Preparing Our Students for Creative Futures
CAPX Programs and Resources Help Students Prepare for a Lifetime of Opportunities
Where can an art school education take you? For more than 150 years, SAIC alumni have been working and creating in a broad spectrum of industries, organizations, companies, and practices. Their varied job titles listed below—as reflected in recent online alumni profiles—expand on the School’s core value that meaning and making are inseparable.
EVENTS
Dancer Environmental Activist Environment Designer Exhibition Designer Fashion Designer Filmmaker Footwear Designer Forensic Artist Furniture Designer Game Designer Graphic Novelist Journalist Judicial Extern Landscape Designer Lighting Designer Location Scout
Materials Librarian Motion Graphics Designer Photographer Podcast Host Product Designer Preservation Planner Public Relations Specialist Operations Director Scientific Illustrator Social Media Manager Sound Designer Speechwriter Sustainability Coordinator UI/UX Designer Visual Merchandiser Writer …And many more
For each SAIC graduating class, CAPX manages The Outcomes Survey, which gathers employment and graduate school admissions data. Our alumni responses are combined with those of other Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) schools to provide comparative insights into the value of an arts education.
CAPX offers engaging programs and workshops designed to help SAIC students and alumni develop materials, skills, and strategies to build their creative careers.
Our annual flagship event in November brought over 70 employers from Chicago and beyond to meet 500+ students— nearly triple the number of past years. This year’s Expo featured dynamic, on-site programming, including Fireside Chats—conversations with creative influencers moderated by Nick Brown, founder of Glappitnova—and a professional Head Shot Booth. We also sought to broaden industry representation via our first-ever Start-Up Sphere, highlighting leading and emerging Chicago-area tech start-ups. Students and alumni networked in real time with leading companies and organizations, learned more about the nature of their work, and explored potential job and internship opportunities. Top: Nick Brown chats with Veronica Appleton, We Are Unlimited (photo Sara Condo). Bottom: Pauly Ramirez (BFA 2016), Hermit, speaks with a group at Go Fund Yourself (photo Marina Porta Perera).
Bachelor’s alumni who found their internships helpful
81.8%
Master’s alumni who found their internships helpful
89.1%
In spring 2018, for the first time, SAIC’s week of graduate critiques (known as “Crit Week”) was also CAPX Week—a full five days of activities that invited students to “Exhale… Explore… Experience CAPX.” Programs included:
2015 74.4%
• Special Expert Exchange sessions • Document Your Work: how-tos and authorizations in SAIC’s new documentation space • Informative Lunch + Learn workshops • Go Fund Yourself! Entrepreneurial Strategies presented in partnership with SAIC’s Shapiro Center • SAIC Day of Service at Homan Square
85%
Photo Alexia Leroy
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SAIC Curricular Partners
Hosted in CAPX throughout the year, these sessions give students an opportunity to learn more about for-credit internship options and how to start their internship search via SAIC Compass.
Group sessions give students an opportunity to develop their professional materials, hone their networking and research abilities, and build their interview skills with the support of their peers and the guidance of a career advisor. Students also learn how to use our SAIC Compass jobs platform more fluently and explore networking strategies using LinkedIn and other social networks.
Documenting Your Work Students are introduced to SAIC’s new documenting space to create high-quality images of their work for their portfolios, websites, and applications for grants or graduate school. They learn how to use seamless backdrops, LED lighting, C-stands, sandbags, and other grip equipment, as well as camera and lighting basics to post-production skills via Adobe Creative Suite.
Art & Law Thursdays CAPX has partnered with Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the American Society of Media Photographers to present this monthly program through fall 2018 that offers valuable contemporary legal advice for working artists. Topics include copyright registration, licensing, fair use and intellectual property, and best practices for digital and online content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
RESOURCES CliftonStrengths®
Big Interview
Gallup’s CliftonStrengths® assessment helps students discover their dominant talents and ways in which they naturally think, feel, and behave as unique individuals. CAPX uses the assessment, which is free for students and faculty, in Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice, and Capstone courses; in group workshops; and in individual advising sessions with one of our three Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths® coaches. Since CAPX began offering this resource in 2016, more than 500 students have engaged in the process—332 this past year. They incorporated their insights into their internship and job search strategies, as well as into their artist statements, résumés, and cover letters.
Big Interview is an online platform that combines video lessons and virtual exercises to help students and alumni improve their interview skills. Students build confidence on their own time and receive valuable feedback from our career advisors from the comfort of their dorms or studios.
Entrepreneurs in Residence
VALUE OF SAIC INTERNSHIPS 2018
Internship Info Sessions
Group Jobs Search
CAPX Week Were your internships helpful in preparing you for your career?
CAPX Faculty of the Year
PROGRAMS
SAIC Internship and Career Expo Animator Architect Archivist Art Director Art Historian Artist Agent Art Therapist Arts Educator Arts Journal Editor Attorney CEO/Founder Cinematographer Collections Manager Conservator Content Strategist Costume Technician
A student consults with CAPX Peer Advisor Adrian Jacobs (photo Alexia Leroy).
Some key numbers from CAPX Week:
175+
Student Workshop Participants
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Events
116
Advising Appointments
54
In June 2017, CAPX welcomed our first entrepreneurs-in-residence, alumni Paulina (Pauly) Ramirez (BFA 2016) and Nika Koda (BFA 2015). They are co-founders of Hermit, an online platform that connects individuals seeking to commission artwork with artists. Throughout their residency, Ramirez and Koda met with students to share their startup expertise and guide students who wish to launch their own creative ventures. To learn more about Ramirez’s journey from recent graduate to chief operating officer, watch her video profile An Entrepreneurial Learning Curve produced by NationSwell in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. http://nationswell.com/ kauffman-foundation-hermit-art-platform/
STUDENT FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
ALUMNI COLLABORATORS
6
30
US Student Fulbright Program CAPX advises applicants to the US Student Fulbright Program, yearlong exchange fellowships offered by the US Department of State. In the 2018 cycle, SAIC marked a School record six Fulbright Fellows, who will be pursuing their artistic projects in Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Spain, and Tajikistan.
FACULTY COLLABORATORS
56
Academic Spine CAPX works closely with the Undergraduate Division on the Academic Spine, a required three-course sequence for all undergraduates that includes Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice Experience, and the Capstone courses. CAPX provides support throughout this sequence by offering class presentations and workshops—including the CliftonStrengths® assessment—as well as access to career resources and programming. CAPX’s Internship as Professional Practice classes fulfill the Professional Practice requirement.
Shapiro Center
Program Engagement
STUDENT + ALUMNI PARTICIPANTS
992
CAPX’s offerings are integrated throughout undergraduate curriculum. We also provide specialized programming and resources for graduate students.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS
46
During CAPX Week, CAPX and SAIC’s Shapiro Center co-host “Go Fund Yourself!”, a dynamic entrepreneurial strategies event. This year’s inaugural event featured a panel of industry professionals, entrepreneurial experts, SAIC students, and alumni who led workshops and conversations about building a practice, crowdsourced funding, and finding creative independence.
Expert Exchange Individual Sessions CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Programs
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Resources
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | SAIC Curricular Partners
At our first annual CAPX Faculty Appreciation lunch, we celebrated our collaboration with faculty and their direct engagement as Career and Internship Advisors and instructors of Professional Practice: Internship as Professional Experience. We presented the CAPX Faculty of the Year Award to John Henley, who has guided hundreds of students through their internship experiences and is a key ambassador for SAIC’s internship program. John Henley shows off his CAPX Faculty of the Year Award (photo Mike Bellis).
MakeWork CAPX partners with the Office of Institutional Advancement and SAIC’s MakeWork Council on the MakeWork Challenge, supporting the increasing desire of students to develop their entrepreneurial skills and ideas. In 2017–18 interested students and alumni had opportunities to be coached on pitches for their ideas and win awards from a $10,000 prize pool to launch their ventures.
CAPX is fortunate to partner with talented faculty and staff across SAIC • • • • • • • •
Residence Life Campus Life Academic Advising Fashion Design Visual Communication Design Graduate Division Low Residency MFA Program AIGAS
Annual Report 2018
Greetings from CAPX
CAPX Student Advising
Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) prepares and empowers students to build fulfilling and sustainable creative careers. By providing career advising, dynamic programming, professional development, internships, and other employment opportunities, CAPX helps students develop the skills, experience, self-knowledge, and confidence they need to navigate their creative futures. “Build Continuity Towards Life after Art School” is a key initiative under NEXT, SAIC’s strategic plan which was introduced in spring 2018: “Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) [has] become instrumental in imparting skills and tools that students can use across a lifetime as creative practitioners. Students crave more experiences like these; therefore, existing programs should be extended to students and, where appropriate, alumni, while new programs and approaches that support students as they transition into lives after graduation should be explored.”
We are proud of the advances we have made in academic year 2017-18 to benefit students, alumni, and the broader SAIC community, and we are pleased to share them with you here.
2,000 2017 2018
CAPX staff and our faculty career advisors give highly personalized coaching sessions that teach students how to develop and implement their career and job search strategies. We help students identify their strengths, skills, and values and assist them in exploring career options, fellowships, and grant opportunities. We also Alumni assist in connecting them with 6% alumni and professional networks; Undergraduates developing professional portfolios 71% and an online presence; and Graduate Students applying for internships, jobs, and 23% other professional opportunities.
1,000
500
Expert Students Exchange in Class Visits
Events
2017-18
In 2,328 meetings, what did we focus on?
Faculty D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rebecca Keller Adjunct Professor
Nancy Gildart Assistant Director, Assessment and Graduate Student Advising
Troy Briggs Lecturer
Anna Kielman Lecturer
C.C. Ann Chen Adjunct Associate Professor
Lora Lode Adjunct Professor
Odile Compagnon Adjunct Professor
Jordan Martins Lecturer
Michael Goode Assistant Director, Internships
Snow Yunxue Fu Lecturer
Rachel Niffenegger Lecturer
Anita Bhardwaj Program Coordinator
Paula Henderson Adjunct Assistant Professor
Josh Rios Lecturer
Mike Bellis Marketing Coordinator
Christalena Hughmanick Lecturer
Myia Brown Advising and Office Coordinator
John Henley Adjunct Assistant Professor
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Greetings, Staff + Faculty
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 2017-18
486
CAPX internships connect our students with organizations, studios, and companies around Chicago, throughout the greater United States, and across the world. Our students have interned for artists’ studios, design firms, publishing houses, museums, galleries, architecture firms, tech startups, user interface and user experience design agencies, gaming and software developers, social service and community organizations, animation and conservation studios, fashion houses, and more. Our online platform SAIC Compass connects students and alumni to more than a thousand internships, job opportunities, and potential employers, and also provides students and alumni with direct access to CAPX advising appointments, workshops, events, and other career resources. Professional Practice 3900: Internship as Professional Experience
Internship as Professional Experience is a weekly, two-hour class that includes a minimum of 150 hours of on-site internship experience. This experiential career-learning course allows students to explore the many aspects of designing a creative career, including assessing personal strengths and interests, conducting research on potential employment opportunities, developing job application materials, and building interview skills.
Advising
CAPX TOUCHPOINTS
JOB SEARCH TOOLS 587 times
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 890 times
CAPX Internship 4001/5001
There are four main components to the CAPX 4001 and 5001 internships: initial seminar, individual midterm meeting, a site visit, and a final seminar. Students work 210 hours to earn three credits per semester and are assigned a faculty advisor who is a liaison with the internship site, provides career guidance, and is responsible for awarding course credit.
The things that I do on a daily basis here [at Illumivation] have opened up so many opportunities to create new and exciting work.” —Sam White (BFA 2019) SAIC Student Intern Story
CREATIVE CAREER PLANNING
534 times GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, FUNDING 156 times
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Advising
Expert Exchange
Opportunities in Chicago and Beyond
CAPX career advisors work with students and alumni to develop unique career paths that are creatively satisfying, challenging, and rewarding. We work with students at all levels and tailor our coaching to serve students’ individual needs.
