Student work featuring translucent pyramids.
Contemporary Practices

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Upcoming Events

Contemporary Practices Visiting Artist Series

Each semester, Contemporary Practices hosts a Visiting Artist Talk followed by a Student Panel where students have the opportunity to engage with our visiting artists through lively discussions. Amazing guests include Jasmine Wahi, Self-Esteem Salon, JJJJJerome Ellis, Indira Allegra, Damon Locks, and Tonika Lewis Johnson.

Past Events

Art Bash 2023 
March 24–April 7
ARTBASH is the annual culminating event of SAIC's Contemporary Practices year-long program. Co-produced by faculty and students, this exhibition is a showcase of work made in the department.

News

three headshots side-by-side; tanned-skin person on the left with short black tussled hair, asian woman in the middle with long black hair and straight-across bangs with hands clasped together, and bald black man on the right with bright white shirt smiling

SAIC Community Members Receive Chicago 2024 Artadia Awards

A gallery view of Yoonshin Park's exhibition In Lieu Of

February 2024: Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

An artwork by Assaf Evron showing curtains opening to the lake

O’Hare International Airport Acquires Artwork by SAIC Community Members

Two images of artists Anna Martine Whitehead and Genevieve Erin O'Brien next to each other.

Two SAIC Community Members Awarded MAP Fund

Faculty and Alums Awarded MAP Fund Grants

Continuing Studies Program Featured on WCPT 820 Chicago