Newcity recently released its annual Art 50 issue, featuring their picks for "Chicago’s artists' artists." This year’s list, filled with artists, educators, and social activists, is a reflection of "the multiplicity of people making art in our city. There is no singular narrative of Chicago art, nor should there be."
For nearly two decades, Julie Rodrigues Widholm’s (MA 1999) laser focus on elevating artists whose work is often underrepresented in museums helped to shape Chicago’s contemporary art community.
Our community is driven by the spirit of engagement and the desire to make positive change in our world. Learn how our alums, students, faculty, and staff are responding to this current moment.
This podcast explores how art exists on the local level in the context of this rapidly globalized world. Beginning with the consequences of globalization and global art issues, the discussion turned into a more micro analysis of how these aspects of the contemporary world affect art at the local level. To investigate, Rob and Haley look towards communities they knew well, while Rob has just relocated to Chicago, Haley’s family hails from the small town of Belen, New Mexico. Both of these communities have rapidly changing and growing arts communities, as well as new or old access to institutional power. Featuring interviews with Mallory McClaire, Chief of Staff at the Rebuild Foundation, and Jerah Cordova, Former Mayor of Belen, New Mexico. Podcast produced by Rob Pierce and Haley Bergeson.
This podcast will explore how gallerists have expanded or transitioned their exhibition spaces into a virtual platform, especially since the onset of COVID 19. Featuring interviews with Ashley Wynn, Director of Monique Meloche Gallery, and Aldo Castillo, Founder and Director of the Aldo Castillo Gallery. Podcast produced by Zhenyu Tao, Megan Nash, and You Wu.
The topic of this podcast is race, accessibility and inclusion in the museum. Featuring an interview with Thomas Gokey, SAIC alum, Organizer and Co-Founder of the Debt Collective, and author of the book Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition. Podcast produced by Yoojin Oh, Tat Scott, and Alice Matthews.
Weekly podcast featuring interviews with artists to discuss how the pandemic has impacted their practice and production, and understand how stability has functioned in their work. This week's two part episode will focus on the relationship between technology and the arts before, during and after the pandemic. Featuring an interview with Sierra McKissick, Founder of Art Music Fashion Magazine (AMFM), and Public Programs Coordinator of the Hyde Park Arts Center. Podcast produced by Myia Brown, Yunyao Que, and Gabriela Trinidad-Pérez.
