Undergraduate Application and Merit Deadline: February 1
Submit your application and portfolio by February 1 to be considered for merit scholarship.
Transfer Scholarship Deadline: February 15
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Get Creative With SAIC This Year
Register now for SAIC's spring art classes for ages 10 and up. Courses begin in February.
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Fall 2024 Magazine
What kind of artmaking becomes possible when people come together? This issue of School of the Art Institute of Chicago magazine spotlights dynamic duos, artistic collaboratives, inspiring partnerships, and the magic that happens when our community members work side by side—including a cover feature on President Jiseon Lee Isbara.
This Issue
What kind of artmaking becomes possible when people come together? This issue of School of the Art Institute of Chicago magazine spotlights dynamic duos, artistic collaboratives, inspiring partnerships, and the magic that happens when our community members work side by side—including a cover feature on President Jiseon Lee Isbara.
Woven In
Jiseon Lee Isbara is ready to ask the big questions. In July, when she became the president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she didn’t want to arrive with all the answers. “I do not think that what lies ahead for SAIC should be solely realizing my vision,” Lee Isbara said. “I think it’s got to be the School's vision.”
Poor Farm
At Poor Farm—run by Crown Family Professor of Painting and Drawing Michelle Grabner and her husband Brad Killam—artists can explore, experiment, and create. “If you build a space that is bigger than yourself, where artists and ideas can intersect, there will be meaningful intensity,” said Grabner.
SAIC at Homan Square
For more than eight years, SAIC at Homan Square has provided an integral link to the North Lawndale community. Located in the historic Nichols Tower, the program offers classes, workshops, and programming that lie at the intersection of art and civic engagement.
What Is This?
Why SAIC?
Three of our students share what brought them to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Tess Shoshana
"The freedom to choose what you learn and how you learn."
Leo Dai
"I wouldn’t be where I’m at right now without Chicago."
Antane Phillips
"The museum, I have now seen it as my second classroom."
Upcoming Events
February 20 - March 01
SAIC Galleries Street Level, SAIC Galleries Lower Level 1, SAIC Galleries Lower Level 2
January 24 - January 31
SAIC Galleries Street Level, SAIC Galleries Lower Level 2
