SAIC News Archive
December 21, 2021
2021/2022 James Weinstein Memorial Fellowship and Fred Endsley Memorial Fellowship Recipients
The Department of Photography is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021/2022 Fred Endsley Memorial Fellowships and the James Weinstein Memorial Fellowship. Endsley Memorial Fellowship Undergraduate Recipients Kyle Dong Jordan Keyes Sophie Lopez Yanqi Wang
August 16, 2021
SAIC Community Members Receive Inaugural Frieze Impact Prize
Two School of the Art Institute of Chicago community members have been named the inaugural winners of the Frieze Impact Prize: Associate Professor Maria Gaspar and alum Dread Scott (BFA 1989).
August 12, 2021
Art Connects Us, Volume 35
Our community is driven by the spirit of engagement and the desire to make positive change in our world. Learn how our alums, students, faculty, and staff are responding to this current moment.
July 29, 2021
Meet Some of SAIC’s Fulbright Scholars
SAIC is often listed as one of the top-producing institutions for the prestigious Fulbright Program, and 2021 was no different.
July 27, 2021
Art Connects Us, Volume 34
Our community is driven by the spirit of engagement and the desire to make positive change in our world. Learn how our alums, students, faculty, and staff are responding to this current moment.
July 23, 2021
SAIC Saddened by Passing of Alum and Faculty Member Gregory Bae
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you that alum and faculty member Gregory Bae (MFA 2012) passed away recently. He is remembered by those who worked with him as a generous leader and friend who traveled widely, always making time to connect with fellow artists and devoting himself to organizing for justice.
July 20, 2021
SAIC Community Members Appointed to Chicago’s First Committee on Design
Chicago’s planning department established the city’s first Committee on Design, a group of 24 urban design professionals who will advise the city and developers on innovative, attractive, and cost-effective elements.
July 14, 2021
Art Connects Us, Volume 33
Our community is driven by the spirit of engagement and the desire to make positive change in our world. Learn how our alums, students, faculty, and staff are responding to this current moment.
July 8, 2021
Alum Chris Ware Curates and Designs Comics Exhibition at Chicago Cultural Center
Artist, writer, and alum Chris Ware (SAIC 1991–93, HON 2019) and Chicago Cultural Historian Emeritus Tim Samuelson curated and designed the Chicago Cultural Center’s newest exhibition.
July 7, 2021
Faculty Member Nick Cave’s Truth Be Told to Appear on Billboards Across the United States
Animated versions of the controversial public art installation, featuring Cave’s celebrated Soundsuits, will be featured on more than 300 billboards across the country.
July 6, 2021
New Media Series: Nicholas Lowe
New Media Series: Nicholas Lowe presents the 2018 video Sixteen Frames—a moving mirror of the overland trail. This video is part of a group of works by the Chicago-based artist Nicholas Lowe, inspired by the landscape paintings and travels of 19th-century American artist James Wilkins.
