Each year, SAIC’s community of outstanding alums and faculty members shine at EXPO CHICAGO. Explore below where to find SAIC exhibitors, connections, and speakers during this year’s fair. Join us in ...

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) alums have been making history over the last 16 decades! In our “160 Years of Making” series, we’re celebrating the people that shaped the School, Chicago ...

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SAIC's highly acclaimed Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio is a 60-credit program that supports creative work, inquiry, and investigation across 12 different departments as part of the advanced ...

The Fashion Show 2026 is a celebration of our senior Fashion Design students and their work.

Join us to learn more about transferring credits, our renowned interdisciplinary programming, applying for scholarships and financial aid, and more! We’ll be starting with a brief presentation, but ...

Graduating BA, BFA, and BAVCS students present their thesis work in a symposium featuring lectures, performances and moderated panel discussions.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Sculpture Department are proud to host a celebration of Michael Richards: Are You Down?—the first monograph of the late artist Michael Richards ...

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Sculpture Department are proud to host a celebration of Michael Richards: Are You Down?—the first monograph of the late artist Michael Richards ...

Maggie Gottlieb (MA 2011), an alum of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), recently won a Children’s and Family Emmy Award for their work on the educational series Tab Time. The honor ...

Hamza Walker is the current director of The Brick (formerly LAXART) and recipient of the 2026 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. Among ...

Over the last 160 years of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), lots of things have changed, but the core of creativity remains the same. The technology, fashion, and facilities might ...