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CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago announced today the election of Denise Gardner as the organization’s new chairperson of the Board of Trustees.

Professor Michelle Grabner, Professor Diana Guerrero-Maciá, and alums william cordova (BFA 1996), Emil Ferris (BFA 2008, MFA 2010), and Dread Scott (BFA 1989) were announced as 2021 Guggenheim Fellows. Every year, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awards fellowships to a diverse group of writers, scholars, artists, and scientists.

During the course of the semester students read historical environmental texts, research current institutions and non-profits activating change around the world, and watch key documentaries on Climate Accords, Water Privatization, the state of our rivers, and pollution of plastic in the ocean.

Dr. King’s Example and Our Continuing Work

Our Work This Semester

Take Action for Residential Art Spaces

Kaylee Wyant's (MFA 2008) Continuing Studies course adapts to a changing world.