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Two SAIC alums, Jeanine Oleson (BFA 1995) and Dread Scott (BFA 1988), were awarded highly competitive Rome Prizes for the 2023–24 season. 

Interim Dean of Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs Shawn Michelle Smith was selected as one of the Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program (RAP) 2022–2023 class of fellows. 

Stephanie and Bill Sick Professor of Fashion, Body and Garment Professor Nick Cave’s video work, “Ba Boom Boom Pa Pop Pop,” will be projected as part of Art on theMART through September 7, in conjunction with his first career-spanning retrospective, Forothermore, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Alum Allison Glenn (MA 2012) was recently announced as senior curator of Public Art Fund, an organization that stages public art installations across New York City.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum Nyugen E. Smith (MFA 2017) has completed his latest exhibition, Ancient Future Memory, which is currently on display at CulturalDC in Washington, DC.

As an urban designer, historian, and assistant professor of art history, theory, and criticism, he’s devoted his life to exploring the boundaries of this question.

Several recent School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) graduates answered that question through nontraditional art shows that invite viewers to interact with senses, memories, emotions, and physical space.

Associate Professor Maria Gaspar and Professor Candida Alvarez recently were named recipients of this year’s Latinx Artist Fellowship.

The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation made a $750,000 gift to support the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s College Arts Access Program (CAAP).

As a curator, artist, and director of educational programming at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Torres-Figueroa utilizes her many roles to inspire social change and foster relationships between young artists, their identities, and their work.