School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranking among the top programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, Jeff Koons, and LeRoy Neiman.
SAIC Studio Tour: Yehimi Cambron Alvarez
Amanda Williams Commencement Speech at SAIC | 2025
Commencement 2025: Friends, Findings & Futures
What is Material Source?
Welcome to the Media Center
adrienne maree brown, 4/3/25 - SAIC's Visiting Artists Program
SAIC’s John M. Flaxman Library & Special Collections renovation | America ByDesign Architecture.
Edra Soto, 2/18/25 - SAIC's Visiting Artists Program
Wafaa Bilal & Bana Kattan, 2/4/25 - SAIC's Visiting Artists Program
2023 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Shadi Harouni
2023 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Pradeep Dalal
2024 Low Residency MFA Commencement (Speaker - Gregory Sholette)
2022 Low Residency MFA Commencement (Speaker - Hamza Walker)
2023 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Pamela Sneed
2023 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Damon Locks
2023 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Jamillah James
2023 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Molly Zuckerman Hartung
2021 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Aram Han Sifuentes
2021 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Glenn Ligon
2021 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Patric McCoy
2021 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Sowon Kwon
2020 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Kamau Patton
2020 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Jacqueline Terrassa
2020 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Mark Dion
2020 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Judy Ledgerwood
2020 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Tourmaline
Meet the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
Martin O'Brien, 11/11/24 - SAIC's Visiting Artists Program
07:22:2024 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Emily Apter
07:18:2024 Low Residency MFA Visiting Artists & Scholars Series Meredith Talusan