WELCOME
MEET OUR PRESIDENT Dear artists, designers, and scholars,
Since its founding over a century and a half ago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a community that recognizes that great art is a necessary component of a just and free society. An SAIC education promotes excellence in art and design production and scholarship and a belief that art and design has the power to make the world better. As you will discover in this viewbook, our creative and aware community knows that the work we make is not separate from how we conduct our lives as citizen artists. Being a citizen artist means developing a global perspective that recognizes the interconnectedness of people and the work we make. That is why our approach to learning is open and interdisciplinary. While a curricular spine of required courses provides structure and support in the undergraduate program, SAIC students are encouraged to explore a breadth of disciplines and take ownership of their curriculum, building a course of study from among the many electives in art and design production and scholarship as well as the liberal arts. Moreover, students are afforded opportunities to directly engage with the world beyond the campus through community-based courses, internship opportunities, and study abroad programs. This curricular structure—which tolerates risk and ambiguity, encouraging curiosity and resilience—is key to transforming the world around us. SAIC students come from diverse backgrounds, including 48 different countries, and study at the largest school-museum campus in the United States. Together we create an environment that is equitable yet rigorous. At SAIC, all voices are valued and respected; all ideas are tested, critiqued, and refined. Through this process, our world-renowned faculty help our students enliven the city and the world through their creative talent, entrepreneurial energy, and cultural leadership. As you think about joining us at SAIC, I hope you will consider visiting our campus. Each year, SAIC hosts an astounding number and assortment of visiting artist lectures and exhibition openings in addition to campus tours and meetings with admissions counselors. We welcome you and your family to spend some time with us and learn how SAIC can be the transformative place for you to begin changing the world.
Elissa Tenny SAIC President
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SHAPING VISUAL CULTURE
ART, TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE & DESIGN CHANGE THE WORLD THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF SHAPING VISUAL CULTURE There are few moments throughout the course of a day when you will not be influenced by art and design. In addition to viewing great masters and thoughtprovoking works in museums and galleries, the clothes you wear, the chairs you sit in, the buildings you inhabit, the books you read, and the apps on your cell phone have all been influenced by thinkers and makers like you. As a visual scholar you are perfectly prepared to shape the future because you are accustomed to thinking outside of the box and imagining what others may consider impossible.
CUTTING-EDGE EDUCATION SAIC has been influencing the visual landscape for more than 150 years. Throughout that time we have consistently been at the forefront of global arts education. You will find that our approach is purposefully different in order to successfully nurture the growth of innovative visual scholars. Among our alumni are the famous names—Georgia O’Keeffe, Ivan Albright, Edward Gorey, Claes Oldenburg, David Sedaris, and Cynthia Rowley. But SAIC alums were also responsible for creating Snap ™, Crackle ™ & Pop ™, redesigning the View-Master, and working on the holograms which appear on credit cards.
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SHAPING VISUAL CULTURE
AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR FUTURE, OUR UNIQUE CURRICULUM PROVIDES YOU WITH THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES THAT OPEN UP UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORLD. THERE ARE FEW MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A DAY WHEN YOU WILL NOT BE INFLUENCED BY ART AND DESIGN.
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DISTINCTIVE EDUCATIONAL FEATURES
WHAT MAKES AN SAIC EDUCATION DISTINCTIVE? INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM One of SAIC’s most distinguishing features is our interdisciplinary curriculum. At SAIC you will not declare a major and you will not be bound to work in a single discipline. That’s because successful 21st century artists and designers begin their work with ideas and research, adapting the appropriate media to best realize their visions.
"SAIC'S INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE WORLD AND CREATE MY IDEAS IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN TO ANY CERTAIN MEDIUM."
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Among unlimited choices, you may:
• Build sustainable environments and objects • Explore robotics and sound to invent new types of instruments • Combine sculpture, ceramics, and fiber into gallery installations • Merge your interests in drawing and printmaking to create graphic novels
• Design specialized costumes for use in performances • Collaborate with writers to animate a film And, if you wish to concentrate in only one medium at SAIC—visual communication design or photography for example—your practices in these areas will be richer for having been exposed to a wide range of creative experiences.
“THE BEST PART OF SAIC IS THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM. THE VARIETY AND NON-LINEAR NATURE OF THE PROGRAM ALLOW ME TO PURSUE WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN, RATHER THAN FOLLOW A PRE-ORDAINED PATH. I AM MORE FOCUSED BECAUSE I PROGRESS WITH THE IDEA RATHER THAN THE MEDIUM.”
COMBINATIONS AND CONCENTRATIONS You have the creative freedom to explore and customize your education among our 18 departments or concentrate in one single medium. • Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects • Art Education • Art History, Theory, and Criticism • Art and Technology Studies • Ceramics • Fashion Design • Fiber and Material Studies • Film, Video, New Media, and Animation • Liberal Arts • Painting and Drawing • Performance • Photography • Printmedia • Sculpture • Sound • Visual and Critical Studies • Visual Communication Design • Writing
The following areas of study are available to you through curricular paths that oftentimes cross departments. These are by no means the only paths available to you as an SAIC student. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Animation Art and Science Arts Administration and Policy Body, Gender, Sexuality Books and Publishing Class, Race, and Ethnicity Collaboration Comics and the Graphic Novel Design for Emerging Technologies Digital Fabrication DIY Exhibition and Curatorial Studies Global Comparative Studies Historic Preservation Interaction and Participation Narrative New Arts Journalism Politics and Activism Public Space Site and Landscape Social Media and the Web Sustainability Theory
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DISTINCTIVE EDUCATIONAL FEATURES
THE CRITIQUE ENGAGED LEARNING The most valuable assessment tool for artists is the critique – concentrated time at various stages during and after the completion of projects for instructors and peers to come together to discuss your work. Being able to present your ideas and refine them with group input provides an environment in which real learning occurs. Critiques at SAIC happen in various ways — one-on-one with faculty, in small groups with fellow students, full-class discussions, and informally whenever you wish to get feedback from instructors and peers. These opportunities make your work stronger and energize you by introducing ideas and possibilities that you may not have considered. These dialogues are crucial to your development as an artist and a thinker. Critiques provide excellent preparation for life after art school where your ability to explain your ideas, process feedback and work collaboratively are necessary and valued skills across all professions.
