SAIC faculty member Sarah Ross (Sculpture and Art Education) and Ryan Griffis, professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, explore the effect of global trade on Beardstown, Illinois, in the exhibition Between the Bottomlands & the World on view at the Newport Visual Art Center. Through video, photographs, and narrative writing, Ross and Griffis tell the story of Beardstown, a place representative of many small towns that faced direct repercussions from the North American Free Trade Agreement. The project was created for Regional Relationships, a group that commissions artists, scholars, writers, and activists to create works that investigate the natural, industrial, and cultural landscapes of a region.
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October 27, 2020
Sungho Bae receives Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center
Second year MFA Graduate in sculpture, Sungho Bae, has been selected by the International Sculpture Center, publisher of Sculpture magazine, to recieve an Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award!
July 21, 2020
MFA Sculpture Students Launch Virtual Gallery, Perennial Space
To make up for the loss of in-person exhibitions during the pandemic, students from the Sculpture department have launched a virtual gallery to experiment with new methods of collaboration and artmaking.
April 27, 2020
SAIC Faculty, Alums, and Students Contribute to Quarantine Times
Launched by the Public Media Institute (PMI), Lumpen Magazine, and Lumpen Radio (WLPN 105.5fm), The Quarantine Times spotlights the different ways Chicago's artists are responding to the pandemic.
