Opinion
They Want to Control Our Imagination
A professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago asked her students to imagine a way to help someone they might encounter. Leadership found that beyond the pale.
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SAIC Puts Professor on Leave After Palestine Reference
The Chicago school is investigating the director of its art therapy graduate program after she assigned a case study that touched on pro-Palestine activism.
Opinion
The School of the Art Institute Turned Its Back on Media Arts
Instead of engaging in dialogue with its dedicated Video Data Bank staff, SAIC chose to callously cross out a budgetary line item.
News
Art Institute of Chicago Workers Ratify Union Contract
Over 500 workers at the museum and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago secured wage increases after 14 months of negotiations.
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Dumps Ye’s Honorary Degree
The school denounced the rapper’s “anti-Black, antisemitic, racist and dangerous statements.”
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Non-Tenured Faculty at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute Push to Unionize
They cited “intolerable” working conditions, inadequate benefits, and low pay.
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Is Accepting Graduate Program Applications
Explore graduate study at one of the most influential art and design schools in the United States.
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At Ars Electronica 2021, SAIC Art & Technology Studies Presents the Chicago Garden
The festival’s exhibitions and events will take place online and in-person in each participating city from September 8 to 12.
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SAIC and Chicago Arts Leaders Explore How to Build an Anti-Racist Art Ecosystem With NBC
On an episode of The Path Forward, panelists from the school’s conference series on anti-racism explore how art and design organizations can become more equitable and inclusive.
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Announcement
SAIC Offers Art and Design Courses Online and On-campus This Summer
Emerging and established artists can choose from over 50 courses in the Adult Continuing Education program at the nation’s most influential art and design school.
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SAIC Launches The Future of Our Plans, a Virtual Showcase Featuring the Graduate Class of 2020
The exhibition continues through August with programs including daily viewing recommendations, written reflections on the artwork’s prevailing themes, and a conversation series hosted by faculty.
News
Art Schools Join Legal Efforts to Block ICE Guidelines Targeting International Students
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design, which counts Pratt and RISD among its members, has signed on to an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit against ICE.