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3Arts, a nonprofit organization endorsing artists from the Chicago metropolitan area, lauds three School of the Art Institute of Chicago community members as the 2023 3Arts Awards recipients. 

When you see Noches en el Pueblo de Dios, you’re struck by the familiarity of the scene—how easy it is to slide into the intimate conversation it depicts.

Meet the graduating class of 2022.

From sculpture to installation to poetry to performance, Nyugen E. Smith (MFA 2016) does it all.

Cobwebs, stains, and punctures pepper the dull brown wall. At the bottom right corner of the photographic frame, we see the edge of a baby’s crib. With some sense now of the scale, it seems that the coat may be that of a child.

Her interdisciplinary work explores an ecology of survival in modern life, drawing from histories of colonization and migration. Born in Hong Kong, Ngô grew up as a refugee in the American South and was raised in a Vietnamese and Chinese American family.

Associate Professor of Photography LaToya Ruby Frazier spoke with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on his digital show Anderson Cooper Full Circle. The interview follows Frazier’s appearance in A Choice of Weapons, a documentary detailing the life of legendary photographer Gordon Parks.

Filmmaker and alum Apichatpong Weerasethakul (MFA 1998, HON 2011) won the Gold Hugo Award at the 57th Chicago International Film Festival, the top award for the festival.

Whether she is co-curating colorful, immersive artworks for Open Source: The First Shenzhen Biennale or curating Tatiana Trouvé and Laure Prouvost’s first museum solo exhibitions in China, Tang has a passion for working with others to achieve their vision.

Back in the 1970s, children and young adults came to the School as part of a series called Young Artist’s Studios (YAS) at the Art Institute of Chicago. These classes were overseen by SAIC’s Department of Art Education, with undergraduate and graduate students coming in on their weekends to co-facilitate and teach children about the power and importance of self-expression.