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The New York Times Style Magazine spotlights Associate Professor Maria Gaspar and her work with the Cook County Jail.

Richard Casper's (BFA 2012) nonprofit CreatiVets connects veterans with art and music, and has helped over 900 veterans since its founding.

Alum Rashid Johnson (SAIC 2003–04, HON 2018) discusses uplifting young artists, advocating for artists of color, and dismantling barriers to cultural institutions.

Jeffrey Gibson’s (BFA 1995) latest exhibition THIS BURNING WORLD takes over the museum’s interior and exterior.

Rae Engelbrecht hopes to draw attention to the PG&E crisis with her guerrilla posters.

Check out what our alums have been up to.

As an artist, curator, and advisor for SAIC's Disability and Learning Resource Center, alum Alex Stark is creating inclusive environments for artists.

A connection between SAIC students and LGBTQ+ elders sparks a series of intergenerational dialogues.

There is no singular Chicago experience—SAIC's artists, designers, and scholars are proof. In our latest issue of School of the Art Institute of Chicago magazine, we chatted with five of SAIC’s alums and faculty about how Chicago has shaped them into citizen artists.