Danielle Andress, assistant professor of Fiber and Material Studies, is instructing her students on how to make looms from materials in their own home. To continue their art, students have made looms out of stripped bicycle wheels, chopsticks, nails, and wooden crates, a true lesson in resourcefulness and sustainability.
At SAIC, our community is driven by the spirit of engagement and the desire to make positive change in our world. In the weeks to come, we’ll be honoring our citizen artists, taking a look at the way alums, students, faculty, and staff are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
13 Architectural Projects. Senior students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Class of 2020, devise their own program and architectural design, in collaboration with local stakeholders, to respond to the needs for a sustainable mixed-use development at the neighborhood’s threshold on the West Side of Chicago.