Katharine Schutta Interim Dean
Theresa Gimpel Assistant Director, Employer Relations
Helping Students Navigate the Road Ahead
1,500
Best regards, The CAPX Team Staff
CAPX Internships
One-to-One Sessions with Creative Professionals Expert Exchange offers students and alumni the opportunity to consult individually with creative professionals and Chicago business leaders about venture ideas and future careers. Held every Friday during the fall and spring semesters, Expert Exchange is a great opportunity for students to gain industry insight and personalized career advice. Growing Student Skills and Confidence CAPX welcomed an impressive roster of generous industry leaders, alumni, and creative professionals to Expert Exchange over the past year. (All organizations are in Chicago unless otherwise specified.) Fulla Abdul-Jabbar* Assistant Editor The Green Lantern Press Sona Allen Art Director Rightpoint Alejandra Alonso Rojas Owner, Fashion Designer Alejandra Alonso Rojas Madrid, Spain Paul Alt Principal Alt Architecture + Research Associates LLC Emma Arnold* Associate Creative Director Weber Shandwick Jim Bachor Owner, Designer Bachor
Rebecca Banasiak* Collections Assistant Field Museum of Natural History Emory Brown Director of Marketing Project Osmosis Danielle Campbell* Public Relations Specialist Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Michael Dain Experience Architect ixDa: Interaction Design Association Nicole Dial School Relations Representative Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California Penny Duff Director of Education Chicago Artists Coalition Jimmy Fishbein Owner, Photographer Chicago Corporate Photography and Video, Inc. Laura Gannarelli Art Director United Airlines
In 2017–18, SAIC interns brought their creativity to organizations throughout the city, from Rogers Park to Beverly, from Streeterville to Homan Square. These red dots mark the sites of some of our internship partners.
FURTHER EDUCATION 82 times
42% CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Internships
Jason Gillette* Founder Turf Design Tonya Gross* Founder, Designer Tonya Gross Millinery Florence Hardy Senior Director of Business Services Far South Community Development Corporation
Expert Chris Vicente, JBTV Music Television (top), talks with Freshman YuanYuan Zeng (bottom) (photos Alexia Leroy). CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Expert Exchange
Stephanie Lentz* Director of Development Chicago Artists Coalition Amy Meadows Founder Windows Matter Erin Minckley* Founder, Lead Designer Relativity Textiles Jennifer Moody Art Director Rotary International Evanston, Illinois Nancy Murphy Spicer* Artist
Margot Harrington Owner, Design Director Pitch Design Union
Jake Nickell Founder, CEO Threadless
Samantha Hill* Artist / Educator
Mike Oren Founder Societech
Adam Horrigan* Associate Creative Director Schawk! Claudine Isé Director, Freeark Gallery Riverside Arts Center Riverside, Illinois David Kim* CEO, Artist DTK Ceramics Taek Kim* Senior Designer Thirst Jonathan Kinkley Executive Director Video Game Art Gallery
Students who reported gaining employment as a result of their internship in the spring 2018 semester. Top: Junior Samuel White (top) works on retail display at Illumivation, LLC (photo Sara Condo).Middle: Junior Morgan Itterly tests ink at Double Trip Press (photo Chris D. Smith). Bottom: Junior Laetitia Auguste (bottom) photographs a diorama at The Field Museum (photo Chris D. Smith).
Ariel Gentalen* Events and Conference Manager Third Coast International Audio Festival
Lauren Peterson* Regional Representative, Associate Vice President Phillips Laura Prieto Velasco Founder, Designer Hvnter Gvtherer
Cally Rieman* Founder, CEO Kal Rieman New York, NY Angela Rohlen Sales Representative Luna Textiles Allison Rokusek* Environmental Graphic Designer Valerio Dewalt Train Janna Rokusek* Print Analyst Equator Design Sam Rosen Founder Deskpass Anna Russett* Creative Director Havas Chicago Rebecca Schlossberg* Exhibitions Manager, Photography The Art Institute of Chicago Danny Schuman Founder, President Twist
Pauly Ramirez* COO Hermit
Amy Smeed Character Animator Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California
Mitch Rice Principal Three Communication Design LLC
Richelle Smith Product Development Specialist Cintas Alex Soare General Director Chicago Summer Opera
Callie Spiros* Founder Kali Zoe Designs Erin Toale* Guest Artist Curator Hyde Park Art Center Tricia Van Eck Founder, Artistic Director 6018 North Alison Vellas* Artist Ink Factory Chris Vicente Executive and Online Producer JBTV Music Television Marci Walker Legal Director Lawyers for the Creative Arts Steven Wang* Executive Director High Concept Labs Jess + Andy Wickstrom Founders, Designers Silver Egg Studios Asheville, NC Aimée Wilder* Founder/Wallpaper Designer Aimee Wilder New York, NY Franklin Woodland President and CEO Global Impact Fund * SAIC Alumni
Greetings from CAPX
CAPX Student Advising
Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) prepares and empowers students to build fulfilling and sustainable creative careers. By providing career advising, dynamic programming, professional development, internships, and other employment opportunities, CAPX helps students develop the skills, experience, self-knowledge, and confidence they need to navigate their creative futures. “Build Continuity Towards Life after Art School” is a key initiative under NEXT, SAIC’s strategic plan which was introduced in spring 2018: “Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) [has] become instrumental in imparting skills and tools that students can use across a lifetime as creative practitioners. Students crave more experiences like these; therefore, existing programs should be extended to students and, where appropriate, alumni, while new programs and approaches that support students as they transition into lives after graduation should be explored.”
We are proud of the advances we have made in academic year 2017-18 to benefit students, alumni, and the broader SAIC community, and we are pleased to share them with you here.
2,000 2017 2018
CAPX staff and our faculty career advisors give highly personalized coaching sessions that teach students how to develop and implement their career and job search strategies. We help students identify their strengths, skills, and values and assist them in exploring career options, fellowships, and grant opportunities. We also Alumni assist in connecting them with 6% alumni and professional networks; Undergraduates developing professional portfolios 71% and an online presence; and Graduate Students applying for internships, jobs, and 23% other professional opportunities.
1,000
500
Expert Students Exchange in Class Visits
Events
2017-18
In 2,328 meetings, what did we focus on?
Faculty D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rebecca Keller Adjunct Professor
Nancy Gildart Assistant Director, Assessment and Graduate Student Advising
Troy Briggs Lecturer
Anna Kielman Lecturer
C.C. Ann Chen Adjunct Associate Professor
Lora Lode Adjunct Professor
Odile Compagnon Adjunct Professor
Jordan Martins Lecturer
Michael Goode Assistant Director, Internships
Snow Yunxue Fu Lecturer
Rachel Niffenegger Lecturer
Anita Bhardwaj Program Coordinator
Paula Henderson Adjunct Assistant Professor
Josh Rios Lecturer
Mike Bellis Marketing Coordinator
Christalena Hughmanick Lecturer
Myia Brown Advising and Office Coordinator
John Henley Adjunct Assistant Professor
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Greetings, Staff + Faculty
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 2017-18
486
CAPX internships connect our students with organizations, studios, and companies around Chicago, throughout the greater United States, and across the world. Our students have interned for artists’ studios, design firms, publishing houses, museums, galleries, architecture firms, tech startups, user interface and user experience design agencies, gaming and software developers, social service and community organizations, animation and conservation studios, fashion houses, and more. Our online platform SAIC Compass connects students and alumni to more than a thousand internships, job opportunities, and potential employers, and also provides students and alumni with direct access to CAPX advising appointments, workshops, events, and other career resources. Professional Practice 3900: Internship as Professional Experience
Internship as Professional Experience is a weekly, two-hour class that includes a minimum of 150 hours of on-site internship experience. This experiential career-learning course allows students to explore the many aspects of designing a creative career, including assessing personal strengths and interests, conducting research on potential employment opportunities, developing job application materials, and building interview skills.
Advising
CAPX TOUCHPOINTS
JOB SEARCH TOOLS 587 times
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 890 times
CAPX Internship 4001/5001
There are four main components to the CAPX 4001 and 5001 internships: initial seminar, individual midterm meeting, a site visit, and a final seminar. Students work 210 hours to earn three credits per semester and are assigned a faculty advisor who is a liaison with the internship site, provides career guidance, and is responsible for awarding course credit.
The things that I do on a daily basis here [at Illumivation] have opened up so many opportunities to create new and exciting work.” —Sam White (BFA 2019) SAIC Student Intern Story
CREATIVE CAREER PLANNING
534 times GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, FUNDING 156 times
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Advising
Expert Exchange
Opportunities in Chicago and Beyond
CAPX career advisors work with students and alumni to develop unique career paths that are creatively satisfying, challenging, and rewarding. We work with students at all levels and tailor our coaching to serve students’ individual needs.
Katharine Schutta Interim Dean
Theresa Gimpel Assistant Director, Employer Relations
Helping Students Navigate the Road Ahead
1,500
Best regards, The CAPX Team Staff
CAPX Internships
One-to-One Sessions with Creative Professionals Expert Exchange offers students and alumni the opportunity to consult individually with creative professionals and Chicago business leaders about venture ideas and future careers. Held every Friday during the fall and spring semesters, Expert Exchange is a great opportunity for students to gain industry insight and personalized career advice. Growing Student Skills and Confidence CAPX welcomed an impressive roster of generous industry leaders, alumni, and creative professionals to Expert Exchange over the past year. (All organizations are in Chicago unless otherwise specified.) Fulla Abdul-Jabbar* Assistant Editor The Green Lantern Press Sona Allen Art Director Rightpoint Alejandra Alonso Rojas Owner, Fashion Designer Alejandra Alonso Rojas Madrid, Spain Paul Alt Principal Alt Architecture + Research Associates LLC Emma Arnold* Associate Creative Director Weber Shandwick Jim Bachor Owner, Designer Bachor
Rebecca Banasiak* Collections Assistant Field Museum of Natural History Emory Brown Director of Marketing Project Osmosis Danielle Campbell* Public Relations Specialist Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Michael Dain Experience Architect ixDa: Interaction Design Association Nicole Dial School Relations Representative Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California Penny Duff Director of Education Chicago Artists Coalition Jimmy Fishbein Owner, Photographer Chicago Corporate Photography and Video, Inc. Laura Gannarelli Art Director United Airlines
In 2017–18, SAIC interns brought their creativity to organizations throughout the city, from Rogers Park to Beverly, from Streeterville to Homan Square. These red dots mark the sites of some of our internship partners.
FURTHER EDUCATION 82 times
42% CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Internships
Jason Gillette* Founder Turf Design Tonya Gross* Founder, Designer Tonya Gross Millinery Florence Hardy Senior Director of Business Services Far South Community Development Corporation
Expert Chris Vicente, JBTV Music Television (top), talks with Freshman YuanYuan Zeng (bottom) (photos Alexia Leroy). CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Expert Exchange
Stephanie Lentz* Director of Development Chicago Artists Coalition Amy Meadows Founder Windows Matter Erin Minckley* Founder, Lead Designer Relativity Textiles Jennifer Moody Art Director Rotary International Evanston, Illinois Nancy Murphy Spicer* Artist
Margot Harrington Owner, Design Director Pitch Design Union
Jake Nickell Founder, CEO Threadless
Samantha Hill* Artist / Educator
Mike Oren Founder Societech
Adam Horrigan* Associate Creative Director Schawk! Claudine Isé Director, Freeark Gallery Riverside Arts Center Riverside, Illinois David Kim* CEO, Artist DTK Ceramics Taek Kim* Senior Designer Thirst Jonathan Kinkley Executive Director Video Game Art Gallery
Students who reported gaining employment as a result of their internship in the spring 2018 semester. Top: Junior Samuel White (top) works on retail display at Illumivation, LLC (photo Sara Condo).Middle: Junior Morgan Itterly tests ink at Double Trip Press (photo Chris D. Smith). Bottom: Junior Laetitia Auguste (bottom) photographs a diorama at The Field Museum (photo Chris D. Smith).
Ariel Gentalen* Events and Conference Manager Third Coast International Audio Festival
Lauren Peterson* Regional Representative, Associate Vice President Phillips Laura Prieto Velasco Founder, Designer Hvnter Gvtherer
Cally Rieman* Founder, CEO Kal Rieman New York, NY Angela Rohlen Sales Representative Luna Textiles Allison Rokusek* Environmental Graphic Designer Valerio Dewalt Train Janna Rokusek* Print Analyst Equator Design Sam Rosen Founder Deskpass Anna Russett* Creative Director Havas Chicago Rebecca Schlossberg* Exhibitions Manager, Photography The Art Institute of Chicago Danny Schuman Founder, President Twist
Pauly Ramirez* COO Hermit
Amy Smeed Character Animator Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California
Mitch Rice Principal Three Communication Design LLC
Richelle Smith Product Development Specialist Cintas Alex Soare General Director Chicago Summer Opera
Callie Spiros* Founder Kali Zoe Designs Erin Toale* Guest Artist Curator Hyde Park Art Center Tricia Van Eck Founder, Artistic Director 6018 North Alison Vellas* Artist Ink Factory Chris Vicente Executive and Online Producer JBTV Music Television Marci Walker Legal Director Lawyers for the Creative Arts Steven Wang* Executive Director High Concept Labs Jess + Andy Wickstrom Founders, Designers Silver Egg Studios Asheville, NC Aimée Wilder* Founder/Wallpaper Designer Aimee Wilder New York, NY Franklin Woodland President and CEO Global Impact Fund * SAIC Alumni
Greetings from CAPX
CAPX Student Advising
Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) prepares and empowers students to build fulfilling and sustainable creative careers. By providing career advising, dynamic programming, professional development, internships, and other employment opportunities, CAPX helps students develop the skills, experience, self-knowledge, and confidence they need to navigate their creative futures. “Build Continuity Towards Life after Art School” is a key initiative under NEXT, SAIC’s strategic plan which was introduced in spring 2018: “Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) [has] become instrumental in imparting skills and tools that students can use across a lifetime as creative practitioners. Students crave more experiences like these; therefore, existing programs should be extended to students and, where appropriate, alumni, while new programs and approaches that support students as they transition into lives after graduation should be explored.”
