Illustration by Colin Grimm


What is Changing?

President Reiter has resigned, and ideas for the student center are still being finalized...

Macy’s Glamorama coming up August 13

Macy’s Glamorama coming up August 13

A fete of fantastical proportions

 
Rirkrit Tiravanija Exclusive

March, 2008
Alumnus Tiravanija talks about his workshop with SAIC students and the relationship of the school to the museum

Articles by students, for students.

Chicago is My Kind of Town

Our educators are, in fact, the gangsters, the “do-gooders” and the artists — and many of our citizens embody aspects of all three.

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A Crude Addiction

While minds continue to rest on the Deep Horizon rig disaster, it’s time to focus on our neighbors to the north

Chic Collaborations

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Chic Collaborations

F sits down with local designer Anna Fong to discuss fashion design and her collaboration with TOYOTA’S Creative Lounge Chicago


SAIC hosts science panel, “Cosmic Images: Beyond Beauty”

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SAIC hosts science panel, “Cosmic Images: Beyond Beauty”

SAIC professor Kathryn Schaffer and the discussion’s panelists rally for the aesthetic value of science

Intimate Moments

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Intimate Moments

“Gut Shot,” on view at Stephen Daiter gallery, presents the expanded vision of mid-century documentary photographers Lee Balterman and Jay King.

Hunting the World’s Angriest Man

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Hunting the World’s Angriest Man

“Winnebago Man,” is director Ben Steinbauer’s documentary on Jack Rebney. Who is Jack Rebney, you asked? He’s an RV salesman—but he’s better known to the world as “angriest man in the world” from YouTube.

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Don’t Let the Numbers Get You Down

Don’t Let the Numbers Get You Down

In U.S. News and World Report’s latest grad school rankings the School of the Art Institute of Chicago again came out in the top three. The school’s exact ranking? Third.

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Departmental Details

Departmental Details

After hearing from students and faculty, we extended our inquiry to the administration “What changes and/or improvements would you like to see at SAIC?”

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Noteworthy in May

Noteworthy in May

Exhibitions, Lectures, and Clearence Sales. Everything you need to keep busy

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Friendly Formalism, Whimsical Buddhism

Friendly Formalism, Whimsical Buddhism

Two new shows at the Hyde Park Art Center

From The Print Edition

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Around the Coyote bites the dust

Around the Coyote has exhibited artists for longer than most current SAIC undergraduates have been alive. That is, up until this past winter, when their much-needed fundraiser only raked in $2,000.

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Noteworthy in May

Exhibitions, Lectures, and Clearence Sales. Everything you need to keep busy

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Direct Lending

SAIC Moves to New Student Loan Initiative. Students will pay lower interested rates on federal student loans, one benefit of The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

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Friendly Formalism, Whimsical Buddhism

Two new shows at the Hyde Park Art Center

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Return of the Real

This spring, shows at Chicago galleries have been like cries for help, echoing an anxiety that is endemic to this contemporary world of recessions, wars, and catastrophic natural disasters.

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Portraits of Chicago

Work samples from the inaugural “Arts in Chicago” Art History/Visual and Critical Studies undergraduate class