“THERE IS NOTHING MORE JOYOUS THAN ALL YOUR SMART FRIENDS TALKING ABOUT YOUR WORK. THERE IS NOTHING MORE VALUABLE THAN HAVING TO EXPLAIN YOUR THINKING. AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE CHALLENGING THAN YOUR FIRST TOUGH CRITIQUE.” 6
DISTINCTIVE CURRICULUM
PROCESS-BASED LEARNING CREDIT / NO CREDIT GRADING SYSTEM Another exceptional feature of SAIC’s curriculum is our credit/no credit grading system that fosters self-direction and motivation and encourages risk taking and experimentation. As a visual scholar you must be willing to take chances and examine possibilities in order to progress. SAIC wants you to move past making work for a grade, and learn to work as professional artists and designers do. This doesn’t mean that our grading system is not extremely demanding. We require that you explore, and be original, and bold. Our expectations are high and our faculty and your peers will engage you in rigorous discussions as they push you on to greater things. The strength of our curriculum means that you will have no difficulty pursuing graduate school in any course of study within or outside of the visual arts after graduating from SAIC.
IMMERSIVE STUDIO EXPERIENCE DEDICATED TIME TO CREATE Sustained and dedicated time in the studio results in superior work and prepares you with the self-motivation and creative momentum needed for working in a professional environment. The majority of our studio courses meet from 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. one day a week to allow intensive studio work, the set-up of process-intensive media, and exploration of SAIC’s and Chicago’s wide array of resources. You also have the benefit of spending concentrated time with your faculty members who really get to know you and your interests so they can effectively mentor you. You will find that this classroom structure lends itself to making strong bonds with your fellow classmates.
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A LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION We believe that meaning and making go hand-in-hand. At SAIC, you receive a liberal arts education with studio practice at its core, allowing you to produce well-informed work that engages social, philosophical, and scientific aspects of our complex world. Liberal arts courses comprise 25% of your degree requirements. You will be completing coursework in English, natural science, social science, and the humanities. Our offerings run the gamut from traditional coursework to art and designcentered classes like Art and Economics, Geometry of Art & Nature, and Psychology of Art and the Artist.
"MY CHINESE CLASS IS VERY INTERESTING. THOUGH WE ONLY MEET FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, TWICE A WEEK, I'VE LEARNED TO READ THE TEXT BOOK IN CHINESE!"
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DISTINCTIVE CURRICULUM
ART HISTORY You will be taking at least 18 hours of art history credits—the equivalent of a minor at most other universities— to learn how ideas, materials and techniques, even from antiquity, may be used now, and how each movement in the arts is dependent on those that have come before. Our art history offerings are extensive. We offer more than 100 courses each semester on topics ranging from History of Graffiti to History & Technique: The Old Masters Drawings and Photography in Africa.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ART HISTORY SAIC’S BA IN ART HISTORY ALLOWS STUDENTS TO PURSUE A DEDICATED DEGREE FOCUSED ON THE HISTORICAL, THEORETICAL, AND CRITICAL INTERPRETATION OF ART AND VISUAL PRACTICES. THE DEGREE IS NON-STUDIO BASED AND IS ONE OF THE ONLY UNDERGRADUATE DEDICATED DEGREES IN ART HISTORY IN THE COUNTRY. 9
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SIX-CREDIT OFF-CAMPUS STUDY REQUIREMENT MOVING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE As part of our world-class education, you will enroll in six-credits of off-campus study in order to ensure that you connect outside the classroom. You may choose to participate in our award-winning internship program, enroll in a study trip, or spend a semester abroad. These experiences will help you immerse yourself in other cultures, refine your career objectives, and establish strong professional connections.
OFF-CAMPUS STUDY OPTIONS WINTER AND SUMMER STUDY TRIP COURSES Our two- to three-week faculty-led summer or winter study trips are incredible windows into creative production across the country and around the globe. Upcoming summer study trips include: • • • • • • • •
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Corps of Discovery: The American High Plains Contemporary Art in New York: Connecting the Dots The Burren — West Coast of Ireland Studio Residency Collecting and the Collection: Design and Fashion in London & Paris Berlin Now — 5 week residency Zeitgeist — Dada from Zurich to Berlin Painting and Studio Practice in Umbria Bunka Oudan IV: Cultural Crossings in Japan
INTERNSHIPS AT SAIC
Participating in a semester or yearlong study away program can be a wonderful experience that may include international exchanges or semesters at other Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) schools. For more details, visit saic.edu/studyabroad.