We are proud of the advances we have made in academic year 2017-18 to benefit students, alumni, and the broader SAIC community, and we are pleased to share them with you here.
2,000 2017 2018
CAPX staff and our faculty career advisors give highly personalized coaching sessions that teach students how to develop and implement their career and job search strategies. We help students identify their strengths, skills, and values and assist them in exploring career options, fellowships, and grant opportunities. We also Alumni assist in connecting them with 6% alumni and professional networks; Undergraduates developing professional portfolios 71% and an online presence; and Graduate Students applying for internships, jobs, and 23% other professional opportunities.
1,000
500
Expert Students Exchange in Class Visits
Events
2017-18
In 2,328 meetings, what did we focus on?
Faculty D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rebecca Keller Adjunct Professor
Nancy Gildart Assistant Director, Assessment and Graduate Student Advising
Troy Briggs Lecturer
Anna Kielman Lecturer
C.C. Ann Chen Adjunct Associate Professor
Lora Lode Adjunct Professor
Odile Compagnon Adjunct Professor
Jordan Martins Lecturer
Michael Goode Assistant Director, Internships
Snow Yunxue Fu Lecturer
Rachel Niffenegger Lecturer
Anita Bhardwaj Program Coordinator
Paula Henderson Adjunct Assistant Professor
Josh Rios Lecturer
Mike Bellis Marketing Coordinator
Christalena Hughmanick Lecturer
Myia Brown Advising and Office Coordinator
John Henley Adjunct Assistant Professor
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Greetings, Staff + Faculty
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 2017-18
486
CAPX internships connect our students with organizations, studios, and companies around Chicago, throughout the greater United States, and across the world. Our students have interned for artists’ studios, design firms, publishing houses, museums, galleries, architecture firms, tech startups, user interface and user experience design agencies, gaming and software developers, social service and community organizations, animation and conservation studios, fashion houses, and more. Our online platform SAIC Compass connects students and alumni to more than a thousand internships, job opportunities, and potential employers, and also provides students and alumni with direct access to CAPX advising appointments, workshops, events, and other career resources. Professional Practice 3900: Internship as Professional Experience
Internship as Professional Experience is a weekly, two-hour class that includes a minimum of 150 hours of on-site internship experience. This experiential career-learning course allows students to explore the many aspects of designing a creative career, including assessing personal strengths and interests, conducting research on potential employment opportunities, developing job application materials, and building interview skills.
Advising
CAPX TOUCHPOINTS
JOB SEARCH TOOLS 587 times
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 890 times
CAPX Internship 4001/5001
There are four main components to the CAPX 4001 and 5001 internships: initial seminar, individual midterm meeting, a site visit, and a final seminar. Students work 210 hours to earn three credits per semester and are assigned a faculty advisor who is a liaison with the internship site, provides career guidance, and is responsible for awarding course credit.
The things that I do on a daily basis here [at Illumivation] have opened up so many opportunities to create new and exciting work.” —Sam White (BFA 2019) SAIC Student Intern Story
CREATIVE CAREER PLANNING
534 times GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, FUNDING 156 times
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Advising
Expert Exchange
Opportunities in Chicago and Beyond
CAPX career advisors work with students and alumni to develop unique career paths that are creatively satisfying, challenging, and rewarding. We work with students at all levels and tailor our coaching to serve students’ individual needs.
Katharine Schutta Interim Dean
Theresa Gimpel Assistant Director, Employer Relations
Helping Students Navigate the Road Ahead
1,500
Best regards, The CAPX Team Staff
CAPX Internships
One-to-One Sessions with Creative Professionals Expert Exchange offers students and alumni the opportunity to consult individually with creative professionals and Chicago business leaders about venture ideas and future careers. Held every Friday during the fall and spring semesters, Expert Exchange is a great opportunity for students to gain industry insight and personalized career advice. Growing Student Skills and Confidence CAPX welcomed an impressive roster of generous industry leaders, alumni, and creative professionals to Expert Exchange over the past year. (All organizations are in Chicago unless otherwise specified.) Fulla Abdul-Jabbar* Assistant Editor The Green Lantern Press Sona Allen Art Director Rightpoint Alejandra Alonso Rojas Owner, Fashion Designer Alejandra Alonso Rojas Madrid, Spain Paul Alt Principal Alt Architecture + Research Associates LLC Emma Arnold* Associate Creative Director Weber Shandwick Jim Bachor Owner, Designer Bachor
Rebecca Banasiak* Collections Assistant Field Museum of Natural History Emory Brown Director of Marketing Project Osmosis Danielle Campbell* Public Relations Specialist Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Michael Dain Experience Architect ixDa: Interaction Design Association Nicole Dial School Relations Representative Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California Penny Duff Director of Education Chicago Artists Coalition Jimmy Fishbein Owner, Photographer Chicago Corporate Photography and Video, Inc. Laura Gannarelli Art Director United Airlines
In 2017–18, SAIC interns brought their creativity to organizations throughout the city, from Rogers Park to Beverly, from Streeterville to Homan Square. These red dots mark the sites of some of our internship partners.
FURTHER EDUCATION 82 times
42% CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Internships
Jason Gillette* Founder Turf Design Tonya Gross* Founder, Designer Tonya Gross Millinery Florence Hardy Senior Director of Business Services Far South Community Development Corporation
Expert Chris Vicente, JBTV Music Television (top), talks with Freshman YuanYuan Zeng (bottom) (photos Alexia Leroy). CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Expert Exchange
Stephanie Lentz* Director of Development Chicago Artists Coalition Amy Meadows Founder Windows Matter Erin Minckley* Founder, Lead Designer Relativity Textiles Jennifer Moody Art Director Rotary International Evanston, Illinois Nancy Murphy Spicer* Artist
Margot Harrington Owner, Design Director Pitch Design Union
Jake Nickell Founder, CEO Threadless
Samantha Hill* Artist / Educator
Mike Oren Founder Societech
Adam Horrigan* Associate Creative Director Schawk! Claudine Isé Director, Freeark Gallery Riverside Arts Center Riverside, Illinois David Kim* CEO, Artist DTK Ceramics Taek Kim* Senior Designer Thirst Jonathan Kinkley Executive Director Video Game Art Gallery
Students who reported gaining employment as a result of their internship in the spring 2018 semester. Top: Junior Samuel White (top) works on retail display at Illumivation, LLC (photo Sara Condo).Middle: Junior Morgan Itterly tests ink at Double Trip Press (photo Chris D. Smith). Bottom: Junior Laetitia Auguste (bottom) photographs a diorama at The Field Museum (photo Chris D. Smith).
Ariel Gentalen* Events and Conference Manager Third Coast International Audio Festival
Lauren Peterson* Regional Representative, Associate Vice President Phillips Laura Prieto Velasco Founder, Designer Hvnter Gvtherer
Cally Rieman* Founder, CEO Kal Rieman New York, NY Angela Rohlen Sales Representative Luna Textiles Allison Rokusek* Environmental Graphic Designer Valerio Dewalt Train Janna Rokusek* Print Analyst Equator Design Sam Rosen Founder Deskpass Anna Russett* Creative Director Havas Chicago Rebecca Schlossberg* Exhibitions Manager, Photography The Art Institute of Chicago Danny Schuman Founder, President Twist
Pauly Ramirez* COO Hermit
Amy Smeed Character Animator Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California
Mitch Rice Principal Three Communication Design LLC
Richelle Smith Product Development Specialist Cintas Alex Soare General Director Chicago Summer Opera
Callie Spiros* Founder Kali Zoe Designs Erin Toale* Guest Artist Curator Hyde Park Art Center Tricia Van Eck Founder, Artistic Director 6018 North Alison Vellas* Artist Ink Factory Chris Vicente Executive and Online Producer JBTV Music Television Marci Walker Legal Director Lawyers for the Creative Arts Steven Wang* Executive Director High Concept Labs Jess + Andy Wickstrom Founders, Designers Silver Egg Studios Asheville, NC Aimée Wilder* Founder/Wallpaper Designer Aimee Wilder New York, NY Franklin Woodland President and CEO Global Impact Fund * SAIC Alumni
Greetings from CAPX
CAPX Student Advising
Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) prepares and empowers students to build fulfilling and sustainable creative careers. By providing career advising, dynamic programming, professional development, internships, and other employment opportunities, CAPX helps students develop the skills, experience, self-knowledge, and confidence they need to navigate their creative futures. “Build Continuity Towards Life after Art School” is a key initiative under NEXT, SAIC’s strategic plan which was introduced in spring 2018: “Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) [has] become instrumental in imparting skills and tools that students can use across a lifetime as creative practitioners. Students crave more experiences like these; therefore, existing programs should be extended to students and, where appropriate, alumni, while new programs and approaches that support students as they transition into lives after graduation should be explored.”
We are proud of the advances we have made in academic year 2017-18 to benefit students, alumni, and the broader SAIC community, and we are pleased to share them with you here.
2,000 2017 2018
CAPX staff and our faculty career advisors give highly personalized coaching sessions that teach students how to develop and implement their career and job search strategies. We help students identify their strengths, skills, and values and assist them in exploring career options, fellowships, and grant opportunities. We also Alumni assist in connecting them with 6% alumni and professional networks; Undergraduates developing professional portfolios 71% and an online presence; and Graduate Students applying for internships, jobs, and 23% other professional opportunities.
1,000
500
Expert Students Exchange in Class Visits
Events
2017-18
In 2,328 meetings, what did we focus on?
Faculty D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rebecca Keller Adjunct Professor
Nancy Gildart Assistant Director, Assessment and Graduate Student Advising
Troy Briggs Lecturer
Anna Kielman Lecturer
C.C. Ann Chen Adjunct Associate Professor
Lora Lode Adjunct Professor
Odile Compagnon Adjunct Professor
Jordan Martins Lecturer
Michael Goode Assistant Director, Internships
Snow Yunxue Fu Lecturer
Rachel Niffenegger Lecturer
Anita Bhardwaj Program Coordinator
Paula Henderson Adjunct Assistant Professor
Josh Rios Lecturer
Mike Bellis Marketing Coordinator
Christalena Hughmanick Lecturer
Myia Brown Advising and Office Coordinator
John Henley Adjunct Assistant Professor
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Greetings, Staff + Faculty
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 2017-18
486
CAPX internships connect our students with organizations, studios, and companies around Chicago, throughout the greater United States, and across the world. Our students have interned for artists’ studios, design firms, publishing houses, museums, galleries, architecture firms, tech startups, user interface and user experience design agencies, gaming and software developers, social service and community organizations, animation and conservation studios, fashion houses, and more. Our online platform SAIC Compass connects students and alumni to more than a thousand internships, job opportunities, and potential employers, and also provides students and alumni with direct access to CAPX advising appointments, workshops, events, and other career resources. Professional Practice 3900: Internship as Professional Experience
Internship as Professional Experience is a weekly, two-hour class that includes a minimum of 150 hours of on-site internship experience. This experiential career-learning course allows students to explore the many aspects of designing a creative career, including assessing personal strengths and interests, conducting research on potential employment opportunities, developing job application materials, and building interview skills.
Advising
CAPX TOUCHPOINTS
JOB SEARCH TOOLS 587 times
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 890 times
CAPX Internship 4001/5001
There are four main components to the CAPX 4001 and 5001 internships: initial seminar, individual midterm meeting, a site visit, and a final seminar. Students work 210 hours to earn three credits per semester and are assigned a faculty advisor who is a liaison with the internship site, provides career guidance, and is responsible for awarding course credit.
The things that I do on a daily basis here [at Illumivation] have opened up so many opportunities to create new and exciting work.” —Sam White (BFA 2019) SAIC Student Intern Story
CREATIVE CAREER PLANNING
534 times GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, FUNDING 156 times
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Advising
Expert Exchange
Opportunities in Chicago and Beyond
CAPX career advisors work with students and alumni to develop unique career paths that are creatively satisfying, challenging, and rewarding. We work with students at all levels and tailor our coaching to serve students’ individual needs.
