Our Partners
The diversity of our partner organizations allows us to collaborate in a number of ways, and we hope to continue to strengthen these relationships over time. In addition to SAIC’s two floors, the Nichols Tower. Here are our working partnerships:
- Homan Rails Farm
- Foundation for Homan Square
- Free Spirit Media
- Neighborhood Housing Services
- North Lawndale Business Renaissance Association
- North Lawndale Employment Network
- Turning the Page
- UCAN
- Chicago Parks District
- Alderman Michael Scott
- Homan Square Housing Association
- DRW High School
- North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council
- Holy Family Lutheran Elementary
- Lawndale Christiana Health Center
- North Lawndale College Prep High School
SAIC has made a long-term commitment to Homan Square, and we know the best way to be a good neighbor is to care and be cared for, connecting with dialogue and participation. In March 2016 SAIC held its first annual Day of Service in celebration of the School’s 150th Anniversary. Wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the word “SERVE” designed by artist in residence Mashaun Hendricks, more than 50 SAIC students, faculty, and staff volunteers visited SAIC's partners in Nichols Tower and other local organizations to help our neighbors with their missions. Working with participants and staff at the Firehouse Community Art Center, the Lawndale Christian Health Center, the North Lawndale Greening Committee, and the Foundation for Homan Square, volunteers enthusiastically helped build bee apiaries, create murals, and installed artwork.
Alum Vani Aguilar’s first solo exhibition, Blinked Twice, was recently showcased in the Chicago Reader.
