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Monthly Archives: December, 2008

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The Changing Definition of Gender

The current, commonly accepted definition of gender is archaic and perhaps even dangerous.

2008 Fall Art Sale – video

The Holiday Art Sale is an annual event providing students an opportunity to sell work. Students receive eighty-five percent of sales. The Student Association receives fifteen percent, which covers the cost of the sale, while any extra goes towards other student projects. This film shows the 2008 Preview Party for the 20th Annual Holiday Art Sale. Tickets for the event cost $25; subsequent nights were free.

SAIC featured student film “Honeymoon” – video

Mr. Soymilk and Ms. Donut travel through time in their honeymoon.

Collection: Brought, Bought and Stolen: Review

The DIY Chicago art scene has recently expanded by one more venue, accepting into its many variegated folds a small space in the West Loop called Spoke

The Graphic Imperative: Review

The Graphic Imperative, a traveling retrospective of international political posters from 1965 to 2005, is currently showing at Loyola University.

Not just scarves and sweaters: Fiber and Material Studies

Tucked into the ninth floor of the Sharp Building, the Fiber and Material Studies Department looks more like a chemistry lab, with its state-of-the-art equipment, machinery, dyes and emulsions, than it does a women’s knitting circle. F Newsmagazine sat down with Department Chairs Ann Wilson and Joan Livingstone for a peek into the seams and inner workings of the Department.

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