SAIC is home to the most successful arts-related internship program in the nation. Every semester, students may choose to work with one of more than 800 active partners, ranging from individual artists and designers, to museums, galleries, and film and video production companies in Chicago, the United States and internationally. Some of the amazing organizations that support our students include:
OX-BOW Our Ox-Bow campus, located in idyllic Saugatuk, Michigan, welcomes artists each summer and winter to engage in one- and two-week intensives in: • • • • • •
Painting and Drawing Printmaking Glassblowing and Casting Sculpture and Metals Papermaking Ceramics
In this serene setting, you can paint with the breeze on your face, understand the hands-on joy of low-tech tools, or the red-hot physicality of the foundry.
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SEMESTER AWAY
The Art Institute of Chicago Bucketfeet Chicago magazine Chicago Film Festival Columbia Records, NY Donna Karan New York Field Museum of Natural History Hyde Park Art Center Ignite Glass Studio Kaleidoscope Integrated Marketing Kavi Gupta Gallery Knoll Textiles Leo Burnett Museum of Contemporary Art Perkins + Will Shane Campbell Gallery Tom, Dick and Harry Creative
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DEGREES CURRICULUM DEPARTMENTS
YOUR
INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION BEGINS BY SELECTING FROM AMONG OUR FIVE DEGREE TRACKS.
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DEGREES
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UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES DEGREE Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio (BFA)
CURRICULUM The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree provides you a broad education that balances thinking and making, academic rigor, and experimental play. The BFA curriculum integrates academic and studio education—the classroom and the studio inform and enhance each other. Students may choose a fine arts or design emphasis. In the design arena, students can choose a pathway in: • Architecture • Designed Objects • Fashion • Interior Architecture • Visual Communication Design BFA students may also choose to complete a three-credit sequence resulting in an academic thesis. Students can choose to complete a thesis in Art History, Liberal Arts, or Visual and Critical Studies.
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Writing (BFAW)
The BFAW encourages you to advance your creative thinking with a wide-ranging exploration of writing in multiple genres while maintaining a firm grounding in literary study. Fully integrated into SAIC’s studio departments, you explore the relationship between language and visual art by connecting writing to painting, performance, film, sound, and gallery exhibitions.
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Art Education (BFAAE)
SAIC is one of the few art schools whose degree confers eligibility to teach art in public schools. Undergraduates completing the requisite coursework are eligible for an Illinois State Teachers Certificate, Art K–12. BFAAE graduates are informed and engaged artists, teachers, citizens, creators, and community activists. With this degree you enter the world capable of making a difference.
Bachelor of Arts in Art History (BAAH)
The BA in Art History draws on the depth and diversity of offerings in the scholarly study of art practices that only a major art school connected with a world-class museum can offer. During your first year you will complete the studio-intensive Contemporary Practices program and introductory Art History surveys as a foundation for beginning your advanced Art History coursework. The degree culminates in the fourth year with a significant research project written in a two-semester senior research methods seminar.
Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies (BAVCS)
The BAVCS allows you to pursue in-depth academic study within the creative environment of an art school. During your work you will draw connections between the visual arts and history, philosophy, psychology, and the natural sciences. Alumni of this program go on to graduate work in the humanities, museum studies, arts administration, art-related law, or pursue careers in communications, teaching, public service, social activism, media production, or journalism.
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DEPARTMENTS
PERSONALIZE YOUR EDUCATION BY STUDYING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS DEPARTMENT
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OVERVIEW
Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects
Concentrate study in one of three pathways: architecture, interior architecture, and designed objects. These pathways combine courses in design, theory, history, and visualization to expand awareness and ability to design for human need.
Art and Technology Studies
Create and manipulate objects, images, sound, text, music, voice, and movement. Explore this in tandem with custom-written software, emerging materials, and unconventional processes.
Art Education
Learn the role of educators as artists and agents of community and social change.
Art History, Theory, and Criticism
Engage the history of art and design across the globe informed by contemporary theories and practices.
Ceramics
Acquire expertise in throwing, vessel construction and aesthetics, glazing and finishing techniques, and explore the sculptural potentiality in the different forms of the medium.
Fashion Design
Examine and extend fashion’s various forms and uses while developing a firm foundation in drawing, draping, pattern making, and garment construction.
Fiber and Material Studies
Develop a wide range of 2D and 3D work incorporating, but not limited to weaving, printing/dyeing, hand construction techniques, and digital technologies.
Film, Video, New Media, and Animation
Access state-of-the-art shooting, editing, and production equipment to explore cinema, video art, installation, new media art, and animation—experimental 3D and hand-drawn.
Liberal Arts
Explore Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science, English, and foreign languages.
Painting and Drawing
Gain a firm technical and conceptual foundation by choosing from over 80 courses each semester across various painting and drawing styles and techniques.
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Performance
Engage, research, and experiment with body-focused performance art at one of the only undergraduate contemporary performance departments in an art school.
Photography
Develop mastery over the technical and conceptual complexity that characterizes photography’s past and present utilizing both traditional and state-of-the-art processes.
Printmedia
Explore printmaking techniques including etching, lithography, screen-printing, offset productions (high-speed printing, artists’ books, photomechanical processes), and computer-generated imagery and digital printing.
Sculpture
Discover an extensive array of sculptural paths including modeling, carving, fabrication, mold making and casting, new media, emerging technologies, sustainable explorations, installation, and interdisciplinary work.
Sound
Explore hybrid practices, such as hardware hacking, software development, and instrument building in addition to conceptual projects that consider sound outside of a musical context.