Katharine Schutta Interim Dean
Theresa Gimpel Assistant Director, Employer Relations
Helping Students Navigate the Road Ahead
1,500
Best regards, The CAPX Team Staff
CAPX Internships
One-to-One Sessions with Creative Professionals Expert Exchange offers students and alumni the opportunity to consult individually with creative professionals and Chicago business leaders about venture ideas and future careers. Held every Friday during the fall and spring semesters, Expert Exchange is a great opportunity for students to gain industry insight and personalized career advice. Growing Student Skills and Confidence CAPX welcomed an impressive roster of generous industry leaders, alumni, and creative professionals to Expert Exchange over the past year. (All organizations are in Chicago unless otherwise specified.) Fulla Abdul-Jabbar* Assistant Editor The Green Lantern Press Sona Allen Art Director Rightpoint Alejandra Alonso Rojas Owner, Fashion Designer Alejandra Alonso Rojas Madrid, Spain Paul Alt Principal Alt Architecture + Research Associates LLC Emma Arnold* Associate Creative Director Weber Shandwick Jim Bachor Owner, Designer Bachor
Rebecca Banasiak* Collections Assistant Field Museum of Natural History Emory Brown Director of Marketing Project Osmosis Danielle Campbell* Public Relations Specialist Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Michael Dain Experience Architect ixDa: Interaction Design Association Nicole Dial School Relations Representative Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California Penny Duff Director of Education Chicago Artists Coalition Jimmy Fishbein Owner, Photographer Chicago Corporate Photography and Video, Inc. Laura Gannarelli Art Director United Airlines
In 2017–18, SAIC interns brought their creativity to organizations throughout the city, from Rogers Park to Beverly, from Streeterville to Homan Square. These red dots mark the sites of some of our internship partners.
FURTHER EDUCATION 82 times
42% CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Internships
Jason Gillette* Founder Turf Design Tonya Gross* Founder, Designer Tonya Gross Millinery Florence Hardy Senior Director of Business Services Far South Community Development Corporation
Expert Chris Vicente, JBTV Music Television (top), talks with Freshman YuanYuan Zeng (bottom) (photos Alexia Leroy). CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Expert Exchange
Stephanie Lentz* Director of Development Chicago Artists Coalition Amy Meadows Founder Windows Matter Erin Minckley* Founder, Lead Designer Relativity Textiles Jennifer Moody Art Director Rotary International Evanston, Illinois Nancy Murphy Spicer* Artist
Margot Harrington Owner, Design Director Pitch Design Union
Jake Nickell Founder, CEO Threadless
Samantha Hill* Artist / Educator
Mike Oren Founder Societech
Adam Horrigan* Associate Creative Director Schawk! Claudine Isé Director, Freeark Gallery Riverside Arts Center Riverside, Illinois David Kim* CEO, Artist DTK Ceramics Taek Kim* Senior Designer Thirst Jonathan Kinkley Executive Director Video Game Art Gallery
Students who reported gaining employment as a result of their internship in the spring 2018 semester. Top: Junior Samuel White (top) works on retail display at Illumivation, LLC (photo Sara Condo).Middle: Junior Morgan Itterly tests ink at Double Trip Press (photo Chris D. Smith). Bottom: Junior Laetitia Auguste (bottom) photographs a diorama at The Field Museum (photo Chris D. Smith).
Ariel Gentalen* Events and Conference Manager Third Coast International Audio Festival
Lauren Peterson* Regional Representative, Associate Vice President Phillips Laura Prieto Velasco Founder, Designer Hvnter Gvtherer
Cally Rieman* Founder, CEO Kal Rieman New York, NY Angela Rohlen Sales Representative Luna Textiles Allison Rokusek* Environmental Graphic Designer Valerio Dewalt Train Janna Rokusek* Print Analyst Equator Design Sam Rosen Founder Deskpass Anna Russett* Creative Director Havas Chicago Rebecca Schlossberg* Exhibitions Manager, Photography The Art Institute of Chicago Danny Schuman Founder, President Twist
Pauly Ramirez* COO Hermit
Amy Smeed Character Animator Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California
Mitch Rice Principal Three Communication Design LLC
Richelle Smith Product Development Specialist Cintas Alex Soare General Director Chicago Summer Opera
Callie Spiros* Founder Kali Zoe Designs Erin Toale* Guest Artist Curator Hyde Park Art Center Tricia Van Eck Founder, Artistic Director 6018 North Alison Vellas* Artist Ink Factory Chris Vicente Executive and Online Producer JBTV Music Television Marci Walker Legal Director Lawyers for the Creative Arts Steven Wang* Executive Director High Concept Labs Jess + Andy Wickstrom Founders, Designers Silver Egg Studios Asheville, NC Aimée Wilder* Founder/Wallpaper Designer Aimee Wilder New York, NY Franklin Woodland President and CEO Global Impact Fund * SAIC Alumni
Greetings from CAPX
CAPX Student Advising
Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) prepares and empowers students to build fulfilling and sustainable creative careers. By providing career advising, dynamic programming, professional development, internships, and other employment opportunities, CAPX helps students develop the skills, experience, self-knowledge, and confidence they need to navigate their creative futures. “Build Continuity Towards Life after Art School” is a key initiative under NEXT, SAIC’s strategic plan which was introduced in spring 2018: “Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) [has] become instrumental in imparting skills and tools that students can use across a lifetime as creative practitioners. Students crave more experiences like these; therefore, existing programs should be extended to students and, where appropriate, alumni, while new programs and approaches that support students as they transition into lives after graduation should be explored.”
We are proud of the advances we have made in academic year 2017-18 to benefit students, alumni, and the broader SAIC community, and we are pleased to share them with you here.
2,000 2017 2018
CAPX staff and our faculty career advisors give highly personalized coaching sessions that teach students how to develop and implement their career and job search strategies. We help students identify their strengths, skills, and values and assist them in exploring career options, fellowships, and grant opportunities. We also Alumni assist in connecting them with 6% alumni and professional networks; Undergraduates developing professional portfolios 71% and an online presence; and Graduate Students applying for internships, jobs, and 23% other professional opportunities.
1,000
500
Expert Students Exchange in Class Visits
Events
2017-18
In 2,328 meetings, what did we focus on?
Faculty D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rebecca Keller Adjunct Professor
Nancy Gildart Assistant Director, Assessment and Graduate Student Advising
Troy Briggs Lecturer
Anna Kielman Lecturer
C.C. Ann Chen Adjunct Associate Professor
Lora Lode Adjunct Professor
Odile Compagnon Adjunct Professor
Jordan Martins Lecturer
Michael Goode Assistant Director, Internships
Snow Yunxue Fu Lecturer
Rachel Niffenegger Lecturer
Anita Bhardwaj Program Coordinator
Paula Henderson Adjunct Assistant Professor
Josh Rios Lecturer
Mike Bellis Marketing Coordinator
Christalena Hughmanick Lecturer
Myia Brown Advising and Office Coordinator
John Henley Adjunct Assistant Professor
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Greetings, Staff + Faculty
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 2017-18
486
CAPX internships connect our students with organizations, studios, and companies around Chicago, throughout the greater United States, and across the world. Our students have interned for artists’ studios, design firms, publishing houses, museums, galleries, architecture firms, tech startups, user interface and user experience design agencies, gaming and software developers, social service and community organizations, animation and conservation studios, fashion houses, and more. Our online platform SAIC Compass connects students and alumni to more than a thousand internships, job opportunities, and potential employers, and also provides students and alumni with direct access to CAPX advising appointments, workshops, events, and other career resources. Professional Practice 3900: Internship as Professional Experience
Internship as Professional Experience is a weekly, two-hour class that includes a minimum of 150 hours of on-site internship experience. This experiential career-learning course allows students to explore the many aspects of designing a creative career, including assessing personal strengths and interests, conducting research on potential employment opportunities, developing job application materials, and building interview skills.
Advising
CAPX TOUCHPOINTS
JOB SEARCH TOOLS 587 times
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 890 times
CAPX Internship 4001/5001
There are four main components to the CAPX 4001 and 5001 internships: initial seminar, individual midterm meeting, a site visit, and a final seminar. Students work 210 hours to earn three credits per semester and are assigned a faculty advisor who is a liaison with the internship site, provides career guidance, and is responsible for awarding course credit.
The things that I do on a daily basis here [at Illumivation] have opened up so many opportunities to create new and exciting work.” —Sam White (BFA 2019) SAIC Student Intern Story
CREATIVE CAREER PLANNING
534 times GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, FUNDING 156 times
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Advising
Expert Exchange
Opportunities in Chicago and Beyond
CAPX career advisors work with students and alumni to develop unique career paths that are creatively satisfying, challenging, and rewarding. We work with students at all levels and tailor our coaching to serve students’ individual needs.
Katharine Schutta Interim Dean
Theresa Gimpel Assistant Director, Employer Relations
Helping Students Navigate the Road Ahead
1,500
Best regards, The CAPX Team Staff
CAPX Internships
One-to-One Sessions with Creative Professionals Expert Exchange offers students and alumni the opportunity to consult individually with creative professionals and Chicago business leaders about venture ideas and future careers. Held every Friday during the fall and spring semesters, Expert Exchange is a great opportunity for students to gain industry insight and personalized career advice. Growing Student Skills and Confidence CAPX welcomed an impressive roster of generous industry leaders, alumni, and creative professionals to Expert Exchange over the past year. (All organizations are in Chicago unless otherwise specified.) Fulla Abdul-Jabbar* Assistant Editor The Green Lantern Press Sona Allen Art Director Rightpoint Alejandra Alonso Rojas Owner, Fashion Designer Alejandra Alonso Rojas Madrid, Spain Paul Alt Principal Alt Architecture + Research Associates LLC Emma Arnold* Associate Creative Director Weber Shandwick Jim Bachor Owner, Designer Bachor
Rebecca Banasiak* Collections Assistant Field Museum of Natural History Emory Brown Director of Marketing Project Osmosis Danielle Campbell* Public Relations Specialist Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Michael Dain Experience Architect ixDa: Interaction Design Association Nicole Dial School Relations Representative Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California Penny Duff Director of Education Chicago Artists Coalition Jimmy Fishbein Owner, Photographer Chicago Corporate Photography and Video, Inc. Laura Gannarelli Art Director United Airlines
In 2017–18, SAIC interns brought their creativity to organizations throughout the city, from Rogers Park to Beverly, from Streeterville to Homan Square. These red dots mark the sites of some of our internship partners.
FURTHER EDUCATION 82 times
42% CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Internships
Jason Gillette* Founder Turf Design Tonya Gross* Founder, Designer Tonya Gross Millinery Florence Hardy Senior Director of Business Services Far South Community Development Corporation
Expert Chris Vicente, JBTV Music Television (top), talks with Freshman YuanYuan Zeng (bottom) (photos Alexia Leroy). CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Expert Exchange
Stephanie Lentz* Director of Development Chicago Artists Coalition Amy Meadows Founder Windows Matter Erin Minckley* Founder, Lead Designer Relativity Textiles Jennifer Moody Art Director Rotary International Evanston, Illinois Nancy Murphy Spicer* Artist
Margot Harrington Owner, Design Director Pitch Design Union
Jake Nickell Founder, CEO Threadless
Samantha Hill* Artist / Educator
Mike Oren Founder Societech
Adam Horrigan* Associate Creative Director Schawk! Claudine Isé Director, Freeark Gallery Riverside Arts Center Riverside, Illinois David Kim* CEO, Artist DTK Ceramics Taek Kim* Senior Designer Thirst Jonathan Kinkley Executive Director Video Game Art Gallery
Students who reported gaining employment as a result of their internship in the spring 2018 semester. Top: Junior Samuel White (top) works on retail display at Illumivation, LLC (photo Sara Condo).Middle: Junior Morgan Itterly tests ink at Double Trip Press (photo Chris D. Smith). Bottom: Junior Laetitia Auguste (bottom) photographs a diorama at The Field Museum (photo Chris D. Smith).
