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Monthly Archives: June, 2009

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Telling the Story Your Way: Revisiting Michael Jackson's Legacy

FNews takes a closer look at Michael Jackson's work and influence after he passed away on June 25.

SAIC student show: Yousun Jung

Yousun Jung, 2nd year art & tech graduate student, has her first solo show at Gallery X on March 10 - 28, 2009.

Why your smartphone won't work at SAIC

Connecting to the SAIC wireless network via smartphone continues to be impossible, and frustrating.

The Big World: A Review

The Big World: Recent Art From China provides a glimpse into a thriving, politically provocative art scene that few Western art lovers have had a chance to experience.

Artists Run Chicago

From May 10 to July 5, 2009, the Hyde Park Art Center is highlighting the work coming out of exhibition spaces run by artists.

MFA Writing Presentations

Audio excerpts and interviews with the presenters at the MFA Writing graduate reading.

Graduation Day

2009 SAIC Graduation

Eric Garcia and the Artist Exchange

"I consider my art a tool to learn from and also a weapon that confronts injustice," explains SAIC alumnus Eric J. Garcia.

Two of Three

Graduating student- Alex Agnant's interview

Super Poetry: Where Poetry Meets Comics

"Low-culture materials like this...achieve a kind of universality that high culture materials no longer bear."

What will be the cost?

Read how SAIC community outreach programs such as Hands on Stanzas, Artworks, Open Studio Project and Global Alliance for Africa are dealing (or not) with the economic downturn.

Away We Go

F Newsmagazine sits down with director Sam Mendes to discuss his latest film.