Visual and Critical Studies
Address the cultural and social meanings of visual experience emphasizing what is involved in the creation, dissemination, and impact of visual images, objects, and practices.
Writing
Explore writing across genres and in interdisciplinary, hybrid, and hypertextual modes. Investigate the intersections between visual art and language, and explore the material representation, book arts, and performance texts.
Arts Administration and Policy
Undergraduates may take courses exploring curation, grant writing, portfolio development, networking, legal frameworks, and entrepreneurial skills.
Art Therapy
Undergraduates can take courses that serve as an introduction to art therapeutic concepts and augment their studio practice.
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CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR BFA IN STUDIO 126 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS:
STUDIO 72 CREDIT HOURS
ART HISTORY 18 CREDIT HOURS
CP 1010 Core Studio Practice I
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CP 1011 Core Studio Practice II
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CP 1020 Research Studio I
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CP 1022 Research Studio II
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Sophomore Seminar
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Junior Professional Practice Experience
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Senior Capstone
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Studio Electives
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ARTHI 1001 World Cultures/ Civilizations: Pre-History— Nineteenth Century Art and Architecture
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Art History Elective at 1000 level
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Art History Electives
FOR DETAILS ABOUT EACH OF OUR FIVE DEGREE PROGRAMS, VISIT: saic.edu/ug_degrees
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LIBERAL ARTS 30 CREDIT HOURS
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ENGLISH 1001 First Year Seminar I
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ENGLISH 1005 First Year Seminar II
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Natural Science
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Social Science
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Humanities
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Liberal Arts electives
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GENERAL ELECTIVES 6 CREDIT HOURS Studio, Art History, or Liberal Arts
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NAVIGATING OUR CURRICULUM
INTEGRATED ACADEMIC ADVISING Academic Advising provides you ongoing partnership, support, and advocacy as you navigate SAIC’s interdisciplinary curriculum and map out your unique degree plan. From the summer before your first semester through graduation, your academic advisor will be a vital resource for you. Advisors for first-year students are integrated into Research Studio, a required first year course, and are able to meet with students every term during the first two years. Transfer students are required to meet with their facultyadvisors for their first two terms.
We encourage you to meet with your advisors beyond your required visits. They can help you with: • • • • • • • • •
Course selection Degree planning SAIC policies Critique preparation Portfolio reviews Course concerns Personal issues Post-graduation goals Campus resources
“MY ADVISOR IS ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING SINCE I STARTED AND IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH TO TALK ABOUT MY CONCERNS. I AM ALWAYS GIVEN THE GUIDANCE I NEED.”
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NAVIGATING OUR CURRICULUM
FIRST YEAR—IDEAL PREPARATION OUR CURRICULUM PROVIDES IDEAL PREPARATION FOR SUCCESS AS A 21ST CENTURY ARTIST, DESIGNER, AND SCHOLAR. YOUR FIRST YEAR WITH US INTRODUCES YOU TO THE POSSIBILITIES AHEAD. CLASS
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Core Studio I and II
You will be introduced to a wide array of media — from 3-D printing and sewing to performance and everything in between.
Research Studio I and II
Also a “making” course, you will learn about research methods to inform the content of your work. Your academic advisor will be a part of this course to assist you in preparing to advance your studies at SAIC.
Art History
In order to move forward, you need to understand the ideas and techniques that have come before you. Your survey courses cover world cultures and civilizations from pre-history to contemporary art and architecture.
First-Year Seminar
Not just any composition courses, you will be writing on topics of interest to you — from Dream Logic and Movies as American History to Mammals/Non-Verbal Clues.
Studio Elective
Unlike a lot of first-year curriculums, SAIC provides you an elective in your fall and spring semester. Work in a medium you love, or try something completely new to you.
FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT Incoming students take advantage of the SAIC curricular spine, a sequence of three courses that develop and focus the creative practice and deliver intensive faculty mentoring.
SOPHOMORE SEMINAR JUNIOR PROFESSIONAL SENIOR CAPSTONE Sophomore Seminar is a studio seminar PRACTICE EXPERIENCE The Senior Capstone course assesses course that offers interdisciplinary strategies for the evaluation and communication of students’ individual practice as artists, designers, and/or scholars. Through essential readings, studio projects, and writing, students will generate narratives about how and why they make art.
In Junior Professional Practice Experience students engage in a wide variety of professional practice activities to help prepare them for life after SAIC. Course activities may include applying for an on-campus exhibition, submitting a proposal for an off-campus exhibition, hosting a community event, creating a website, preparing a CV, networking events with alumni, or writing a project statement. The course emphasizes handson, real-world professional activities and opportunities for emerging artists, designers, and scholars.
students’ strengths and weaknesses in their studio and/or scholarly practice through intensive mentoring. Students will prepare and execute a plan to display work in a thesis exhibition, or other culminating end-of-year event, or show work in an on-campus or off-campus venue.
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FACULTY—THEIR PASSIONS AND CONNECTIONS INNOVATORS AND MENTORS
SAIC’s over 800 faculty members are practicing painters, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, web artists, graphic designers, sound artists, fashion designers, architects, performance artists, and photographers as well as art historians, theorists, philosophers, and writers. Faculty and visiting artists come here from all over the world, exposing you to a wide range of sensibilities and views. They will be your teachers, mentors, peers, and collaborators. You will learn from and work with them. Our small student-to-faculty ratio — 12 to 1 — ensures you will receive individual attention from leading practitioners.
“THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT TEACHERS AT SAIC. I REMEMBER TAKING A PICTURE OF A KARL WIRSUM PIECE IN THE MUSEUM MY FRESHMAN YEAR AND NOW HE'S MY DRAWING TEACHER! I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT.” 21
FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS—A FEW OF THE MANY Nick Cave, Professor: Fashion Fashion Designer, Sculptor, Designer, and Performance Artist Nick’s Soundsuits are extraordinary full-body costumes designed to make sound based on movement of the body. They have been featured in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. Recently, Heard•NY, a collaborative performance between Nick, The Ailey School, and choreographer William Gill transformed New York’s Grand Central Station with 30 colorful life-size horses that broke into dance.
Sara Levine, Professor: Writing Acclaimed Author of Treasure Island!!! She has a dead end job, a passionless relationship, and an incredibly bad attitude. But after reading Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island on a whim, a young woman decides to turn things around and follow in the footsteps of Jim Hawkins. “Levine is a wonderful storyteller with a vibrant voice. Treasure Island!!! is a rollicking tale, shameless, funny and intelligent.” —The New York Times
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Michelle Grabner, Professor and Chair: Painting and Drawing Artist, Curator, and Critic Michelle was one of three artists who curated the 2014 Whitney Biennial, the most influential survey of the state of contemporary art in the U.S. “Grabner operates in a very Chicago way, stretching the limits of what it means to create. It’s hard to pin down exactly what she does because her practice is vast and expansive.” —Alicia Eler, Hyperallergic “Michelle Grabner is remarkable. Her exceptional practice as an artist is only complemented by her keen eye for contemporary art, and her writing which always enlarges the art she beckons us to consider…I have no doubt that this Whitney Biennial will be one of the most daring, meaningful, and influential exhibitions with Michelle Grabner at the helm.” —Lisa Wainwright, Dean of Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Chris Sullivan, Professor: Film, Video, New Media, and Animation Filmmaker and Animator Over a decade in the making, Consuming Spirits is the hypnotic first feature by awardwinning animator and SAIC faculty member Chris Sullivan. Consuming Spirits debuted at The Film Forum in New York and was screened in Chicago, LA , and Houston. It was also featured in important film festivals including Tribeca, Vancouver International, Chicago International, Annecy, Zagreb, Future Film Festival Bologna, and Anifilm Czech Republic. “Entirely original... an inquiry into the darkest zones of the human heart... Weaves a complicated, intoxicating spell... Consuming Spirits is a work of obsessive artisanal discipline and unfettered artistic vision. You have never seen anything like it...” —A.O. Scott, The New York Times “This is the rare animated feature whose subtext is as rich as its sensuality... Consuming Spirits is not only a monstrous visual achievement, but one of the most uniquely humanistic animated features of all time.” —Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slate magazine
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FACILITIES
GREAT ARTISTS NEED AMAZING TOOLS We want you to explore your ideas in all mediums and we provide you with a dizzying array of equipment to bring them to life. You become a more complete artist by engaging with processes of the past while simultaneously learning the practices of the future.
BASIC FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO EVERY STUDENT Multiple Digital Fabrication Labs with: • 40+ up to date 3D Printing Technologies ranging from desktop FFF to industrial SLA printers, • 5 High Wattage Laser Cutters including large format and fiber laser technologies • Numerically controlled (CNC) Plasma, Milling and Plotter Cutting capabilities small to large work envelope General Access Computing • • • • • • •
Campus-wide wireless network Latest model Apple computers in classrooms and labs 3D Printing Desktop and handheld 3D scanning Flatbed, negative, and slide scanning in labs Black and white laser, color-laser, and wide-format inkjet printing Digital video editing stations
Service Bureau (professional digital output center) • Exhibition quality large format archival inkjet printing • Multi-color Risograph printing on a large variety of papers • Professional quality photocopying and finishing, including book binding, laminating, stack cutting, vinyl cutting, grommeting, and folding
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“USING AND UNDERSTANDING THE EQUIPMENT MAKES ME MORE MARKETABLE, AND ENHANCES MY RÉSUMÉ.”
Advanced Output Center • Two laser cutters able to cut flat materials, including acrylic plastics, woods, paper, fabric, and engraving some metals • High-end 3D printers able to produce objects in ABS and PLA plastics, polypropylene, and paper • A variety of tabletop and handheld 3D scanners for creating digital models from existing objects which can be used for 3D printing or animation and model display • 3D scanning technologies: handheld and architectural Media Centers • Equipment loans to students including digital video and still cameras and lighting and sound kits • Loans of interactive, video, and sound display equipment for long-term shows in SAIC galleries, including computers and video/data projectors • Training and support materials to aid in equipment use Some of the many exciting things you can get your hands on include: • High Definition and 4K video cameras such as the Blackmagic Ursa Mini • Digital SLR (DSLR) cameras for both still digital and HD video production, including the Canon 7D and 5D Mark III • Phase One 65+ medium (4x5) format cameras with Digital Back and Profoto lighting systems • GoPro HD cameras for fast and fun shooting • Hasselblad Flextight Imacon film scanners are popular for manipulating images • Epson 4900 printers for making high quality prints • The Jacquard loom, in Fiber and Material Studies, provides digital production of computer design in weaving • A Blaauw kiln, in Ceramics, allows digital control of temperatures for precise glazing • GigaPan robotic camera control system and in Art and Technology Studies • Mcor 3D printer to produce 3D objects in full CMYK color • CNC Plasma Cutter • Manual Machine Shop • Small Metal Casting and Foundry Facilities
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COLUMBUS DIGITAL FABRICATION STUDIO In Instructional Fabrication, we now have the Columbus Digital Fabrication Studio, which offers: • Two Laser Cutters (150 Watt), one with a 4th axis rotary attachment • A Multi-Watt Fiber Laser Cutter • A 60-Watt Laser Cutter This studio offers integrated digital technology alongside traditional processes for cutting all types of materials based on computer created designs. In the other shops, we have CNC machines for digital wood cutting, and CNC Plasma cutters for other materials.
