A sculpture made out of metal, blue diagonal descending lines

Photo Credit: NewCity Arts, Maria Burundarena

SAIC Community Shines in NewCity’s Art 50: Chicago’s Visual Vanguard 2024

By Sophia Carmen Salganicoff (MFA 2026)

NewCity’s Art 50: Chicago’s Visual Vanguard 2024 honors key figures from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). 

A man with gray hair and glasses and a black button down partially open over a white t-shirt, khakis. He has a hand in one pocket and is standing against a mustard colored fabric background

Dan Devening/Photo: Joseph A. Mietus

 

Professor, Adj. Dan Devening, founder of Devening Projects, spotlights innovative minimalist artists, including through the upcoming show Rooms with Rooms with Games. 

 

A woman with short dark hair standing in front of a large window that faces a busy Chicago street

Image via of Mary Jane Jacob

 

Professor Mary Jane Jacob, director of SAIC's Institute for Curatorial Research and Practice, is celebrated for her work curating socially engaged art and exhibitions like her recent Tate Modern show on Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. 

Both Devening and Jacob exemplify SAIC’s spirit of creativity and leadership driving Chicago’s art scene forward.

Student Nitya Mehrotra’s Animations Give a Voice to Victims

With her Stories by Strangers project, student Nitya Mehrotra uses her skills as an artist to tell the stories of sexual and mental abusive survivors.

Student Nitya Mehrotra’s Animations Give a Voice to Victims