The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) generous community of faculty members, alums, and supporters came together to raise money for student scholarships.
Professor Emeritus Michiko Itatani’s (SAIC 1983–91) latest solo show, Michiko Itatani: Celestial Stage, is on view at the Wrightwood 659 gallery. The gallery will feature approximately 50 of Itatani’s paintings and drawings, all of which showcase Itatani’s use of “invented devices [that] acknowledge the human desire to reach beyond one’s capacity to know the unknown.”
Alum Tizziana Baldenebro (MArch 2019) will co-curate the American Pavilion at the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale.
Associate Professor, Adj. Giovanni Aloi questions the sterile, colonial intention of lawns in "Turf wars: the artists who want to mow down the menace of lawns" for The Guardian, reviews Doreen Lynette Garner's REVOLTED for Esse, reflects on the 59th Venice Biennale in "The Milk of Dreams: A Posthuman Revolution" for Flash Art, and co-curates (with Maria Bronkema) Animal Crossing, on view from September 15–October 26 at Fountainhouse Gallery in New York.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago invites all art collectors and enthusiasts to an online auction on artsy.net.
Spending summer in a museum might not top most kids’ vacation lists, but Continuing Studies’ multi-arts camps make the visits part of the fun.
President Tenny's letter from the fall 2022 issue of SAIC magazine.
Alum and filmmaker Wu Tsang (BFA 2004) discusses collaborations born of college parties, the lines between fact and fiction, and the process behind staging her latest film.