F Newsmagazine - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Art, Culture, and Politics

Nicole Nelson

Reframing Ourselves

“Police and Thieves” at the Hyde Park Art Center questions the nature of identity and labels.

Brave New World

Guy Tillim’s images of post-colonial Africa and artist duo Kahn & Selesnick’s futuristic visions turn the Museum of Contemporary Photography into a portal to new worlds.

Giving Back to SAIC

With the current economic crisis, it has become increasingly important for schools to raise funds to help offset these costs through scholarships, grants, and other much-needed forms of aid.

SAIC Student Telefund

SAIC students call alumni to generate funds and forge connections.

Ray Yoshida at Sullivan Galleries

“Touch and Go” examines Yoshida’s evolution as an artist, the influence of his teachers and contemporaries, and his own role as a mentor.

Joseph G. Cruz at SUGs

Theatrical lighting, ribbons, and an audio track that alternates between bird cries and silence have transformed the LG Space of Student Union Galleries into a place where perception, myth, nature, and science collide.

Let Darkness Reign

Devoid of the lightness and color found in Impressionism, Darkness Revisited presents a different view of late 19th- century art, with prints, etchings, photographs, and sculptures that are heavy, dark, and melancholic.

A Chicago Icon Makes a Comeback

“The ‘new’ windows are beautiful, celebratory — very experiential and atmospheric — all qualities that visitors will appreciate when they see the new presentation.”

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