Ariel Gentalen* Events and Conference Manager Third Coast International Audio Festival
Lauren Peterson* Regional Representative, Associate Vice President Phillips Laura Prieto Velasco Founder, Designer Hvnter Gvtherer
Cally Rieman* Founder, CEO Kal Rieman New York, NY Angela Rohlen Sales Representative Luna Textiles Allison Rokusek* Environmental Graphic Designer Valerio Dewalt Train Janna Rokusek* Print Analyst Equator Design Sam Rosen Founder Deskpass Anna Russett* Creative Director Havas Chicago Rebecca Schlossberg* Exhibitions Manager, Photography The Art Institute of Chicago Danny Schuman Founder, President Twist
Pauly Ramirez* COO Hermit
Amy Smeed Character Animator Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California
Mitch Rice Principal Three Communication Design LLC
Richelle Smith Product Development Specialist Cintas Alex Soare General Director Chicago Summer Opera
Callie Spiros* Founder Kali Zoe Designs Erin Toale* Guest Artist Curator Hyde Park Art Center Tricia Van Eck Founder, Artistic Director 6018 North Alison Vellas* Artist Ink Factory Chris Vicente Executive and Online Producer JBTV Music Television Marci Walker Legal Director Lawyers for the Creative Arts Steven Wang* Executive Director High Concept Labs Jess + Andy Wickstrom Founders, Designers Silver Egg Studios Asheville, NC Aimée Wilder* Founder/Wallpaper Designer Aimee Wilder New York, NY Franklin Woodland President and CEO Global Impact Fund * SAIC Alumni
Greetings from CAPX
CAPX Student Advising
Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) prepares and empowers students to build fulfilling and sustainable creative careers. By providing career advising, dynamic programming, professional development, internships, and other employment opportunities, CAPX helps students develop the skills, experience, self-knowledge, and confidence they need to navigate their creative futures. “Build Continuity Towards Life after Art School” is a key initiative under NEXT, SAIC’s strategic plan which was introduced in spring 2018: “Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) [has] become instrumental in imparting skills and tools that students can use across a lifetime as creative practitioners. Students crave more experiences like these; therefore, existing programs should be extended to students and, where appropriate, alumni, while new programs and approaches that support students as they transition into lives after graduation should be explored.”
We are proud of the advances we have made in academic year 2017-18 to benefit students, alumni, and the broader SAIC community, and we are pleased to share them with you here.
2,000 2017 2018
CAPX staff and our faculty career advisors give highly personalized coaching sessions that teach students how to develop and implement their career and job search strategies. We help students identify their strengths, skills, and values and assist them in exploring career options, fellowships, and grant opportunities. We also Alumni assist in connecting them with 6% alumni and professional networks; Undergraduates developing professional portfolios 71% and an online presence; and Graduate Students applying for internships, jobs, and 23% other professional opportunities.
1,000
500
Expert Students Exchange in Class Visits
Events
2017-18
In 2,328 meetings, what did we focus on?
Faculty D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rebecca Keller Adjunct Professor
Nancy Gildart Assistant Director, Assessment and Graduate Student Advising
Troy Briggs Lecturer
Anna Kielman Lecturer
C.C. Ann Chen Adjunct Associate Professor
Lora Lode Adjunct Professor
Odile Compagnon Adjunct Professor
Jordan Martins Lecturer
Michael Goode Assistant Director, Internships
Snow Yunxue Fu Lecturer
Rachel Niffenegger Lecturer
Anita Bhardwaj Program Coordinator
Paula Henderson Adjunct Assistant Professor
Josh Rios Lecturer
Mike Bellis Marketing Coordinator
Christalena Hughmanick Lecturer
Myia Brown Advising and Office Coordinator
John Henley Adjunct Assistant Professor
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Greetings, Staff + Faculty
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 2017-18
486
CAPX internships connect our students with organizations, studios, and companies around Chicago, throughout the greater United States, and across the world. Our students have interned for artists’ studios, design firms, publishing houses, museums, galleries, architecture firms, tech startups, user interface and user experience design agencies, gaming and software developers, social service and community organizations, animation and conservation studios, fashion houses, and more. Our online platform SAIC Compass connects students and alumni to more than a thousand internships, job opportunities, and potential employers, and also provides students and alumni with direct access to CAPX advising appointments, workshops, events, and other career resources. Professional Practice 3900: Internship as Professional Experience
Internship as Professional Experience is a weekly, two-hour class that includes a minimum of 150 hours of on-site internship experience. This experiential career-learning course allows students to explore the many aspects of designing a creative career, including assessing personal strengths and interests, conducting research on potential employment opportunities, developing job application materials, and building interview skills.
Advising
CAPX TOUCHPOINTS
JOB SEARCH TOOLS 587 times
CAPX INTERNSHIPS 890 times
CAPX Internship 4001/5001
There are four main components to the CAPX 4001 and 5001 internships: initial seminar, individual midterm meeting, a site visit, and a final seminar. Students work 210 hours to earn three credits per semester and are assigned a faculty advisor who is a liaison with the internship site, provides career guidance, and is responsible for awarding course credit.
The things that I do on a daily basis here [at Illumivation] have opened up so many opportunities to create new and exciting work.” —Sam White (BFA 2019) SAIC Student Intern Story
CREATIVE CAREER PLANNING
534 times GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, FUNDING 156 times
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Advising
Expert Exchange
Opportunities in Chicago and Beyond
CAPX career advisors work with students and alumni to develop unique career paths that are creatively satisfying, challenging, and rewarding. We work with students at all levels and tailor our coaching to serve students’ individual needs.
Katharine Schutta Interim Dean
Theresa Gimpel Assistant Director, Employer Relations
Helping Students Navigate the Road Ahead
1,500
Best regards, The CAPX Team Staff
CAPX Internships
One-to-One Sessions with Creative Professionals Expert Exchange offers students and alumni the opportunity to consult individually with creative professionals and Chicago business leaders about venture ideas and future careers. Held every Friday during the fall and spring semesters, Expert Exchange is a great opportunity for students to gain industry insight and personalized career advice. Growing Student Skills and Confidence CAPX welcomed an impressive roster of generous industry leaders, alumni, and creative professionals to Expert Exchange over the past year. (All organizations are in Chicago unless otherwise specified.) Fulla Abdul-Jabbar* Assistant Editor The Green Lantern Press Sona Allen Art Director Rightpoint Alejandra Alonso Rojas Owner, Fashion Designer Alejandra Alonso Rojas Madrid, Spain Paul Alt Principal Alt Architecture + Research Associates LLC Emma Arnold* Associate Creative Director Weber Shandwick Jim Bachor Owner, Designer Bachor
Rebecca Banasiak* Collections Assistant Field Museum of Natural History Emory Brown Director of Marketing Project Osmosis Danielle Campbell* Public Relations Specialist Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Michael Dain Experience Architect ixDa: Interaction Design Association Nicole Dial School Relations Representative Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California Penny Duff Director of Education Chicago Artists Coalition Jimmy Fishbein Owner, Photographer Chicago Corporate Photography and Video, Inc. Laura Gannarelli Art Director United Airlines
In 2017–18, SAIC interns brought their creativity to organizations throughout the city, from Rogers Park to Beverly, from Streeterville to Homan Square. These red dots mark the sites of some of our internship partners.
FURTHER EDUCATION 82 times
42% CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Internships
Jason Gillette* Founder Turf Design Tonya Gross* Founder, Designer Tonya Gross Millinery Florence Hardy Senior Director of Business Services Far South Community Development Corporation
Expert Chris Vicente, JBTV Music Television (top), talks with Freshman YuanYuan Zeng (bottom) (photos Alexia Leroy). CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Expert Exchange
Stephanie Lentz* Director of Development Chicago Artists Coalition Amy Meadows Founder Windows Matter Erin Minckley* Founder, Lead Designer Relativity Textiles Jennifer Moody Art Director Rotary International Evanston, Illinois Nancy Murphy Spicer* Artist
Margot Harrington Owner, Design Director Pitch Design Union
Jake Nickell Founder, CEO Threadless
Samantha Hill* Artist / Educator
Mike Oren Founder Societech
Adam Horrigan* Associate Creative Director Schawk! Claudine Isé Director, Freeark Gallery Riverside Arts Center Riverside, Illinois David Kim* CEO, Artist DTK Ceramics Taek Kim* Senior Designer Thirst Jonathan Kinkley Executive Director Video Game Art Gallery
Students who reported gaining employment as a result of their internship in the spring 2018 semester. Top: Junior Samuel White (top) works on retail display at Illumivation, LLC (photo Sara Condo).Middle: Junior Morgan Itterly tests ink at Double Trip Press (photo Chris D. Smith). Bottom: Junior Laetitia Auguste (bottom) photographs a diorama at The Field Museum (photo Chris D. Smith).
Ariel Gentalen* Events and Conference Manager Third Coast International Audio Festival
Lauren Peterson* Regional Representative, Associate Vice President Phillips Laura Prieto Velasco Founder, Designer Hvnter Gvtherer
Cally Rieman* Founder, CEO Kal Rieman New York, NY Angela Rohlen Sales Representative Luna Textiles Allison Rokusek* Environmental Graphic Designer Valerio Dewalt Train Janna Rokusek* Print Analyst Equator Design Sam Rosen Founder Deskpass Anna Russett* Creative Director Havas Chicago Rebecca Schlossberg* Exhibitions Manager, Photography The Art Institute of Chicago Danny Schuman Founder, President Twist
Pauly Ramirez* COO Hermit
Amy Smeed Character Animator Walt Disney Animation Studios Burbank, California
Mitch Rice Principal Three Communication Design LLC
Richelle Smith Product Development Specialist Cintas Alex Soare General Director Chicago Summer Opera
Callie Spiros* Founder Kali Zoe Designs Erin Toale* Guest Artist Curator Hyde Park Art Center Tricia Van Eck Founder, Artistic Director 6018 North Alison Vellas* Artist Ink Factory Chris Vicente Executive and Online Producer JBTV Music Television Marci Walker Legal Director Lawyers for the Creative Arts Steven Wang* Executive Director High Concept Labs Jess + Andy Wickstrom Founders, Designers Silver Egg Studios Asheville, NC Aimée Wilder* Founder/Wallpaper Designer Aimee Wilder New York, NY Franklin Woodland President and CEO Global Impact Fund * SAIC Alumni
Preparing Our Students for Creative Futures
CAPX Programs and Resources Help Students Prepare for a Lifetime of Opportunities
Where can an art school education take you? For more than 150 years, SAIC alumni have been working and creating in a broad spectrum of industries, organizations, companies, and practices. Their varied job titles listed below—as reflected in recent online alumni profiles—expand on the School’s core value that meaning and making are inseparable.
EVENTS
Dancer Environmental Activist Environment Designer Exhibition Designer Fashion Designer Filmmaker Footwear Designer Forensic Artist Furniture Designer Game Designer Graphic Novelist Journalist Judicial Extern Landscape Designer Lighting Designer Location Scout
Materials Librarian Motion Graphics Designer Photographer Podcast Host Product Designer Preservation Planner Public Relations Specialist Operations Director Scientific Illustrator Social Media Manager Sound Designer Speechwriter Sustainability Coordinator UI/UX Designer Visual Merchandiser Writer …And many more
For each SAIC graduating class, CAPX manages The Outcomes Survey, which gathers employment and graduate school admissions data. Our alumni responses are combined with those of other Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) schools to provide comparative insights into the value of an arts education.
CAPX offers engaging programs and workshops designed to help SAIC students and alumni develop materials, skills, and strategies to build their creative careers.
Our annual flagship event in November brought over 70 employers from Chicago and beyond to meet 500+ students— nearly triple the number of past years. This year’s Expo featured dynamic, on-site programming, including Fireside Chats—conversations with creative influencers moderated by Nick Brown, founder of Glappitnova—and a professional Head Shot Booth. We also sought to broaden industry representation via our first-ever Start-Up Sphere, highlighting leading and emerging Chicago-area tech start-ups. Students and alumni networked in real time with leading companies and organizations, learned more about the nature of their work, and explored potential job and internship opportunities. Top: Nick Brown chats with Veronica Appleton, We Are Unlimited (photo Sara Condo). Bottom: Pauly Ramirez (BFA 2016), Hermit, speaks with a group at Go Fund Yourself (photo Marina Porta Perera).
Bachelor’s alumni who found their internships helpful
81.8%
Master’s alumni who found their internships helpful
89.1%
In spring 2018, for the first time, SAIC’s week of graduate critiques (known as “Crit Week”) was also CAPX Week—a full five days of activities that invited students to “Exhale… Explore… Experience CAPX.” Programs included:
2015 74.4%
• Special Expert Exchange sessions • Document Your Work: how-tos and authorizations in SAIC’s new documentation space • Informative Lunch + Learn workshops • Go Fund Yourself! Entrepreneurial Strategies presented in partnership with SAIC’s Shapiro Center • SAIC Day of Service at Homan Square
85%
Photo Alexia Leroy
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Hosted in CAPX throughout the year, these sessions give students an opportunity to learn more about for-credit internship options and how to start their internship search via SAIC Compass.
Group sessions give students an opportunity to develop their professional materials, hone their networking and research abilities, and build their interview skills with the support of their peers and the guidance of a career advisor. Students also learn how to use our SAIC Compass jobs platform more fluently and explore networking strategies using LinkedIn and other social networks.
