Twelve SAIC Community Members Named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows
Twelve School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) community members are among the 223 artists and scholars named to the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship class. The honorees are Professor Emeritus Anne Wilson, student jaamil olawale kosoko, and alums Sonya Clark (BFA 1993), Claire Sherman (MFA 2005), Guanyu Xu (BFA 2016, MFA 2019), Christopher Harris (MFA 2000), Brian Cassidy (BFA 2019), Aspen Mays (MFA 2009), Leeza Meksin (BFA 2005), John Miller (SAIC 1984), Anders Nilsen (SAIC 2000), and Beatriz Santiago Muñoz (MFA 1997). Fellowships are awarded annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to support mid-career individuals pursuing independent work across more than 55 disciplines.
Rashid Johnson (MFA 2005), Jeffrey Gibson (BFA 1995), and Trevor Paglen (MFA 2002) are recognized among the 100 most influential people in art
