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Monthly Archives: April, 2011

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Honoring a Fallen Witness

Deceased artist Ahmed Basiony is honored in the Egypt Pavilion of the Venice Venice Biennale.

Tarnished by Protests

Walid Raad is leading over 100 artists, curators and others in a boycott of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi amidst reports that laborers are being exploited in constructing the museum.

Mainstream Muddle

Yet another disappointing film on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Close to Home?

A closer look to Libya´s revolution and the effect of the NATO intervention.

Jonathan Alvin: May's Audiophile

This month’s Audiophile is Jonathan Alvin, a BFA student in the Painting & Drawing department with a Liberal Arts thesis on Jungian Art, who...

Interning or Indentured?

The practice of employers hiring unpaid student interns while schools charge tuition for the privilege has become so prevalent. Are the schools to blame?

Hot Tips: Grad Day Fashion

Catch up on some hot tips before your special day.

SAIC Fashion 2011

This year’s show is the department’s largest event to date, including four separate fashion shows and an award ceremony.

Buzzzzz(ed): Chicago Beekeepers

Editor-in-Chief Brandon Kosters talks with Chicago based beekeepers.

SAIC Students Raise Funds for Japan

SAIC student groups raise funds for the relief effort in Japan.

World Dormination: It's Fire Alarm Season!

A quiet, peaceful life? Try living in the same building with five hundred art school kids.

Mourning Japan

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F Gallery Visits: Thumb Wars

Artists Wesley Wilson and Nancy Tien perform "Thumb Wars" at the Betty Rymer Gallery

MDW Fair

Instead of going that Cubs game, because you know it’s going to be raining all weekend long, why not look for an in-door activity. Look! I found one for you: the MDW Fair.

Congratulations to all the SSND design contest winners!

F has won another handful of design awards in SSND's 23rd annual College News Design Contest.