Documenting Your Work Students are introduced to SAIC’s new documenting space to create high-quality images of their work for their portfolios, websites, and applications for grants or graduate school. They learn how to use seamless backdrops, LED lighting, C-stands, sandbags, and other grip equipment, as well as camera and lighting basics to post-production skills via Adobe Creative Suite.
Art & Law Thursdays CAPX has partnered with Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the American Society of Media Photographers to present this monthly program through fall 2018 that offers valuable contemporary legal advice for working artists. Topics include copyright registration, licensing, fair use and intellectual property, and best practices for digital and online content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
RESOURCES CliftonStrengths®
Big Interview
Gallup’s CliftonStrengths® assessment helps students discover their dominant talents and ways in which they naturally think, feel, and behave as unique individuals. CAPX uses the assessment, which is free for students and faculty, in Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice, and Capstone courses; in group workshops; and in individual advising sessions with one of our three Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths® coaches. Since CAPX began offering this resource in 2016, more than 500 students have engaged in the process—332 this past year. They incorporated their insights into their internship and job search strategies, as well as into their artist statements, résumés, and cover letters.
Big Interview is an online platform that combines video lessons and virtual exercises to help students and alumni improve their interview skills. Students build confidence on their own time and receive valuable feedback from our career advisors from the comfort of their dorms or studios.
Entrepreneurs in Residence
VALUE OF SAIC INTERNSHIPS 2018
Internship Info Sessions
Group Jobs Search
CAPX Week Were your internships helpful in preparing you for your career?
CAPX Faculty of the Year
PROGRAMS
SAIC Internship and Career Expo Animator Architect Archivist Art Director Art Historian Artist Agent Art Therapist Arts Educator Arts Journal Editor Attorney CEO/Founder Cinematographer Collections Manager Conservator Content Strategist Costume Technician
A student consults with CAPX Peer Advisor Adrian Jacobs (photo Alexia Leroy).
Some key numbers from CAPX Week:
175+
Student Workshop Participants
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Events
116
Advising Appointments
54
In June 2017, CAPX welcomed our first entrepreneurs-in-residence, alumni Paulina (Pauly) Ramirez (BFA 2016) and Nika Koda (BFA 2015). They are co-founders of Hermit, an online platform that connects individuals seeking to commission artwork with artists. Throughout their residency, Ramirez and Koda met with students to share their startup expertise and guide students who wish to launch their own creative ventures. To learn more about Ramirez’s journey from recent graduate to chief operating officer, watch her video profile An Entrepreneurial Learning Curve produced by NationSwell in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. http://nationswell.com/ kauffman-foundation-hermit-art-platform/
STUDENT FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
ALUMNI COLLABORATORS
6
30
US Student Fulbright Program CAPX advises applicants to the US Student Fulbright Program, yearlong exchange fellowships offered by the US Department of State. In the 2018 cycle, SAIC marked a School record six Fulbright Fellows, who will be pursuing their artistic projects in Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Spain, and Tajikistan.
FACULTY COLLABORATORS
56
Academic Spine CAPX works closely with the Undergraduate Division on the Academic Spine, a required three-course sequence for all undergraduates that includes Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice Experience, and the Capstone courses. CAPX provides support throughout this sequence by offering class presentations and workshops—including the CliftonStrengths® assessment—as well as access to career resources and programming. CAPX’s Internship as Professional Practice classes fulfill the Professional Practice requirement.
Shapiro Center
Program Engagement
STUDENT + ALUMNI PARTICIPANTS
992
CAPX’s offerings are integrated throughout undergraduate curriculum. We also provide specialized programming and resources for graduate students.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS
46
During CAPX Week, CAPX and SAIC’s Shapiro Center co-host “Go Fund Yourself!”, a dynamic entrepreneurial strategies event. This year’s inaugural event featured a panel of industry professionals, entrepreneurial experts, SAIC students, and alumni who led workshops and conversations about building a practice, crowdsourced funding, and finding creative independence.
Expert Exchange Individual Sessions CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Programs
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Resources
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | SAIC Curricular Partners
At our first annual CAPX Faculty Appreciation lunch, we celebrated our collaboration with faculty and their direct engagement as Career and Internship Advisors and instructors of Professional Practice: Internship as Professional Experience. We presented the CAPX Faculty of the Year Award to John Henley, who has guided hundreds of students through their internship experiences and is a key ambassador for SAIC’s internship program. John Henley shows off his CAPX Faculty of the Year Award (photo Mike Bellis).
MakeWork CAPX partners with the Office of Institutional Advancement and SAIC’s MakeWork Council on the MakeWork Challenge, supporting the increasing desire of students to develop their entrepreneurial skills and ideas. In 2017–18 interested students and alumni had opportunities to be coached on pitches for their ideas and win awards from a $10,000 prize pool to launch their ventures.
CAPX is fortunate to partner with talented faculty and staff across SAIC • • • • • • • •
Residence Life Campus Life Academic Advising Fashion Design Visual Communication Design Graduate Division Low Residency MFA Program AIGAS
Annual Report 2018
Preparing Our Students for Creative Futures
CAPX Programs and Resources Help Students Prepare for a Lifetime of Opportunities
Where can an art school education take you? For more than 150 years, SAIC alumni have been working and creating in a broad spectrum of industries, organizations, companies, and practices. Their varied job titles listed below—as reflected in recent online alumni profiles—expand on the School’s core value that meaning and making are inseparable.
EVENTS
Dancer Environmental Activist Environment Designer Exhibition Designer Fashion Designer Filmmaker Footwear Designer Forensic Artist Furniture Designer Game Designer Graphic Novelist Journalist Judicial Extern Landscape Designer Lighting Designer Location Scout
Materials Librarian Motion Graphics Designer Photographer Podcast Host Product Designer Preservation Planner Public Relations Specialist Operations Director Scientific Illustrator Social Media Manager Sound Designer Speechwriter Sustainability Coordinator UI/UX Designer Visual Merchandiser Writer …And many more
For each SAIC graduating class, CAPX manages The Outcomes Survey, which gathers employment and graduate school admissions data. Our alumni responses are combined with those of other Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) schools to provide comparative insights into the value of an arts education.
CAPX offers engaging programs and workshops designed to help SAIC students and alumni develop materials, skills, and strategies to build their creative careers.
Our annual flagship event in November brought over 70 employers from Chicago and beyond to meet 500+ students— nearly triple the number of past years. This year’s Expo featured dynamic, on-site programming, including Fireside Chats—conversations with creative influencers moderated by Nick Brown, founder of Glappitnova—and a professional Head Shot Booth. We also sought to broaden industry representation via our first-ever Start-Up Sphere, highlighting leading and emerging Chicago-area tech start-ups. Students and alumni networked in real time with leading companies and organizations, learned more about the nature of their work, and explored potential job and internship opportunities. Top: Nick Brown chats with Veronica Appleton, We Are Unlimited (photo Sara Condo). Bottom: Pauly Ramirez (BFA 2016), Hermit, speaks with a group at Go Fund Yourself (photo Marina Porta Perera).
Bachelor’s alumni who found their internships helpful
81.8%
Master’s alumni who found their internships helpful
89.1%
In spring 2018, for the first time, SAIC’s week of graduate critiques (known as “Crit Week”) was also CAPX Week—a full five days of activities that invited students to “Exhale… Explore… Experience CAPX.” Programs included:
2015 74.4%
• Special Expert Exchange sessions • Document Your Work: how-tos and authorizations in SAIC’s new documentation space • Informative Lunch + Learn workshops • Go Fund Yourself! Entrepreneurial Strategies presented in partnership with SAIC’s Shapiro Center • SAIC Day of Service at Homan Square
85%
Photo Alexia Leroy
Career and Professional Experience School of the Art Institute of Chicago 116 S. Michigan Ave., 14th floor Chicago, IL 60603 312.499.4130 | careers@saic.edu
@SAICcareer
@SAIC.careers
@SAICcareers
saic.edu/careers
SAIC Curricular Partners
Hosted in CAPX throughout the year, these sessions give students an opportunity to learn more about for-credit internship options and how to start their internship search via SAIC Compass.
Group sessions give students an opportunity to develop their professional materials, hone their networking and research abilities, and build their interview skills with the support of their peers and the guidance of a career advisor. Students also learn how to use our SAIC Compass jobs platform more fluently and explore networking strategies using LinkedIn and other social networks.
Documenting Your Work Students are introduced to SAIC’s new documenting space to create high-quality images of their work for their portfolios, websites, and applications for grants or graduate school. They learn how to use seamless backdrops, LED lighting, C-stands, sandbags, and other grip equipment, as well as camera and lighting basics to post-production skills via Adobe Creative Suite.
Art & Law Thursdays CAPX has partnered with Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the American Society of Media Photographers to present this monthly program through fall 2018 that offers valuable contemporary legal advice for working artists. Topics include copyright registration, licensing, fair use and intellectual property, and best practices for digital and online content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
RESOURCES CliftonStrengths®
Big Interview
Gallup’s CliftonStrengths® assessment helps students discover their dominant talents and ways in which they naturally think, feel, and behave as unique individuals. CAPX uses the assessment, which is free for students and faculty, in Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice, and Capstone courses; in group workshops; and in individual advising sessions with one of our three Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths® coaches. Since CAPX began offering this resource in 2016, more than 500 students have engaged in the process—332 this past year. They incorporated their insights into their internship and job search strategies, as well as into their artist statements, résumés, and cover letters.
Big Interview is an online platform that combines video lessons and virtual exercises to help students and alumni improve their interview skills. Students build confidence on their own time and receive valuable feedback from our career advisors from the comfort of their dorms or studios.
Entrepreneurs in Residence
VALUE OF SAIC INTERNSHIPS 2018
Internship Info Sessions
Group Jobs Search
CAPX Week Were your internships helpful in preparing you for your career?
CAPX Faculty of the Year
PROGRAMS
SAIC Internship and Career Expo Animator Architect Archivist Art Director Art Historian Artist Agent Art Therapist Arts Educator Arts Journal Editor Attorney CEO/Founder Cinematographer Collections Manager Conservator Content Strategist Costume Technician
A student consults with CAPX Peer Advisor Adrian Jacobs (photo Alexia Leroy).
Some key numbers from CAPX Week:
175+
Student Workshop Participants
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Events
116
Advising Appointments
54
In June 2017, CAPX welcomed our first entrepreneurs-in-residence, alumni Paulina (Pauly) Ramirez (BFA 2016) and Nika Koda (BFA 2015). They are co-founders of Hermit, an online platform that connects individuals seeking to commission artwork with artists. Throughout their residency, Ramirez and Koda met with students to share their startup expertise and guide students who wish to launch their own creative ventures. To learn more about Ramirez’s journey from recent graduate to chief operating officer, watch her video profile An Entrepreneurial Learning Curve produced by NationSwell in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. http://nationswell.com/ kauffman-foundation-hermit-art-platform/
STUDENT FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
ALUMNI COLLABORATORS
6
30
US Student Fulbright Program CAPX advises applicants to the US Student Fulbright Program, yearlong exchange fellowships offered by the US Department of State. In the 2018 cycle, SAIC marked a School record six Fulbright Fellows, who will be pursuing their artistic projects in Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Spain, and Tajikistan.
FACULTY COLLABORATORS
56
Academic Spine CAPX works closely with the Undergraduate Division on the Academic Spine, a required three-course sequence for all undergraduates that includes Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice Experience, and the Capstone courses. CAPX provides support throughout this sequence by offering class presentations and workshops—including the CliftonStrengths® assessment—as well as access to career resources and programming. CAPX’s Internship as Professional Practice classes fulfill the Professional Practice requirement.
Shapiro Center
Program Engagement
STUDENT + ALUMNI PARTICIPANTS
992
CAPX’s offerings are integrated throughout undergraduate curriculum. We also provide specialized programming and resources for graduate students.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS
46
During CAPX Week, CAPX and SAIC’s Shapiro Center co-host “Go Fund Yourself!”, a dynamic entrepreneurial strategies event. This year’s inaugural event featured a panel of industry professionals, entrepreneurial experts, SAIC students, and alumni who led workshops and conversations about building a practice, crowdsourced funding, and finding creative independence.
Expert Exchange Individual Sessions CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Programs
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Resources
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | SAIC Curricular Partners
At our first annual CAPX Faculty Appreciation lunch, we celebrated our collaboration with faculty and their direct engagement as Career and Internship Advisors and instructors of Professional Practice: Internship as Professional Experience. We presented the CAPX Faculty of the Year Award to John Henley, who has guided hundreds of students through their internship experiences and is a key ambassador for SAIC’s internship program. John Henley shows off his CAPX Faculty of the Year Award (photo Mike Bellis).
