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Facilities & Resources
In addition to a strong year-round community of artists and critical thinkers, Low-Res MFA students have access to all facilities available to full-residency SAIC MFA students.
Academic Resources
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- The Art Institute of Chicago
- The Flaxman Library
- The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection
- Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
- Textile Resource Center
- The Video Data Bank
- Fashion Resource Center
- Roger Brown Study Collection
- Department of Prints and Drawings Study Room
- Gallery Spaces: SAIC Galleries, the student-run SITE galleries, Siragusa Gallery, and various other non-traditional exhibition opportunities across campus including the Incubate program.
- Gene Siskel Film Center
- Service Bureau
- Material Source
- Media Center
Campus Life Resources
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- Ombudsperson
- DLRC
- CAPX
- CRIT
- The Writing Center
- Financial Services
- International Affairs
- Fnewsmagazine, SAIC’s student-produced newspaper
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