WE’VE GOT YOUR AV NEEDS COVERED— AND THEN SOME… If your vision is a big one, then we can support it. Our gallery and AV staff can bring your exhibition to life with a huge amount of resources including: • • • • •
HD projectors HD flat screen monitors Media players Directional speakers Computers
Additionally, we have 25 Christie MicroTiles available for proposals to present video installations in the LeRoy Neiman Center.
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CAMPUS RESOURCES— YOUR MUSEUM
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“WHEN I AM WRITING ABOUT CHAGALL’S AMERICA WINDOWS I SIT IN FRONT OF THEM—NO NEED FOR GOOGLE.”
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THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO— YOUR MUSEUM To visitors, the Art Institute of Chicago is one of the world’s great galleries. Encompassing more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world, the museum contains more than 300,000 works of art. TripAdvisor, the popular website for frequent travelers, listed the Art Institute as one of the world's top museums four years in a row—2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. To you, it is part of your daily life. Both your studio and art history faculty will bring you here often. The museum is an extension of your classroom. You will experience the incredible color range in a Van Gogh self-portrait, the intricate details of an Ansel Adams landscape photograph, and the ethereal nature of a Mark Rothko painting by looking directly at them—up close and personal. You have unlimited access to the museum collection and can linger and discover pieces that speak to your current practice, inspiring you to push your work in new directions.
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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS ROOM The Department of Prints and Drawings houses an incredible collection of works on paper ranging in date from the 15th century to the present. The department is not open to the public, but as an SAIC student you can make an appointment to examine the nuances in the work of such artists as Rembrandt, Turner, Degas, and Lichtenstein. What other school provides you such insight to the thought processes of Cézanne—the ideas both realized and rejected—accessible by exploring his personal sketchbooks?
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CAMPUS RESOURCES— YOUR MUSEUM
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THE RYERSON & BURNHAM LIBRARIES—ONE OF THE LARGEST ART AND ARCHITECTURE RESOURCES IN THE WORLD The Ryerson & Burnham Libraries are the art and architecture research collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. As an SAIC student you have access to this inspiring collection of architects’ diaries, correspondence, job files, photographs, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, articles, transcripts, and personal papers.
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SEE AND BE SEEN
DISCOVER MORE: saic.edu/exhibitions
EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES An extremely important part of being a practicing artist is exhibiting your work. We are committed to providing an enormous range of opportunities and venues to learn all about this vital process, while gathering professional experience for your rĂŠsumĂŠ. You will be interacting with worldrenowned artists and visual scholars, learning about the wide variety of possibilities, from blue-chip to apartment galleries, from museum walls to pop-up spaces. Our faculty, visiting artists, alumni, and your peers are engaged in showing their work in a myriad of venues all over the world. Their experiences will inspire and guide you.
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EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
DISCOVER MORE: saic.edu/sugs
STUDENT UNION GALLERIES The Student Union Galleries (SUGs) program provides SAIC with professional exhibition spaces in which students drive programming decisions and participate in all facets of gallery operations in consultation with a faculty advisor. SUGs produces six exhibitions each semester in its two galleries, Gallery X and the SUGs gallery. With a street-level location in our LeRoy Neiman Center, the SUGs gallery showcases SAIC student work to thousands who pass by every day.
SULLIVAN GALLERIES Think big. The Sullivan Galleries provide 32,000 square feet of exhibition space. These beautifully lit and spacious galleries feature important exhibitions, performances, lectures, and screenings by world famous artists, SAIC students, and faculty. Every graduating undergraduate student has the opportunity to show their work during the year-end show—an exhibition anticipated by the Chicago community and visited by thousands.
SAIC'S RESIDENCE HALLS SAIC’s residence halls have numerous spaces where you can show your work. Installation Nation, the residence hall’s gallery committee, organizes and facilitates opportunities for residents to curate, install, exhibit, and critique work.
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VISITING MINDS, LASTING INFLUENCE
DISCOVER MORE: saic.edu/vap
VISITING ARTISTS We welcome some of the finest high profile artists to campus each year through our Visiting Artists Program (VAP). They come to SAIC because of our reputation and their relationships with our faculty. You have the opportunity to engage with them through a diverse mix of lectures, screenings, performances, conversations, and readings. There are opportunities for special studio critiques and roundtable discussions providing access to world-renowned speakers working across disciplines.
RECENT VISITING ARTISTS: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Caroline Bergvall Sonya Clark Ann Cvetkovich Cao Fei Fischerspooner Ann Hamilton Juliana Huxtable Josh Kline Daniel Joseph Martinez Claudia Rankine Wael Shawky Tal R Walid Raad Chris Ware
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ACCESS INSPIRATION GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER
siskelfilmcenter.org Located at 164 North State Street, the Gene Siskel Film Center (GSFC) is a world-class cinematheque presenting contemporary, independent, international, and classic cinema. GSFC hosts over 200 guest artist appearances and 1,600 screenings annually. Plus, there's no need to go far if you live in the 162 North State Street Residence Hall, as the Film Center is located just next door.