MakeWork CAPX partners with the Office of Institutional Advancement and SAIC’s MakeWork Council on the MakeWork Challenge, supporting the increasing desire of students to develop their entrepreneurial skills and ideas. In 2017–18 interested students and alumni had opportunities to be coached on pitches for their ideas and win awards from a $10,000 prize pool to launch their ventures.
CAPX is fortunate to partner with talented faculty and staff across SAIC • • • • • • • •
Residence Life Campus Life Academic Advising Fashion Design Visual Communication Design Graduate Division Low Residency MFA Program AIGAS
Annual Report 2018
Preparing Our Students for Creative Futures
CAPX Programs and Resources Help Students Prepare for a Lifetime of Opportunities
Where can an art school education take you? For more than 150 years, SAIC alumni have been working and creating in a broad spectrum of industries, organizations, companies, and practices. Their varied job titles listed below—as reflected in recent online alumni profiles—expand on the School’s core value that meaning and making are inseparable.
EVENTS
Dancer Environmental Activist Environment Designer Exhibition Designer Fashion Designer Filmmaker Footwear Designer Forensic Artist Furniture Designer Game Designer Graphic Novelist Journalist Judicial Extern Landscape Designer Lighting Designer Location Scout
Materials Librarian Motion Graphics Designer Photographer Podcast Host Product Designer Preservation Planner Public Relations Specialist Operations Director Scientific Illustrator Social Media Manager Sound Designer Speechwriter Sustainability Coordinator UI/UX Designer Visual Merchandiser Writer …And many more
For each SAIC graduating class, CAPX manages The Outcomes Survey, which gathers employment and graduate school admissions data. Our alumni responses are combined with those of other Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) schools to provide comparative insights into the value of an arts education.
CAPX offers engaging programs and workshops designed to help SAIC students and alumni develop materials, skills, and strategies to build their creative careers.
Our annual flagship event in November brought over 70 employers from Chicago and beyond to meet 500+ students— nearly triple the number of past years. This year’s Expo featured dynamic, on-site programming, including Fireside Chats—conversations with creative influencers moderated by Nick Brown, founder of Glappitnova—and a professional Head Shot Booth. We also sought to broaden industry representation via our first-ever Start-Up Sphere, highlighting leading and emerging Chicago-area tech start-ups. Students and alumni networked in real time with leading companies and organizations, learned more about the nature of their work, and explored potential job and internship opportunities. Top: Nick Brown chats with Veronica Appleton, We Are Unlimited (photo Sara Condo). Bottom: Pauly Ramirez (BFA 2016), Hermit, speaks with a group at Go Fund Yourself (photo Marina Porta Perera).
Bachelor’s alumni who found their internships helpful
81.8%
Master’s alumni who found their internships helpful
89.1%
In spring 2018, for the first time, SAIC’s week of graduate critiques (known as “Crit Week”) was also CAPX Week—a full five days of activities that invited students to “Exhale… Explore… Experience CAPX.” Programs included:
2015 74.4%
• Special Expert Exchange sessions • Document Your Work: how-tos and authorizations in SAIC’s new documentation space • Informative Lunch + Learn workshops • Go Fund Yourself! Entrepreneurial Strategies presented in partnership with SAIC’s Shapiro Center • SAIC Day of Service at Homan Square
85%
Photo Alexia Leroy
Career and Professional Experience School of the Art Institute of Chicago 116 S. Michigan Ave., 14th floor Chicago, IL 60603 312.499.4130 | careers@saic.edu
@SAICcareer
@SAIC.careers
@SAICcareers
saic.edu/careers
SAIC Curricular Partners
Hosted in CAPX throughout the year, these sessions give students an opportunity to learn more about for-credit internship options and how to start their internship search via SAIC Compass.
Group sessions give students an opportunity to develop their professional materials, hone their networking and research abilities, and build their interview skills with the support of their peers and the guidance of a career advisor. Students also learn how to use our SAIC Compass jobs platform more fluently and explore networking strategies using LinkedIn and other social networks.
Documenting Your Work Students are introduced to SAIC’s new documenting space to create high-quality images of their work for their portfolios, websites, and applications for grants or graduate school. They learn how to use seamless backdrops, LED lighting, C-stands, sandbags, and other grip equipment, as well as camera and lighting basics to post-production skills via Adobe Creative Suite.
Art & Law Thursdays CAPX has partnered with Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the American Society of Media Photographers to present this monthly program through fall 2018 that offers valuable contemporary legal advice for working artists. Topics include copyright registration, licensing, fair use and intellectual property, and best practices for digital and online content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
RESOURCES CliftonStrengths®
Big Interview
Gallup’s CliftonStrengths® assessment helps students discover their dominant talents and ways in which they naturally think, feel, and behave as unique individuals. CAPX uses the assessment, which is free for students and faculty, in Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice, and Capstone courses; in group workshops; and in individual advising sessions with one of our three Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths® coaches. Since CAPX began offering this resource in 2016, more than 500 students have engaged in the process—332 this past year. They incorporated their insights into their internship and job search strategies, as well as into their artist statements, résumés, and cover letters.
Big Interview is an online platform that combines video lessons and virtual exercises to help students and alumni improve their interview skills. Students build confidence on their own time and receive valuable feedback from our career advisors from the comfort of their dorms or studios.
Entrepreneurs in Residence
VALUE OF SAIC INTERNSHIPS 2018
Internship Info Sessions
Group Jobs Search
CAPX Week Were your internships helpful in preparing you for your career?
CAPX Faculty of the Year
PROGRAMS
SAIC Internship and Career Expo Animator Architect Archivist Art Director Art Historian Artist Agent Art Therapist Arts Educator Arts Journal Editor Attorney CEO/Founder Cinematographer Collections Manager Conservator Content Strategist Costume Technician
A student consults with CAPX Peer Advisor Adrian Jacobs (photo Alexia Leroy).
Some key numbers from CAPX Week:
175+
Student Workshop Participants
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Events
116
Advising Appointments
54
In June 2017, CAPX welcomed our first entrepreneurs-in-residence, alumni Paulina (Pauly) Ramirez (BFA 2016) and Nika Koda (BFA 2015). They are co-founders of Hermit, an online platform that connects individuals seeking to commission artwork with artists. Throughout their residency, Ramirez and Koda met with students to share their startup expertise and guide students who wish to launch their own creative ventures. To learn more about Ramirez’s journey from recent graduate to chief operating officer, watch her video profile An Entrepreneurial Learning Curve produced by NationSwell in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. http://nationswell.com/ kauffman-foundation-hermit-art-platform/
STUDENT FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
ALUMNI COLLABORATORS
6
30
US Student Fulbright Program CAPX advises applicants to the US Student Fulbright Program, yearlong exchange fellowships offered by the US Department of State. In the 2018 cycle, SAIC marked a School record six Fulbright Fellows, who will be pursuing their artistic projects in Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Spain, and Tajikistan.
FACULTY COLLABORATORS
56
Academic Spine CAPX works closely with the Undergraduate Division on the Academic Spine, a required three-course sequence for all undergraduates that includes Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice Experience, and the Capstone courses. CAPX provides support throughout this sequence by offering class presentations and workshops—including the CliftonStrengths® assessment—as well as access to career resources and programming. CAPX’s Internship as Professional Practice classes fulfill the Professional Practice requirement.
Shapiro Center
Program Engagement
STUDENT + ALUMNI PARTICIPANTS
992
CAPX’s offerings are integrated throughout undergraduate curriculum. We also provide specialized programming and resources for graduate students.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS
46
During CAPX Week, CAPX and SAIC’s Shapiro Center co-host “Go Fund Yourself!”, a dynamic entrepreneurial strategies event. This year’s inaugural event featured a panel of industry professionals, entrepreneurial experts, SAIC students, and alumni who led workshops and conversations about building a practice, crowdsourced funding, and finding creative independence.
Expert Exchange Individual Sessions CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Programs
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Resources
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | SAIC Curricular Partners
At our first annual CAPX Faculty Appreciation lunch, we celebrated our collaboration with faculty and their direct engagement as Career and Internship Advisors and instructors of Professional Practice: Internship as Professional Experience. We presented the CAPX Faculty of the Year Award to John Henley, who has guided hundreds of students through their internship experiences and is a key ambassador for SAIC’s internship program. John Henley shows off his CAPX Faculty of the Year Award (photo Mike Bellis).
MakeWork CAPX partners with the Office of Institutional Advancement and SAIC’s MakeWork Council on the MakeWork Challenge, supporting the increasing desire of students to develop their entrepreneurial skills and ideas. In 2017–18 interested students and alumni had opportunities to be coached on pitches for their ideas and win awards from a $10,000 prize pool to launch their ventures.
CAPX is fortunate to partner with talented faculty and staff across SAIC • • • • • • • •
Residence Life Campus Life Academic Advising Fashion Design Visual Communication Design Graduate Division Low Residency MFA Program AIGAS
Annual Report 2018
Preparing Our Students for Creative Futures
CAPX Programs and Resources Help Students Prepare for a Lifetime of Opportunities
Where can an art school education take you? For more than 150 years, SAIC alumni have been working and creating in a broad spectrum of industries, organizations, companies, and practices. Their varied job titles listed below—as reflected in recent online alumni profiles—expand on the School’s core value that meaning and making are inseparable.
EVENTS
Dancer Environmental Activist Environment Designer Exhibition Designer Fashion Designer Filmmaker Footwear Designer Forensic Artist Furniture Designer Game Designer Graphic Novelist Journalist Judicial Extern Landscape Designer Lighting Designer Location Scout
Materials Librarian Motion Graphics Designer Photographer Podcast Host Product Designer Preservation Planner Public Relations Specialist Operations Director Scientific Illustrator Social Media Manager Sound Designer Speechwriter Sustainability Coordinator UI/UX Designer Visual Merchandiser Writer …And many more
For each SAIC graduating class, CAPX manages The Outcomes Survey, which gathers employment and graduate school admissions data. Our alumni responses are combined with those of other Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) schools to provide comparative insights into the value of an arts education.
CAPX offers engaging programs and workshops designed to help SAIC students and alumni develop materials, skills, and strategies to build their creative careers.
Our annual flagship event in November brought over 70 employers from Chicago and beyond to meet 500+ students— nearly triple the number of past years. This year’s Expo featured dynamic, on-site programming, including Fireside Chats—conversations with creative influencers moderated by Nick Brown, founder of Glappitnova—and a professional Head Shot Booth. We also sought to broaden industry representation via our first-ever Start-Up Sphere, highlighting leading and emerging Chicago-area tech start-ups. Students and alumni networked in real time with leading companies and organizations, learned more about the nature of their work, and explored potential job and internship opportunities. Top: Nick Brown chats with Veronica Appleton, We Are Unlimited (photo Sara Condo). Bottom: Pauly Ramirez (BFA 2016), Hermit, speaks with a group at Go Fund Yourself (photo Marina Porta Perera).
Bachelor’s alumni who found their internships helpful
81.8%
Master’s alumni who found their internships helpful
89.1%
In spring 2018, for the first time, SAIC’s week of graduate critiques (known as “Crit Week”) was also CAPX Week—a full five days of activities that invited students to “Exhale… Explore… Experience CAPX.” Programs included:
2015 74.4%
• Special Expert Exchange sessions • Document Your Work: how-tos and authorizations in SAIC’s new documentation space • Informative Lunch + Learn workshops • Go Fund Yourself! Entrepreneurial Strategies presented in partnership with SAIC’s Shapiro Center • SAIC Day of Service at Homan Square
85%
Photo Alexia Leroy
Career and Professional Experience School of the Art Institute of Chicago 116 S. Michigan Ave., 14th floor Chicago, IL 60603 312.499.4130 | careers@saic.edu
@SAICcareer
@SAIC.careers
@SAICcareers
saic.edu/careers
SAIC Curricular Partners
Hosted in CAPX throughout the year, these sessions give students an opportunity to learn more about for-credit internship options and how to start their internship search via SAIC Compass.
Group sessions give students an opportunity to develop their professional materials, hone their networking and research abilities, and build their interview skills with the support of their peers and the guidance of a career advisor. Students also learn how to use our SAIC Compass jobs platform more fluently and explore networking strategies using LinkedIn and other social networks.
Documenting Your Work Students are introduced to SAIC’s new documenting space to create high-quality images of their work for their portfolios, websites, and applications for grants or graduate school. They learn how to use seamless backdrops, LED lighting, C-stands, sandbags, and other grip equipment, as well as camera and lighting basics to post-production skills via Adobe Creative Suite.
