From alums who work at Disney and Mattel to artists creating vibrant modern work, our Pop Art issue spotlights the overlap between popular culture and creativity.
In our cover story, comics superstar Caroline Cash (BFA 2019) makes history as the new artist behind Nancy. Cash started creating comics as an SAIC student—and she hasn’t slowed down since.
Moana, Frozen, Wreck-it-Ralph, and more: As an animator and head of animation on many projects at Disney, Amy Lawson Smeed (BFA 1997) is behind the scenes of your favorite movies.
From clubs to raves to galleries, Ále Campos (MFA 2022) and Abhijeet Rane (SAIC 2016) carry the lineage of Chicago drag performance forward.
For more than 155 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars.
