School of the Art Institute of Chicago Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts Commencement 2021
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts Commencement 2021 July 31, 2021
P R E S I D IN G Delinda Collier, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies
W E LCO M I NG REMA RKS Gregg Bordowitz, Director Low-Residency MFA Program
CO M M E N C EMEN T SPEA KER Cathy Park Hong, Poet
P R E S E N TATIO N O F GRA DUATE C A N D IDAT ES FO R DEGREES Elissa Tenny, President
CO N F E R R I N G O F GRA DUATE DEGREES Elissa Tenny, President
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CO M M E N C EMEN T SPEA KER Cathy Park Hong Cathy Park Hong is an award-winning poet and essayist whose book, Minor Feelings, is a searching work that ruthlessly reckons with the American racial consciousness. Hong weaves together personal stories, historical context, and cultural criticism to ultimately create an emotional and impactful exploration of Asian American personhood. Minor Feelings is the 2020 recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. Hong is the author of several books of poetry and is the recipient of notable awards such as the Windham-Campbell Prize. In her moving talks, she offers a fresh and honest perspective on race and Asian American identity, discusses how poetry and writing can be a means for understanding ourselves and our world, and comments on the ways politics and culture are influenced by art—and vice versa.
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LOW- R E S IDEN CY MASTER O F FINE ARTS IN STU D IO GRA DUATES
Lesley Bodzy
Angeline Meitzler
Penny Cagney
Nour Osseiran
Jen Fitzpatrick
Ana Pérez Escoto
Soliana Habte
Sofia Reynal
Andrea Lynn Herrick
Alicia Thompson
Jason Isolini
Valerie A. Xanos
Amélie Marois
Jay Youngdahl
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FAC U LTY ( SU MMER)
Kelly Kaczynski Lou Mallozzi Nathanael
D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem
John Neff
Giovanni Aloi
Andrea Ray
Lee Blalock
Douglas Rosman
Gregg Bordowitz
Pamela Sneed
Troy Briggs
Hamza Walker
Christian Campbell Tyler Coburn Dana DeGiulio
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Lindsey Dorr-Niro Assaf Evron Shawné Michaelain Holloway
Miriam Hudson
Kelly Kaczynski
Sara Niroobakhsh
Judd Morrissey
Ishani Synghal
Nathanael John Neff Joshua Rios
PROG RAM M ENTORS
Christine Shallenberg Hamza Walker
Giovanni Aloi
Mechtild Widrich
Claire Ashley Samantha Bittman
FAC U LTY ( FA LL & SPRIN G)
Andrew Blackley Irina Botea Bucan Jason Bulluck
D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem
Verónica Casado Hernández
Giovanni Aloi
Tyler Coburn
Jeremy Biles
Christa Donner
Dana DeGiulio
Mark Dorf
Corrine Fitzpatrick
Assaf Evron
kg Gnatowski
Monica Giron
Gordon Hall
Matthew Goulish
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Gordon Hall
VISITING ARTISTS & SCHOLARS
Aram Han Sifuentes Kelly Kaczynski Mie Kongo Alison Kudlow Betelhem Makonnen Jumana Manna Scott Northrup Sondra Perry Marina Rosenfeld Casey Smallwood Nyugen E. Smith Pamela Sneed
Gregg Bordowitz Eugenia Cheng Sowon Kwon Glenn Ligon Patric McCoy Fred Moten Kameelah Janan Rasheed Aram Han Sifuentes Pamela Sneed Tourmaline
Hamza Walker Rachael Zur
STU D IO CO O RDIN ATO RS
STAFF Gregg Bordowitz Program Director Lee Blalock Assistant Program Director
Sid Branca Shea Burke Eric Fuertes Tabitha Kunkes Brian Rush
Kelly Kaczynski Graduate Coordinator John Neff Graduate Coordinator and Program Mentor Coordinator Celeste Collins Senior Administrative Director
Sanaz Sohrabi
Lauren Migas Administrative Director
Vanessa Viruet
Ariel Blitz Administrative Assistant
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B OA R D O F GOVERN O RS Anita K. Sinha, Chair
Betsy Karp
Melissa V. Behm
Jay Frederick Krehbiel
Daniel S. Berger
Carol Levy
Robert H. Bergman (BFA 1975)
Margaret MacLean
Sanford L. Biggers (MFA 1999)
Cary D. McMillan
Michelle Boone
Charles L. Michod Jr.
Laurence O. Booth
Melissa A. Moore (BFA 1989)
Charles M. Brennan III
Cherilyn Murer
Todd C. Brown
William R. Padnos (MFA 1987)
Daniel R. Bryant
Marian Phelps Pawlick
Linda Smith Buonanno (P 2001)
Charles T. Price
D.H. Chang (MFA 1991)
Quintin E. Primo III
Lester N. Coney
Beth K. Rosen
A. Steven Crown
Neal Sales-Griffin
Robert G. Donnelley
Ellen Sandor (MFA 1975, HON 2014)
Karen W. Frank (SAIC 1972–74)
Richard L. Sandor
Denise B. Gardner
Stephanie A. Sick
Sarah Garvey
Shawn Smith
Gordon Gill
Charlotte Tieken
Gail Hodges
Joseph R. Trpik Jr.
Genevieve Hovde
David J. Vitale
Holly Hunt
Kenneth W. Warren
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B OA R D O F GOVERN O RS EMERITI
John S. Chapman
Patrick J. Leemputte
Michael Conrad
Barry L. MacLean
Richard H. Cooper
Susan R. Manilow
Marshall Field V
Young-Ju Park
H. Richard Fumo
Linda Johnson Rice
David C. Hilliard
Adrian D. Smith
Richard Hunt (BA 1957, HON 1979)
Todd Warnock
Philip Kotler
Arthur M. Wood Jr.
Frederick Krehbiel II
Curtis Zeiser
Duane R. Kullberg
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P R E S I D E N T’S C A BIN ET
Elissa Tenny, President
Allison Green (MA 2009), Chief of Staff
Gene Adams, Vice President and
Scott J. Hendrickson, Vice President of
Chief Information Officer
Marketing and Communications
Martin Berger, Provost and Senior
Alexandra Holt, Executive Vice President
Vice President of Academic Affairs
for Finance and Administration
Tom Buechele (BFA 1989, MFA 2017),
Rose Milkowski, Vice President of
Vice President for Campus Operations
Enrollment Management
Paul Coffey (BFA 1990), Vice Provost and
Michael Nicolai, Chief Human Resources Officer
Dean of Community Engagement Stephanie Oberhausen, Vice President Delinda Collier, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies
for Advancement
Leslie Darling, Executive Vice President
Jefferson Pinder, Director of Diversity,
and General Counsel
Equity, and Inclusion for Academic Affairs
Felice Dublon, Vice President
Devarajulu Ravichandran,
and Dean of Student Affairs
Vice President of Educational Technologies and Chief Information Officer
Brian Esker, Vice President of Finance Shawn Michelle Smith, Interim Dean of Faculty Dawn Gavin, Dean of Undergraduate Studies
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ABOU T T HE SC HOOL OF T HE ART IN ST IT U T E OF C HIC AGO For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program ranked number two in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, Jeff Koons, and LeRoy Neiman.
Learn more at saic.edu.
Artwork by Haowen Mandy Chen (BFA 2016), Whalefall 3.0 & Whalefall 4.0, 2015, acrylic on canvas