GSFC ANNUAL FESTIVALS / SERIES • 15th Annual Stranger Than Fiction: Documentary Premieres (January 2018) • 28th Annual Festival of Films from Iran (February 2018) • 21st Annual Chicago European Union Film Festival (March 2018) • 23rd Annual Asian American Showcase (April 2018) • 17th Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival (April 2018) • 24th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival (August 2018)
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“THE GENE SISKEL IS AMAZING! NOT ONLY HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO SEE MANY JAPANESE FILMS AND ANIMES THERE, BUT WAS ABLE TO WATCH A SCREENING BY TAKAHIKO IIMURA AND PERFORMANCE BY SOUND ARTIST TOMOMI ADACHI. BOTH ARTISTS WERE PRESENT AND THERE WAS A Q&A AFTERWARDS.”
VIDEO DATA BANK vdb.org
SAIC’s Video Data Bank (VDB) is a leading resource in the United States for video by and about contemporary artists. The VDB Collection includes the work of more than 650 artists and 6,000 video art titles, and parallels the history of the video art form. Featured are early video pioneers such as Vito Acconci, Suzanne Lacy, and Bruce Nauman, as well as the latest works by contemporary artists including Rosa Barba, Sadie Benning, Paul Chan, and Harun Farocki.
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THE JOHN M. FLAXMAN LIBRARY saic.edu/library
Flaxman Library houses more than 130,000 items focused on 20th- and 21st-century visual arts, design, architecture, criticism, theory, and philosophy. The library's collection also includes exhibition catalogs, artist monographs, videos, and sound recordings, magazines, ebooks, and databases.
THE JOAN FLASCH ARTISTS’ BOOK COLLECTION saic.edu/jfabc
Renowned and unique, the collection includes over 10,000 artists’ publications including books, multiples, video and audio recordings, digital works, and periodicals created by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. Also represented are punk zines, comic book zines, underground art, mail art, collage and experimental/ industrial/noise music, and tape culture.
“THE ARTIST BOOKS COLLECTION HAS BEEN AN AMAZING RESOURCE. BEING ABLE TO TOUCH AND READ A POP-UP BOOK BY KARA WALKER IS INCREDIBLE.”
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ROGER BROWN STUDY COLLECTION saic.edu/rogerbrown
Alumnus Roger Brown was acclaimed for his significant contributions to the history of 20th century American art. Donated as a resource for SAIC students, his collection includes works by Chicago Imagists, other contemporary artists, self-taught artists, folk and tribal art from many cultures, objects from material and popular culture, costumes, textiles, furniture, travel souvenirs, and other things Brown surrounded himself with for artistic inspiration.
FASHION RESOURCE CENTER (FRC) saic.edu/frc
The FRC maintains a unique hands-on collection of late 20th- and 21st-century designer garments and accessories representative of extreme innovation. The ability to handle the apparel and learn from the extensive visual, print, and fabric reference collections supports and illuminates the garments and the study of attire.
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CHICAGO: SPRAWLING AND INTIMATE We have 1.8 million square feet of space in nine buildings, all in the center of Chicago. This gives us a unique position as a metropolitan campus at the heart of the one of the world’s most important cultural and artistic cities.
The whole of the downtown is a resource for our students. It is your very own living laboratory with fashion, poetry, theater, art, and media. Everything that you want to drive your passions forward is available here. Initially you will see the roaring El trains, sparkling lake, and impressive skyline. But as you explore you will start to see the real Chicago—the cafés, music clubs, restaurants, parks, galleries, and unique neighborhoods.
CHICAGO IS IRRESISTIBLE FOR ARTISTS Chicago is a city of unparalleled architecture, innovative public art, world-class museums and galleries, and a vibrant community of working artists, designers, writers, and thinkers. You will meet and become part of the city’s working artists’ community. They are entrepreneurs who start magazines, music clubs, gallery spaces, radio shows, and film festivals. Your art will join their art, displayed in store windows, hidden lofts, coffee shops, community centers, old movie houses, and gleaming modern museums.
“THERE IS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND A CHICAGO COMMUNITY, AND I AM PART OF BOTH.”
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DISCOVER MORE: CHICAGO’S FAMOUS NEIGHBORHOODS Andersonville
Chinatown
• One of Chicago’s most popular north side neighborhoods • Known for: Its diversity and continued Swedish cultural presence • Famous for: Vintage furniture and locally owned specialty shops and restaurants • TOP TIP: The Swedish delicatessens are the best
• The second oldest settlement of Chinese in America • Known for: A community hub, Chinese restaurants, Chinese grocery and medicine stores • Famous for: Sunday’s dim sum • TOP TIP: Great place to purchase a turtle
Wicker Park
• Dining and nightlife district on the Near West Side • Known for: Celebrating Greek heritage in Chicago • Famous for: Annual Greek Independence Day parade and festival • TOP TIP: If you are out late, you’ll love the all-night gyros
• Named the 4th hippest neighborhood in the country (Forbes, Sept. 2012) • Known for: Local art stores and independent businesses • Famous for: Independent clothing stores • TOP TIP: Try the Banh Mi Vietnamese sandwiches
Greek Town
Hyde Park • Hyde Park Art Center is the oldest alternative art venue in the city dedicated to the arts. • TOP TIP: Visit Jackson Park, site of the World's Columbian Exposition
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“ YEAR ONE IS ABOUT DOWNTOWN. YEAR TWO IS ALL ABOUT EXPLORING THE NEIGHBORHOODS.”
