SAIC student Micah Sweezie (BFA 2022) connects with new audiences and shares their craft through TikTok.
SAIC News
Faculty Member Gregg Bordowitz Retrospective Exhibited at MoMA PS1
A retrospective of work by Gregg Bordowitz, professor and director of SAIC’s Low-Residency MFA Program, is being exhibited at MoMA PS1. The... Read more
June 10, 2021
Alum Allison Glenn and the Power of Listening
Glenn (Dual MA 2012) shares insights from her experience as guest curator of an exhibition honoring the life of Breonna Taylor.
June 9, 2021
Two SAIC Community Members Awarded MAP Fund
Assistant Professor Anna Martine Whitehead and alum Genevieve Erin O’Brien (MFA 2008) were announced as grant recipients of the 2021 MAP Fund.
June 2, 2021
Art Connects Us, Volume 30
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.
May 27, 2021
SAIC Community Members Selected as Recipients of Graham Foundation Awards
The Graham Foundation awarded 71 new grants to individuals exploring innovative design ideas that expand contemporary understanding of architecture.
May 26, 2021
June 2021: Faculty and Staff Accomplishments
Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual Communication Design John Bowers has been selected as a juror of this year’s Design Incubation Communication Design Awards. On June 3, Professor David Getsy is hosting the symposium Lives: Biography and Autobiography in New Writing on American Art with the Terra Foundation.
May 21, 2021
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Receives $1 Million Gift to Advance Historic and Cultural Preservation
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, has received a gift of $1 million from Sam and Ann Mencoff to establish the endowed Mencoff Family Internships in Historic and Cultural Preservation Fund. The investment, which builds off of the previously established Mencoff Family Fellowship in Historic Preservation Fund, aims to preserve, conserve, and protect culture and history by expanding opportunities in the field.
May 21, 2021
Grace DuVal’s Drag Race Hat Trick
This past year, season 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race brought much-needed reprieve for fans around the world.
May 19, 2021
Alum SANTIAGO X Receives 2021 Joyce Award
School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum SANTIAGO X (MFA 2018) and Chicago Public Art Group are one of four winners of the 2021 Joyce Awards, which honor collaborations between artists of color and arts and community organizations throughout the Great Lakes region.
May 19, 2021
Art Connects Us, Volume 29
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.
May 19, 2021
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago to Present First Career Retrospective of Faculty Member Nick Cave
For the first time in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) faculty member’s career, Stephanie and Bill Sick Professor of Fashion, Body and Garment Nick Cave will present a retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA).
May 13, 2021
Faculty Member Eileen Favorite’s Class Profiled in the Chicago Tribune
After 20 years on the class schedule at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), one of Professor, Adj.
May 11, 2021
Meet the Faculty: Linda Keane
Professor Linda Keane is a legend at SAIC. Recently inducted into the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows—an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the architecture profession—she is an artist, architect, and academic.
