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Living on campus makes it easy to immerse yourself in the SAIC experience and feel part of the community. Residence Life staff plan activities that help you build relationships, connect with the city, and get to know what SAIC has to offer.

The Art Institute of Chicago, including both the School and the museum, is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for its students, visitors, faculty, and staff, and to ensuring that educational and employment decisions …

Photography Department. The Department of Photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers a multifaceted approach to the medium, including traditional forms of image making and conceptually oriented practices, making …

Adult Programs Evening and Weekend Courses for Adults, Offered in Chicago and Online. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) invites you to be part of our diverse community of artists, designers, and scholars by enrolling in an Adult Continuing Education (ACE) course (or two) or one of our exciting certificate programs.

Part-Time Liaisons and Part-Time Council; Part-Time Faculty Contact Information. Elena Ailes, Part-Time Faculty Senator/Associate Professor, Adjunct, Contemporary Practices, [email protected] Caroline Bellios, Part-Time Faculty Senator/Associate Professor, Adjunct, Fashion Design, [email protected] Danny Floyd, Part-Time Faculty Senator/Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Visual and Critical Studies ...

Comic Art at SAIC: Drawing Outside the Lines. The MFA in Studio, Comics program leverages Chicago's vibrant comics art community. It provides an interdisciplinary environment for creativity across the departments of Printmedia, Painting and Drawing, Writing, and Visual Communication Design.The program’s unique, multi-faceted curriculum allows students to …

With courses on architectural design, representation skills, and architectural history and theory, the Architecture Pathway focuses on architecture and its impacts on public life while allowing students to experiment in areas such as technology and building performance, urbanism and social practice, and the visualization and communication of information.

Contemporary Practices is committed to addressing the ways in which art education has been complicit in perpetuating white supremacy. This work looks different for every classroom and is an ongoing process to decolonize our curriculum.

Meet the distinguished faculty in SAIC’s Painting and Drawing department, who mentor students in developing their unique artistic vision.