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Monthly Archives: April, 2009

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Maria Pinto honored with SAIC’s Legend of Fashion Award

Because of her genius and her recent accomplishments, Pinto was honored as this year’s SAIC Legend of Fashion Award recipient.

On cyborgs

F Newsmagazine writer Julie Rodriguez sits down with John Barnes, the author of nearly 30 books of science fiction (and the occasional fantasy novel), to chat about cyborgs, war, and the realistic applications of imagined technology.

Lights Out

Can Neon and Holography be saved?

2009 BFA show

A review of the BFA Show

Physically and Mentally Demanding

3 Vomitocious Chicago Restaurants

The Dude Who Did Everything

Getting a chance to encounter even one of Westermann’s works is always cause for celebration, so it is a true windfall to see a show of this magnitude.

Residential College

My second night in the 162 North State Street dormitory, I found myself sitting on my dorm room floor with a dozen other sixth-floor students. We’d been SAIC less than forty-eight hours, and we were already having our first communal dinner...

ART NEWS: Disaster Report

Cultural institutions in crisis...so what else is new?

Ten Creative Ways to Make Money

Here are some tips that will enable you to earn a little extra money while still retaining your gag reflex.

Photos of Faith and Movement

Mr. Giboux’s photography exhibition, “Sacred Waters: India’s Great Kumbha Mela Pilgrimage,” opened at the Field Museum on March 5.

Capitalism vs. Charity

Why I love Capitalism by Aurélie Beatley I love capitalism because I’m a soulless consumerist wretch, and I’m not sorry. Actually, I love capitalism because I’m...

Sin Nombre

Cary Fukunaga talks about working on his award winning debut film.

SAIC featured student film "Banana Project"

Bananas are weak, harmless, and humble.

Financing Your Ideas as an Emerging Artist

As an emerging artist there are some serious roadblocks to financing your ideas. The first step towards securing seed money is not just figuring out how to get it but who to get it from.