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Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 9, 2021
Old Ways New Tools explores performance "beyond the rectangle"

SAIC's grad students control (and explode) the frame in an online performance festival.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, SAIC, SAIC Performance Studies, Old Ways New Tools, Thomas A. Jaremba, Roberto Sifuentes, Joshua Hoglund, Mark Jeffery, Tehching Hsieh, Corey Smith, Maria Plotnikova, Ále Campos, Guillermo Gómez-Peña

News & Politics, Feature Jan 6, 2021
Inside the fight for racial equity at SAIC

Current and former students, staff, and faculty at the top-ranked art school describe microaggressions, discrimination, and a failed anti-racism campaign.
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Feature, Education, Black Lives Matter, anti-racism, pandemic, covid-19, discrimination, SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Sep 2, 2020
Back to college in a pandemic

Faculty and staff unions question safety, while the future of higher ed gets murky.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC, COVID-19, UIC, University of Illinois at Chicago, colleges, universities, Martin Berger, Kathryn Schaffer, David Baker, America's Urban Campus, Education Issue

Music, Music Feature Jun 22, 2020
Video
Damon Locks’s greatest moment in Chicago music history

The founder of the Black Monument Ensemble still feels the ripples from Soul Train 50 years after its Chicago premiere.
- By Damon Locks and Ayana Contreras
- Tags: Music Feature, Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble, Exploding Star Orchestra, Trenchmouth, Eternals, Rob Mazurek, Soul Train, Wayne Montana, Fred Anderson, Peter Brötzmann, Where Future Unfolds, School of Visual Arts, SAIC, Year of Chicago Music, #ChiMusic35, Arts & Business Council of Chicago, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 18, 2020
Video
Drummer Jeremy Cunningham releases a dense but delicate jazz record to honor his late brother

Plus: The Black, Brown, and Indigenous Crew rocks the Vaginal Davis exhibit at the Art Institute, and Chicago songwriter Wyatt Waddell plays Behind the Scene at Schubas.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jeremy Cunningham, Resavoir, The Weather Up There, Jeff Parker, Paul Bryan, Josh Johnson, Northern Spy, Constellation, Mykele Deville, Akenya Seymour, Will Miller, Vaginal Davis, SAIC, School of the Art Institute, Black, Brown, and Indigenous Crew, BIPOC, Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room, Blacker Face, Breathing Light, Mermaid N.V., Uhuruverse, YGSLRHSTFUT, Wyatt Waddell, Schubas, Behind the Scene, Cyber Eyes, Video

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Dec 12, 2018
Inside SAIC’s Bio Art Lab, where art is life—literally

In a basement below Michigan Avenue, poetry turns into viruses and yeast into music.
- By Paul Dailing
- Tags: Art Feature, Bio Art Lab, School of the Art Institute, SAIC, bio art, David Hale, DNA, RNA, virus, E. coli, Em Adele Oppman, genetics, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., Eduardo Kac, Yutaka Makino, Anna Yu, Andrew Scarpelli, Lynika Strozier, microbiology, ChiTownBio, biotechnology, retrotech, kinetics, digital art, transgenics, amino acids

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Apr 25, 2018
The American dream, in frosting: the art of Yvette Mayorga

Do immigrants really find a better life in the U.S., or is it just a fantasia of prosperity full of barely concealed threats?
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Art Feature, Yvette Mayorga, American dream, Mexican immigrants, Mexican-American, immigration, U.S.-Mexico border, Really Safe in My Room, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC, border politics, Candy Land, Gallery 400, Out of Easy Reach, Allison Glenn, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hello Kitty, Selena, Moline, Jerez, confectionary, cake frosting, Chicago Artists Coalition, Bolt residency, Janine Mileaf, fiber and material studies, Monuments, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, sculpture, The Politics of Desire, Expo Chicago, High Maintainence, National Mexican Museum of Art

Blogs, Bleader Dec 4, 2017
Recycling your own wardrobe is the new shopping for this SAIC student

There are no regrets in Claire Wong's world of style.
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Arts, Style, fashion, Chicago street style, SAIC

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2017
SAIC fashion professor wears the same outfit every day

