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.
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
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.