The New York Times recently interviewed SAIC's Scientist-in-Residence Eugenia Cheng for their "...
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Faculty and Alums Fill Newcity's Art 50 List
Newcity recently released its annual Art 50 issue, featuring their picks for "Chicago’s artists’ artists." This year’s list, filled with... Read moreCHICAGO—In the new rankings compiled by U.S. News and World Report, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) rose to...
September 25, 2020
Alum Jeffrey Gibson’s Homage to Indigenous Culture Praised by New York Times
What is the role of monuments in our modern society?
September 21, 2020
Alum Trevor Paglen’s Artificial Intelligence Work Profiled in Wall Street Journal
According to the Wall Street Journal, Trevor Paglen (MFA 2002) is “putting the art in artificial intelligence” (AI).
September 17, 2020
Art Connects Us, Volume 13
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.
September 14, 2020
Chicago Magazine Interviews Alum Sam Prekop
While some may recognize him as the frontman for The Sea and Cake or for his photography with an outmoded Leica M6 handheld camera, alum Sam Prekop (SAIC 1984-86) is reinventing his artistry.
September 14, 2020
Newcity Names Assistant Professor Maria Gaspar 2020's "Artist of the Moment"
Assistant Professor Maria Gaspar was recently named Newcity's "2020 Artist of the Moment." In the interview, she discussed radical complicity and how spatial justice informs her work.
September 3, 2020
Curator Julie Rodrigues Widholm’s Chicago Legacy
For nearly two decades, Julie Rodrigues Widholm’s (MA 1999) laser focus on elevating artists whose work is often underrepresented in museums helped to shape Chicago’s contemporary art community.
September 3, 2020
Art Connects Us, Volume 12
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.
September 2, 2020
Alum Angel Otero’s Home-Inspired Paintings Profiled by Hyperallergic
Angel Otero (BFA 2007, MFA 2009) recently sat down for an interview with Hyperallergic to discuss the inspiration behind his work featured in Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus, a virtual exhibition for the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum.
August 27, 2020
SAIC Saddened by Passing of BFA Student Noah Wilson
Tragically, we have lost a member of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) family, Noah Wilson, who passed away last night.
August 26, 2020
Faculty and Alums Awarded MAP Fund Grants
The MAP Fund announced its 2020 grant recipients, distributing $1.3 million to 171 performing artists and arts organizations.
August 24, 2020
Alum Sanford Biggers Disrupts and Deciphers Quilted Heirlooms
For more than a decade, Sanford Biggers (MFA 1999) has been working with antique quilts—boldly painting, cutting, and reimagining their design and imagery.
August 21, 2020
Associate Professor LaToya Ruby Frazier Examines the Human Cost of Toxic Water on NPR
In 2016, Associate Professor of Photography LaToya Ruby Frazier was commissioned to produce a photo essay about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where she spent several years documenting the life of a Black working-class family living with toxic water.
