D Coates, Callie Elms, Mikayla Hernandez Guevara, and Soo Kim.

*participating with a program or performance/not in gallery show

Please visit the exhibition website for additional information about participating faculty, programming, and more: saic.edu/facultysabbatical.