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From gallery shows to awards, check out what our alums have been up to.

We often think about art as a medium of creation—of making something new, constructing meaning through material. But what were those materials before they became art, and what might they become after?

For School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) students, alums, and faculty, sustainability is an issue as personal as artistic practices. In fact, for many members of our community, environmental concerns have lain at the heart of their work for years. 

United States Artists has announced the recipients of their 2022 USA Fellowships, which includes three of our own SAIC community members: Andy Slater (BFA 2013), Jovencio de la Paz (BFA 2008), and Associate Professor Nicole Marroquin. Each artist will receive a $50,000 unrestricted award in addition to a year of financial planning.

Alum and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul (MFA 1998, HON 2011) was recently featured in The New Yorker.

Alum Orkideh Torabi’s (Post-Bac 2014, MFA 2017) work is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Torabi’s piece, entitled Peach House’s 5 Bucks Morning Special (2020), is a part of the MCA’s Atrium Project series: a project that invites artists to respond to the museum’s bright, two-story entrance through a new large-scale work.

Teens from Chicago Public Library YOUmedia meet and explore parks in the city from the past indigenous lands to the present, contemplating a future in which all people have access to clean water.

Lauren Quin (BFA 2015) opened her studio to Cultured Mag and detailed how her painting practice has developed since finishing her studies at Yale University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Workshops archived include Pins vs Nukes with Maysam Al-Ali, Body-Based Democracy with Eiko Otake, and August 7 Action.