Art & Law Thursdays CAPX has partnered with Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the American Society of Media Photographers to present this monthly program through fall 2018 that offers valuable contemporary legal advice for working artists. Topics include copyright registration, licensing, fair use and intellectual property, and best practices for digital and online content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
RESOURCES CliftonStrengths®
Big Interview
Gallup’s CliftonStrengths® assessment helps students discover their dominant talents and ways in which they naturally think, feel, and behave as unique individuals. CAPX uses the assessment, which is free for students and faculty, in Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice, and Capstone courses; in group workshops; and in individual advising sessions with one of our three Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths® coaches. Since CAPX began offering this resource in 2016, more than 500 students have engaged in the process—332 this past year. They incorporated their insights into their internship and job search strategies, as well as into their artist statements, résumés, and cover letters.
Big Interview is an online platform that combines video lessons and virtual exercises to help students and alumni improve their interview skills. Students build confidence on their own time and receive valuable feedback from our career advisors from the comfort of their dorms or studios.
Entrepreneurs in Residence
VALUE OF SAIC INTERNSHIPS 2018
Internship Info Sessions
Group Jobs Search
CAPX Week Were your internships helpful in preparing you for your career?
CAPX Faculty of the Year
PROGRAMS
SAIC Internship and Career Expo Animator Architect Archivist Art Director Art Historian Artist Agent Art Therapist Arts Educator Arts Journal Editor Attorney CEO/Founder Cinematographer Collections Manager Conservator Content Strategist Costume Technician
A student consults with CAPX Peer Advisor Adrian Jacobs (photo Alexia Leroy).
Some key numbers from CAPX Week:
175+
Student Workshop Participants
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Events
116
Advising Appointments
54
In June 2017, CAPX welcomed our first entrepreneurs-in-residence, alumni Paulina (Pauly) Ramirez (BFA 2016) and Nika Koda (BFA 2015). They are co-founders of Hermit, an online platform that connects individuals seeking to commission artwork with artists. Throughout their residency, Ramirez and Koda met with students to share their startup expertise and guide students who wish to launch their own creative ventures. To learn more about Ramirez’s journey from recent graduate to chief operating officer, watch her video profile An Entrepreneurial Learning Curve produced by NationSwell in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. http://nationswell.com/ kauffman-foundation-hermit-art-platform/
STUDENT FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
ALUMNI COLLABORATORS
6
30
US Student Fulbright Program CAPX advises applicants to the US Student Fulbright Program, yearlong exchange fellowships offered by the US Department of State. In the 2018 cycle, SAIC marked a School record six Fulbright Fellows, who will be pursuing their artistic projects in Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Spain, and Tajikistan.
FACULTY COLLABORATORS
56
Academic Spine CAPX works closely with the Undergraduate Division on the Academic Spine, a required three-course sequence for all undergraduates that includes Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice Experience, and the Capstone courses. CAPX provides support throughout this sequence by offering class presentations and workshops—including the CliftonStrengths® assessment—as well as access to career resources and programming. CAPX’s Internship as Professional Practice classes fulfill the Professional Practice requirement.
Shapiro Center
Program Engagement
STUDENT + ALUMNI PARTICIPANTS
992
CAPX’s offerings are integrated throughout undergraduate curriculum. We also provide specialized programming and resources for graduate students.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS
46
During CAPX Week, CAPX and SAIC’s Shapiro Center co-host “Go Fund Yourself!”, a dynamic entrepreneurial strategies event. This year’s inaugural event featured a panel of industry professionals, entrepreneurial experts, SAIC students, and alumni who led workshops and conversations about building a practice, crowdsourced funding, and finding creative independence.
Expert Exchange Individual Sessions CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Programs
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Resources
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | SAIC Curricular Partners
At our first annual CAPX Faculty Appreciation lunch, we celebrated our collaboration with faculty and their direct engagement as Career and Internship Advisors and instructors of Professional Practice: Internship as Professional Experience. We presented the CAPX Faculty of the Year Award to John Henley, who has guided hundreds of students through their internship experiences and is a key ambassador for SAIC’s internship program. John Henley shows off his CAPX Faculty of the Year Award (photo Mike Bellis).
MakeWork CAPX partners with the Office of Institutional Advancement and SAIC’s MakeWork Council on the MakeWork Challenge, supporting the increasing desire of students to develop their entrepreneurial skills and ideas. In 2017–18 interested students and alumni had opportunities to be coached on pitches for their ideas and win awards from a $10,000 prize pool to launch their ventures.
CAPX is fortunate to partner with talented faculty and staff across SAIC • • • • • • • •
Residence Life Campus Life Academic Advising Fashion Design Visual Communication Design Graduate Division Low Residency MFA Program AIGAS
Annual Report 2018
Preparing Our Students for Creative Futures
CAPX Programs and Resources Help Students Prepare for a Lifetime of Opportunities
Where can an art school education take you? For more than 150 years, SAIC alumni have been working and creating in a broad spectrum of industries, organizations, companies, and practices. Their varied job titles listed below—as reflected in recent online alumni profiles—expand on the School’s core value that meaning and making are inseparable.
EVENTS
Dancer Environmental Activist Environment Designer Exhibition Designer Fashion Designer Filmmaker Footwear Designer Forensic Artist Furniture Designer Game Designer Graphic Novelist Journalist Judicial Extern Landscape Designer Lighting Designer Location Scout
Materials Librarian Motion Graphics Designer Photographer Podcast Host Product Designer Preservation Planner Public Relations Specialist Operations Director Scientific Illustrator Social Media Manager Sound Designer Speechwriter Sustainability Coordinator UI/UX Designer Visual Merchandiser Writer …And many more
For each SAIC graduating class, CAPX manages The Outcomes Survey, which gathers employment and graduate school admissions data. Our alumni responses are combined with those of other Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) schools to provide comparative insights into the value of an arts education.
CAPX offers engaging programs and workshops designed to help SAIC students and alumni develop materials, skills, and strategies to build their creative careers.
Our annual flagship event in November brought over 70 employers from Chicago and beyond to meet 500+ students— nearly triple the number of past years. This year’s Expo featured dynamic, on-site programming, including Fireside Chats—conversations with creative influencers moderated by Nick Brown, founder of Glappitnova—and a professional Head Shot Booth. We also sought to broaden industry representation via our first-ever Start-Up Sphere, highlighting leading and emerging Chicago-area tech start-ups. Students and alumni networked in real time with leading companies and organizations, learned more about the nature of their work, and explored potential job and internship opportunities. Top: Nick Brown chats with Veronica Appleton, We Are Unlimited (photo Sara Condo). Bottom: Pauly Ramirez (BFA 2016), Hermit, speaks with a group at Go Fund Yourself (photo Marina Porta Perera).
Bachelor’s alumni who found their internships helpful
81.8%
Master’s alumni who found their internships helpful
89.1%
In spring 2018, for the first time, SAIC’s week of graduate critiques (known as “Crit Week”) was also CAPX Week—a full five days of activities that invited students to “Exhale… Explore… Experience CAPX.” Programs included:
2015 74.4%
• Special Expert Exchange sessions • Document Your Work: how-tos and authorizations in SAIC’s new documentation space • Informative Lunch + Learn workshops • Go Fund Yourself! Entrepreneurial Strategies presented in partnership with SAIC’s Shapiro Center • SAIC Day of Service at Homan Square
85%
Photo Alexia Leroy
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Hosted in CAPX throughout the year, these sessions give students an opportunity to learn more about for-credit internship options and how to start their internship search via SAIC Compass.
Group sessions give students an opportunity to develop their professional materials, hone their networking and research abilities, and build their interview skills with the support of their peers and the guidance of a career advisor. Students also learn how to use our SAIC Compass jobs platform more fluently and explore networking strategies using LinkedIn and other social networks.
Documenting Your Work Students are introduced to SAIC’s new documenting space to create high-quality images of their work for their portfolios, websites, and applications for grants or graduate school. They learn how to use seamless backdrops, LED lighting, C-stands, sandbags, and other grip equipment, as well as camera and lighting basics to post-production skills via Adobe Creative Suite.
Art & Law Thursdays CAPX has partnered with Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the American Society of Media Photographers to present this monthly program through fall 2018 that offers valuable contemporary legal advice for working artists. Topics include copyright registration, licensing, fair use and intellectual property, and best practices for digital and online content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
RESOURCES CliftonStrengths®
Big Interview
Gallup’s CliftonStrengths® assessment helps students discover their dominant talents and ways in which they naturally think, feel, and behave as unique individuals. CAPX uses the assessment, which is free for students and faculty, in Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice, and Capstone courses; in group workshops; and in individual advising sessions with one of our three Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths® coaches. Since CAPX began offering this resource in 2016, more than 500 students have engaged in the process—332 this past year. They incorporated their insights into their internship and job search strategies, as well as into their artist statements, résumés, and cover letters.
Big Interview is an online platform that combines video lessons and virtual exercises to help students and alumni improve their interview skills. Students build confidence on their own time and receive valuable feedback from our career advisors from the comfort of their dorms or studios.
Entrepreneurs in Residence
VALUE OF SAIC INTERNSHIPS 2018
Internship Info Sessions
Group Jobs Search
CAPX Week Were your internships helpful in preparing you for your career?
CAPX Faculty of the Year
PROGRAMS
SAIC Internship and Career Expo Animator Architect Archivist Art Director Art Historian Artist Agent Art Therapist Arts Educator Arts Journal Editor Attorney CEO/Founder Cinematographer Collections Manager Conservator Content Strategist Costume Technician
A student consults with CAPX Peer Advisor Adrian Jacobs (photo Alexia Leroy).
Some key numbers from CAPX Week:
175+
Student Workshop Participants
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Events
116
Advising Appointments
54
In June 2017, CAPX welcomed our first entrepreneurs-in-residence, alumni Paulina (Pauly) Ramirez (BFA 2016) and Nika Koda (BFA 2015). They are co-founders of Hermit, an online platform that connects individuals seeking to commission artwork with artists. Throughout their residency, Ramirez and Koda met with students to share their startup expertise and guide students who wish to launch their own creative ventures. To learn more about Ramirez’s journey from recent graduate to chief operating officer, watch her video profile An Entrepreneurial Learning Curve produced by NationSwell in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. http://nationswell.com/ kauffman-foundation-hermit-art-platform/
STUDENT FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
ALUMNI COLLABORATORS
6
30
US Student Fulbright Program CAPX advises applicants to the US Student Fulbright Program, yearlong exchange fellowships offered by the US Department of State. In the 2018 cycle, SAIC marked a School record six Fulbright Fellows, who will be pursuing their artistic projects in Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Spain, and Tajikistan.
FACULTY COLLABORATORS
56
Academic Spine CAPX works closely with the Undergraduate Division on the Academic Spine, a required three-course sequence for all undergraduates that includes Sophomore Seminar, Professional Practice Experience, and the Capstone courses. CAPX provides support throughout this sequence by offering class presentations and workshops—including the CliftonStrengths® assessment—as well as access to career resources and programming. CAPX’s Internship as Professional Practice classes fulfill the Professional Practice requirement.
Shapiro Center
Program Engagement
STUDENT + ALUMNI PARTICIPANTS
992
CAPX’s offerings are integrated throughout undergraduate curriculum. We also provide specialized programming and resources for graduate students.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS
46
During CAPX Week, CAPX and SAIC’s Shapiro Center co-host “Go Fund Yourself!”, a dynamic entrepreneurial strategies event. This year’s inaugural event featured a panel of industry professionals, entrepreneurial experts, SAIC students, and alumni who led workshops and conversations about building a practice, crowdsourced funding, and finding creative independence.
Expert Exchange Individual Sessions CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Programs
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | Resources
CAPX Annual Report 2018 | SAIC Curricular Partners
At our first annual CAPX Faculty Appreciation lunch, we celebrated our collaboration with faculty and their direct engagement as Career and Internship Advisors and instructors of Professional Practice: Internship as Professional Experience. We presented the CAPX Faculty of the Year Award to John Henley, who has guided hundreds of students through their internship experiences and is a key ambassador for SAIC’s internship program. John Henley shows off his CAPX Faculty of the Year Award (photo Mike Bellis).
MakeWork CAPX partners with the Office of Institutional Advancement and SAIC’s MakeWork Council on the MakeWork Challenge, supporting the increasing desire of students to develop their entrepreneurial skills and ideas. In 2017–18 interested students and alumni had opportunities to be coached on pitches for their ideas and win awards from a $10,000 prize pool to launch their ventures.
CAPX is fortunate to partner with talented faculty and staff across SAIC • • • • • • • •
Residence Life Campus Life Academic Advising Fashion Design Visual Communication Design Graduate Division Low Residency MFA Program AIGAS
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