On the first day of classes, School of the Art Institute of Chicago students came dressed to impress. From circus inspiration to western wear, these style icons brought their own sartorial twists to ...

What truly helps a student succeed? During their education, of course, but also after, when they leave campus and enter the professional world? These questions were the spark for Make Way: A Roadmap ...

When summer in Chicago gets into full swing, a few things are always true: cookouts will become fierce battlegrounds over what’s acceptable to put on a hot dog, the city will host more music festivals ...

The minute she toured the campus, student Lily Fast knew she wanted to enroll at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Her mother, Ellen Forte, an educational psychologist, immediately ...

How can you pin down experimental animation? It runs the gamut from claymation, stop-motion, computer graphics, hand-drawn images, and beyond—plus, it’s always evolving. For the last 15 years, the ...

According to performance artist Martin O’Brien, he’s living in “zombie time.” Since his childhood cystic fibrosis diagnosis, he has surpassed his life expectancy several times over. Over the years, ...

In the last 20 years, few gallerists have shaken up Chicago's contemporary art scene quite like Monique Meloche (SAIC 1991–94). Meloche came to Chicago from Canada by way of Michigan, where she fell ...

Join us on campus for one of the nation's largest portfolio days, plus come a day early for "Saturday with SAIC" and learn how to make the most of your NPD experience!

As current president and CEO of The Skillman Foundation, Angelique Power (MFA 1998, HON 2022) understands the importance of intergenerational community and collaboration. This private, independent ...

Associate Professor Aimée Beaubien’s exhibition Hold Tight is on view at NON STNDRD in Sauget, Illinois. Hold Tight uses lightweight suspension lines—often associated with survival situations and ...

The first time Sekile M. Nzinga got involved in a fight for justice was during her first year at the historically Black college Morgan State University. When Nzinga and her peers learned Morgan only ...

An unlikely fusion of silk, palm fibers, metallic thread, and alpaca wool unify in a single textile, a tapestry of a multitude of textures. A grid of blue, gray, and white projects variations in ...