“When I think about the ways I begin to craft a performance, it's often these images that come to mind,” Campos said. “I’ll have this starting image, this thing that people first see, like a tableau, ...

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Dox Thrash (SAIC 1914–23), "Philadelphia Market," c.1938–39,carborundum mezzotint. Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art In 1893, a Pennsylvania chemist invented a process for creating synthetic ...

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) don’t just push boundaries—they redefine them. They create immersive experiences, using our senses to drop us into new worlds or alter the one we know.

Thomas Foulke vividly recalls the day he spent with his son at the Art Institute of Chicago, around 2009. Foulke, a research scientist, was visiting Chicago with his son, Jedd, who at the time was ...

Join us for talks featuring today's most influential practitioners and thinkers. Founded in 1868, the Visiting Artists Program is one of the oldest public programs of the School of the Art Institute ...

As community of students, faculty and staff in the Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects we acknowledge and wish to congratulate our students who have been recognized ...

Maria Gaspar is an interdisciplinary artist and an associate professor in Contemporary Practices at SAIC. Her work negotiates the politics of location through installation, sculpture, sound, and ...

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is governed by two oversight bodies: the Board of Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Board of Governors of the School. The trustees ...

Liaison to AIADO, Art History, Art Therapy, Arts Administration & Policy, Continuing Studies, Historic Preservation ...

Newcity recently released their 2026 Design 50 lis t, which highlights individuals throughout Chicago who have shown an exemplary commitment to their respective disciplines across fashion, ...

The Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation offers a wide breadth of programming, facilities, and top-of-the-line equipment. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s commitment to ...