The Department of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is home to a diverse range of conceptual and material approaches. It is an open, pluralistic community with a primary emphasis on experimental consideration for painting and drawing in the 21st century.
Saturday, December 02 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CST
Graduate SAIC Days offer prospective students the opportunity to get portfolio feedback from faculty from individual departments during one-on-one meetings, plus learn more about all SAIC's graduate degree offerings, tour campus, and learn more about financial aid.
SAIC's Graduate Programs offer a priority deadline and reduced application fee before December 1.
Submit your application and portfolio by January 15 to be considered for fall 2024 admission and merit scholarship.
Lindsay Adams, "Land Marked, Once Ours," 2023
U.S. News & World Report
Best Fine Arts Grad School Rankings
An experimental, multi-disciplinary approach to learning, challenging students to explore their ideas across a myriad of disciplinary forms and procedures.
Diverse and dedicated faculty, consisting of more than 70 working artists whose work appears in galleries and museums across the globe. Collectively their various practices embody a wide array of conceptual and material models for painting and drawing.
Vincent van Gogh, The Bedroom, 1889, Oil on canvas, 73.6 × 92.3 cm
Access to the internationally recognized collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, which presents an encyclopedic body of work that spans 5,000 years of creative expression from cultures around the world.
A long record of alums who have attained a high level of achievement in their careers, earning exhibitions in world-renowned galleries and museums, teaching positions at leading Institutions, and grants, awards, and prizes reflecting excellence in their field. Recent alums of note include Tony Lewis, Allison Zuckerman, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Angel Otero, Amanda Ross-Ho, Jeni Spota, and Zak Prekop.
Large, well-lit classrooms, critique spaces, and studios where students develop their practices, hold open discussions, and engage in rigorous dialogue with faculty and students which tests strategies of production and presentation.
Senior Chair and Crown Family Professor in Painting and Drawing
Michele Grabner mgrabn@saic.edu
Materials & Techniques StudioLab Technician
Wenslo Garcia jgarcia18@saic.edu