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President Jiseon Lee Isbara explores the overlaps between fine art and popular culture.

Associate Professor Delano Dunn examines Andy Warhol's Little Race Riot as a missed opportunity.

A featured speaker in the Visiting Artists Program, artist JJJJJerome Ellis explores delay, repetition, and disruption in their work. 

At Mattel, Minh-Tam Nguyen (BFA 2017) designs the Barbies of the future. 

From clubs to raves to galleries, Ále Campos (MFA 2022) and Abhijeet Rane (SAIC 2016) carry the lineage of Chicago drag performance forward.

Alum Trevor Paglen (MFA 2002) wins the 2026 LG Guggenheim Award for tech-driven art.

SAIC Assistant Professor Edgar X. Aguilera brings his sculptural design language to the global stage.

Alum Maggie Gottlieb (MA 2011) recently won a Children’s and Family Emmy Award for their work on the educational series Tab Time.

SAIC alums Carrie Schneider and Sumakshi Singh and professor Nick Cave join the 2026 Venice Biennale.

We're celebrating 160 years of SAIC with a spotlight of artist and alum William McKnight Farrow (SAIC 1918).