After seven years of transformative leadership, Elissa Tenny today announced that she will retire as president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) at the end of the 2023–24 academic year.
With Tiny Table Gallery, four SAIC community members bring elements of fun and play into the art world.
Newcity Art just released its annual list of the 50 most prominent artists based in Chicago, including over 30 artists, activists, and educators from SAIC.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) first in-person Fashion Show since 2019, which took place this past May, was recently spotlighted by the Chicago Reader.
Alum Patricia Michaels (SAIC 1991–93) recently spoke with Hyperallergic about her design company PM Waterlily’s collection for this year’s Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Santa Fe Indian Market fashion show.
When celebrated painter and School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) F.H. Sellers Professor in Painting Candida Alvarez was a little girl, she loved to stare at the stained-glass windows of her Brooklyn church.
Jacob co-curated a monumental exhibition of artist Magdalena Abakanowicz's work at London’s Tate Modern.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has recently been named a top-producing institution for both the Fulbright US Student and US Scholar Program for the 2022–23 academic year.
CBS Sunday Morning recently highlighted the life and work of artist Joseph Yoakum, whose work is currently on display at the MoMA and can also be seen in SAIC’s Roger Brown Collection on their Youtube channel.
In August of 2023, the Gene Siskel Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago reopened its doors after being closed for 18 months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
