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Undergraduate
Develop your creative practice and prepare for the complex world you'll enter after graduation.
Graduate
Study rigorously, form long-term connections, and lay the foundation for your success.
Youth & Continuing Studies
SAIC offers programs for students beginning at age four—from certificate programs to family summer camps.
A Faculty of Mentors
Every SAIC faculty member is an active practitioner in their field. The classes they teach emerge from their unique research and practices, and they’re passionate about what they’re sharing. You'll learn from their individual guidance and feedback, and gain a deeper understanding of the artist’s process.
The SAIC Experience
Immerse Yourself in the Collections
The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection gives you access to more than 11,000 publications, from zines to video and audio recordings. It’s one of several special collections at SAIC that offer the resources for in-depth research or to inspire your own work.
Eddie Opera
Watch Eddie Opera's artist talk
Eddie Opara Lecture, Art Institute of Chicago Rubloff Auditorium, October 2019
Get Close to the Stars
The Visiting Artists Program is where you’ll hear from today's most influential practitioners and thinkers. The program is a platform for new ideas and amazing insights—and visitors often detour through the studio to offer student critiques or join a roundtable discussion.
Maria Gaspar’s Power of Place
"A piece of art isn’t just about paint on a surface, it’s about the surface itself. The brick, the dilapidated building, the impact of those textures. The meaning and history of those places changes the outcome of the work." – Maria Gaspar
Maria Gaspar
Letterpress? Foundry? 3-D Printing? Check.
From a foundry to digital outputting, the range of resources you’ll find at SAIC provides the comprehensive environment to dive deep into your creative practice and refine your craft. Check out the slideshow to get a taste of the options available or take a virtual tour.