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CHICAGO—The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) elected Elissa Tenny, president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), as the new chair of its board of trustees. After previously holding the vice chair position on AICAD’s board, President Tenny will become the second woman in the organization’s 30-year history to serve as chair.
Lauren Bon has been at work "undeveloping" a Los Angeles River adjacent property, regenerating the soil to form a novel urban ecosystem. Four years into this work, her Metabolic Studio has created a self-generating and self-complicating urban haven best illustrated by the biological diversity that has re-emerged.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Hosts Second Discussion in Toward an Anti-Racist Art Ecosystem Series on November 3
Alum and former faculty member Michael Murphy (MFA 2004) is debuting work in The Dr. Seuss Experience, a traveling interactive exhibit based on the imaginary worlds created by children’s author Dr. Seuss. Murphy’s work is a perception piece, featuring 85 laser-cut acrylic Dr. Seuss–themed items that hang from the ceiling.
Artist and alum Renluka Maharaj (MFA 2017) recently spoke with Elle about decolonizing narratives, returning to her roots, and finding one’s voice in art.
Associate Professor, Adj. Giovanni Aloi co-edited Posthumanism in Art and Science: A Reader, an anthology of statements and artworks that provide an unprecedented mapping of posthumanism’s development in a global context.
The New York Times spotlighted alum Rashid Johnson (SAIC 2003-04, HON 2018) following new exhibitions at the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Alum Bani Abidi is presenting work in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The show, entitled Bani Abidi: The Man Who Talked Until He Disappeared, features video, photography, and sound works exploring the artist’s practice over the past two decades.
