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Deadline for Fall 2024 Admission: February 1

Sound/Events/Sound Colloquium Series: Joan La Barbara

Saturday, October 22 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. CDT

The Sound Department Colloquium Series is a series of presentations by the department's visiting artists and scholars, faculty, graduate students, and invited guests. The presentation on Oct. 27th will feature visiting artist Joan La Barbara. 

Deadline for Fall 2024 Admission: February 1

Undergraduate Merit Scholarship Deadline: January 1

Wednesday, January 01 12:00 p.m. - 11:58 p.m. CST

Submit your application and portfolio by January 1 for fall 2025 admission and merit scholarship. Learn how to apply. 

Undergraduate Application and Final Merit Scholarship Deadline: February 1

Saturday, February 01 12:00 a.m. - 11:58 p.m. CST

Submit your application and portfolio by February 1 to be considered for fall 2025 admission and merit scholarship. Learn how to apply.

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Saturday, October 22 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. CDT

The Sound Department Colloquium Series is a series of presentations by the department's visiting artists and scholars, faculty, graduate students, and invited guests. The presentation on Oct. 27th will feature visiting artist Joan La Barbara. 

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How a Scholarship Nurtured Cassandra Supak’s Creativity

Learn how a scholarship helped student Cassandra Supak expand her practice across design, infrastructure, and history.

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Faculty Members Tim Parsons and Jessica Charlesworth Receive Lumen Prize

Professor Tim Parsons and Lecturer Jessica Charlesworth were awarded The Lumen Prize for the multimedia installation Catalog for the Post-Human (2021).

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February 2024: Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

Every month, we celebrate the accomplishments of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's staff and faculty.

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Expert Advice: Tanya Malhotra

Tanya Malhotra (BFA 2022) merges experimentation and artistic curiosity in her job at luxury fashion house COACH.

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Three SAIC Community Members Named 2023 3Arts Awards Recipients

3Arts, a nonprofit organization endorsing artists from the Chicago metropolitan area, lauds three School of the Art Institute of Chicago community members as the 2023 3Arts Awards recipients. 

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Six SAIC Community Members Win Creative Capital Awards in Visual Arts and Film

This year six SAIC community members were named Creative Capital’s 2024 “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact” Awardees in Visual Arts and Film/Moving Image.

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Six SAIC Community Members Win Creative Capital Awards in Visual Arts and Film

This year six SAIC community members were named Creative Capital’s 2024 “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact” Awardees in Visual Arts and Film/Moving Image.

a collage of six headshots done in a horizontal orientation

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The Artist

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Angel Otero

From paintings to sculptures and beyond, Angel Otero’s (BFA 2007, MFA 2009) work defies definition. The artist’s innovative dried oil paint compositions smash together colors, textures, and focal points—almost daring viewers to discern a hierarchy. But Otero’s work—with its bold, colorful, distinct point of view—speaks for itself.

Image Credit: Greg Stephen Reigh (BFA 2013)

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The Inspiration

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Otero first encountered the work of Arnaldo Roche Rabell (MFA 1984) at the Museo de Arte de Ponce. Otero began imitating what he saw from Rabell, and he discovered later that the artist served as an example in more ways than one: both artists' journeys brought them to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

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Angel Otero, The Golden Vase, 2009, oil, spray paint, and silicone on canvas, 84" x 72"

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The Work

Otero’s interest in unorthodox materials—those oil paint skins for starters, but also resin, caulk, tar, and linen—comes from a place of challenging himself. “It's this sort of interesting way of self-exploring,” he said. “I think that's stayed with me even now.” 

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Angel Otero, Everything and Nothing, 2011, collaged oil paint skins on canvas

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The Process

Much of Otero’s work stems from his own memories and experiences. “I always have tried to be, in a sort of way, biographical,” Otero said. “At the same time, I always have my hand [held out] to art history or painting history, and how I can keep that dialogue.” 

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Angel Otero, Spitting Sun, oil skins on fabric, 2018

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For more than 155 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars.
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External Article: Faculty Member Richard Hull Exhibits Exciting New Works at Western Exhibitions

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Sen Chang's (BFA 2010) Solar Paper Design Raises More Than $1 Million on Kickstarter

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