SAIC has been at the forefront of art education for more than a century and a half, fostering critical thinking, rigorous investigation, and playful creativity. The School was among the first to ...

A close-up image of David Lozano's Edgewater Mélange at the Berwyn red line stop. Photo courtesy of Chicago Transit Authority. Photo Credit: DOCUMENT Lecturer Cecilia Beaven, Lecturer FÁTIMA, and ...

Associate Professor Sarah Ross, founder and director of Walls Turned Sideways, has been awarded an A.R.T. (Art for Radical Transformation) grant from the Field Foundation, in partnership with the ...

On the Subreddit for the movie Tangled, there’s a thread about an iconic sequence where Flynn Rider dies in Rapunzel’s arms. The thread is about whether the scene makes people cry, and there’s a clear ...

Since its emergence in the mid-20th century, pop art has engaged the layered context of popular mass media and consumer culture that lies beneath its iconic look and feel, often sharpened by irony. It ...

The expansive, white-walled studio where Stephanie and Bill Sick Professor of Fashion, Body and Garment Nick Cave teaches isn't a typical fashion classroom. Yes, there are dress forms propped up next ...

Graduation is its own creative turning point, when new alums begin exploring what their practices look like beyond campus. Recent School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) graduates Uy Pham (BFA ...

280 Building, 280 S. Columbus Dr. Square Footage: 120,364 Number of Floors: 3 above ground, 1 below Departments: Ceramics, Painting and Drawing, Performance, Photography, Printmedia, and Sculpture Use ...

The Department of Campus Resources for Information Technology (CRIT) provides technology and training resources to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) community and ensures that students ...

The annual New Work exhibition includes individual, continuing SAIC undergraduate and graduate student artists who have applied and been selected to show their work in a group exhibition at SAIC ...

Learning to work meaningfully in today’s complex, connected world means stepping outside the studio or classroom. At SAIC, you’ll have year-round access to international programs and off-campus ...

Newcity's Breakout Artists 2026 once again places the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) at the center of the city's emerging art scene, with seven SAIC community members named. All seven ...