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In 158 years of history, SAIC has developed some unique Commencement traditions. 

See what our faculty and staff have been up to. 

Contemporary artist Cameron Martin will join SAIC as the new F.H. Sellers Professor in Painting, beginning in August.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum Katie Chung (BFA 2014) was featured on WTTW in anticipation of her mural for the 360 Chicago Observation Deck.

Associate Professor, Adj. Kristin Mariani and students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Fashion Design department appeared on WGN's Spotlight Chicago to discuss sustainability in fashion in light of this year's Earth Day.

Seven School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) community members were named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows.

Profiled in The Cut and Chicago Magazine, School of the Art Institute Chicago creative writing lecturer, Suzanne Scanlon, discusses her new memoir, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen. 

SAIC alums Nour Ballout (MFA 2022) and Yuge Zhou (MFA 2015) and faculty member Jefferson Pinder received the 2024 Chicago Artadia Awards. 

Filmmaker and artist Elisabeth Subrin (MFA 1995) is celebrated for her interdisciplinary exploration of intersections between cultural history and subjectivity.