Saturday, April 5, 2025 The Weaving Mill, 1801 N Spaulding Ave, Chicago. 2025 marks the tenth year of The Weaving Mill, Chicago’s only artist-run industrial weaving studio.

May 5, 2024 Dear SAIC Community, We have heard movingly and forcefully from students expressing a range of positions in regards to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, and difficult debate, ...

Sadly, many Israeli and Palestinian civilians are suffering with the escalating violence in the region, making this conflict palpably present to many in the School community, including me. With our ...

Chicago—The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) today announced the appointment of David J. Vitale as the new chair of the art and design college’s Board of Governors. A distinguished leader ...

February 15, 2024. CHICAGO — The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a leader in art and design education, today announced Jiseon Lee Isbara as the School’s next president, completing a ...

June 3, 2024. President Elissa Tenny appeared on WGN Chicago with current student Grace Chen to discuss the successes of the College Arts Access Program. This three-year program partners with Chicago ...

CHICAGO—The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is thrilled to announce the appointment of Sekile M. Nzinga as vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this critical role, Nzinga will ...

November 12, 2024. CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago today announced the election of Eric Lefkofsky as the organization’s new chair of the Board of Trustees.

CHICAGO (August 27, 2024)—The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, has been awarded a $50,000 climate grant from the Helen Frankenthaler ...

On Sunday, May 21, 2023, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) community gathered at Wintrust Arena to celebrate the graduating classes of 2023. At the ceremony, 1,163 graduates crossed ...

CHICAGO—Non-tenure-track faculty members of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) have voted unanimously to approve their first union contract. In an online ballot that closed Wednesday ...

On Monday, May 20, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) community gathered at Wintrust Arena to celebrate the graduating classes of 2024. At the ceremony, hundreds of graduates crossed ...