DISCOVER MORE: THE CHICAGO GALLERY DISTRICTS River North Gallery District, Near North Side, Chicago The River North Gallery District hosts the largest concentration of art galleries in the U.S. outside of Manhattan. Along with the hundreds of art galleries, the area has many bars, dance clubs, restaurants, and entertainment venues. Make a day of it: While you're there, explore the ‘design district’ with shops and showrooms selling commercial and luxury interior furnishings in the blocks north of the Merchandise Mart. You can take the Red or Brown Line from campus. West Loop Art Galleries Almost any gallery with international and academic praise is located here. Expect strong conceptual artists who are taking risks and creating truly contemporary work. The West Loop galleries give contemporary art in Chicago a voice and can be found tucked between meatpacking plants, warehouses, and cool restaurants. You can take the Green Line from campus. Make a day of it: While you're there, head south and discover Greek Town and Little Italy. The Pilsen Galleries Casual and wildly creative, the Pilsen galleries boast work largely by Chicago locals. A great time to go is the second Friday of each month when the over 30 galleries and creative spaces all stay open until 10 p.m. This provides a great showcase for work and lets you get up close and personal with the art and artists. You can take the Pink Line from campus. Make a day of it: Visit local taquerías; the food is authentic, cheap, and really good. Then explore 18th Street and the new scene on Halsted Street.
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CAREERS & INTERNSHIPS IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY IN THE SEMESTER TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR LIFE AS A CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL SAIC’s Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) office encourages you to make use of their resources from your first year on campus. Visit them for assistance in finding on-campus jobs, or attend one of their alumni lectures or professional practice workshops. CAPX prepares students in developing strategies to support their lifelong creative careers. Students and alumni have access to advising, workshops, networking events and other opportunities.
OUR RESOURCES HELP YOU: • Find work and internships • Prepare résumés and portfolios • Develop a career strategy and employment skills • Apply for professional opportunities • Develop proposals • Pursue exhibition opportunities • Apply for graduate school • Develop networking and interviewing skills • Navigate employment opportunities through our online platforms
A SAMPLING OF OUR EVENTS: • Meet Employers with Jobs and Internship Opportunities • What's My Job? • Annual Internship Fair • Start-Up Workshops • What are Recent SAIC Grads Doing? • Funding Your Work • Living and Sustaining a Creative Life • Résumé Workshop • Improve Your Interview Skills • Expert Exchange
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CAREERS Our graduates move on to do great things. And we will help you do the same. By providing you with an interdisciplinary education and resources, we help you develop the skills to navigate your future as a creative professional.
CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CAPX works with students at every phase of their creative and academic journey. Our trained advisors coach students in self-discovery, helping them explore the many career options that match their talents and interests. Our online platforms enable students to engage in career opportunities both across the campus as well as on a national and global scale.
INTERNSHIPS AT SAIC SAIC is home to the most successful artsrelated internship program in the nation. Students have two options for earning course credit, with or without a classroom component. Every semester, students may choose to work with one of more than 800 active partners ranging from individual artists and designers, to museums, galleries and film and video production companies. Additionally, we partner with community service organizations in Chicago and throughout the country.
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DISCOVER MORE: saic.edu/about/notablealumni
ALUMNI SAIC’s alumni list reads like a “Who’s Who” of the art world, including such luminaries as: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Georgia O’Keeffe Claes Oldenburg Halston Red Grooms Grant Wood Vincente Minnelli Chris Ware Sarah Vowell Fischerspooner Cynthia Rowley David Sedaris Robert Storr Ed Paschke Edward Gorey
Alumni have created the hologram on our credit cards; Snap ™, Crackle ™ & Pop ™ who grace our morning cereal boxes; and the iconic logo created for President Barack Obama’s campaign. The possibilities for “life after art school” are numerous and varied—graduate school, professional practice, arts administration, teaching, work in the creative industries...
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Our alumni go on to do amazing things: • Shane Gabier (Fashion, SAIC 1995–98) and Chris Peters (BFA 2010) of NYCbased design house Creatures of the Wind have received critical acclaim from international media, including being featured in Vogue, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair Italia. Women's Wear Daily has given them the cover image during New York Fashion Week for three of the past five seasons. • Emil Ferris (BFA 2008, MFA 2010) is a writer, cartoonist and designer. Her 2017 graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters, a coming-of-age story of a girl growing up in 1960s Chicago, was written and drawn in the form of the character's notebook. The graphic novel was praised as a "masterpiece" and one of the best comics by a new author in 2017. • Angel Otero (BFA 2007, MFA 2009) received the prestigious Leonore Annenberg fellowship in the Visual Arts for $150,000. Otero presents solo exhibitions at galleries and museums around the world, including Lehmann Maupin, New York, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, and showings in Italy, Spain, Korea, India, and Hong Kong.
GRANT WOOD: Wood, an alum of SAIC, is associated with the American movement of Regionalism that was primarily situated in the Midwest, and advanced figurative painting of rural American themes in an aggressive rejection of European abstraction. His best known work is American Gothic which is one of the most famous paintings in American art. It was first exhibited in 1930 at the Art Institute of Chicago, where it is still located.
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