Abigail Glaum-Lathbury promotes conscious fashion with her unisex and multipurpose jumpsuit, a special edition of which will soon be made from discarded Ivanka Trump-brand garments.
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Arts, Style, fashion, Chicago street style, School of the Art Institute, SAIC, Make America Rational Again, MARA, Ivanka Trump, Sonnenzimmer, jumpsuit, unisex clothing, Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, Rational Dress Society

Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2017
At Expo Chicago, the locals hold their own

Chicago galleries stole the spotlight at Expo.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Arts, Visual Art, Expo Chicago 2017, EXPO CHGO, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Ceclia Iwata, Roger Brown, Luftwerk, Petrqa Bachmaier, Sean Gallero, Chicago Artists Coalition, CAC, Teresa E. Silva, Yvette Mayorga, SAIC, Emilio Rojas, Threewalls, Balas & Wax, Susy Bielak, Fred Schmalz, Nick Cave

Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2017
Some of the most stylish attendees at the SAIC 2017 fashion show

Street View, featuring fierce shoes and more
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Arts, Style, fashion, Chicago street style, SAIC Fashion 2017, SAIC, School of the Art Institute

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2017
Works by artist Candida Alvarez make an appearance at Comme des Garçons—and at the Cultural Center

The first major exhibit of paintings by SAIC painting and drawing professor Candida Alvarez, whose work also features in Comme des Garçons Fall 2017 collection, opens with a talk on Saturday.
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Arts, Style, fashion, Chicago Cultural Center, Candida Alvarez, SAIC, Commes des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo, camouflage, Terry R. Myers, Candida Alvarez: Here, painting exhibits, Claudia Cassidy Gallery

City Life, Holiday Gift Guide Nov 23, 2016
The best made-in-Chicago gift ideas for the holidays

Shop hyperlocal this season for everything from unorthodox games and Chicago-centric books to craft booze and high-design home goods.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Holiday Gift Guide, Gift guide, made in Chicago, Joe Mills, Michael Jordan, Mike Ditka, Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley, Chaka Khan, Oprah, Bill Murray, Muddy Waters, Harold Washington, Secret Hitler, Cards Against Humanity, Chicago Coloring Book, Towering Chicago, Chris Arnold, Katie Heupel, Women & Children First, Arts Club of Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago at 100: Art and Culture 1916-2016, University of Chicago Press, Maybe Sunday Collective, Art Institute of Chicago, Jason Guo, McKenzie Thompson, SAIC, Katherine Bernhardt, Brian Calvin, Zak Prekop, Chris Ware, neon sign, Chicago Cubs, World Series, Carolyn Hennes, Augustine's Spiritual Boutique, Dave Beltran, FeelTrip, Bae Cutler, Gramovox, Floating Record Vertical Turntable, Numero Group, Numero Group Factory Outlet, Still Music, Jerome Derradji, Past Due, Star Time, Larry Dixon, LAD Productions, Soulful Spades, Flowers for Dreams, Modern Sprout, Herb Essentials Garden Jar, Lincoln Park Zoo, Alexander Camelton, Makokomo, Ursli stool, Defy, Defender Workcase, Horween Leather Co., Chicago Comb Co., Epic Spices, Chicago Distilling Company, Beer Temple, World Beer Cup, Great American Beer Festival, Logan Square

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2016
Cheers Live, Expo Chicago, and more things to do in Chicago this week

"Underwater Vines," Throwing Shade, and more happenings from September 19-22
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, De Nue, SAIC, Punk Rock Double Madness, Emporium Arcade Bar, Underwater Vines, Handsome Family, Rennie Sparks, Cheers Live on Stage, Broadway Playhouse, Jonathan Safran Foer, Music Box, Expo Chicago, Navy Pier, Stacy Schiff, Newberry Library, Throwing Shade, Thalia Hall

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2016
SAIC students explore different kinds of blackness in 'De Nue'

A new exhibition intends to show that young black artists don't just want to be the next Kara Walker.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Arts, Race, Visual Art, De Nue, SAIC, Da'Niro Elle Brown, Itunuoluwa Ebijimi, Amina Ross, Derrick Woods-Morrow

Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2016
Naked Girls Reading, Science Fest, Fashion 16, BookCon, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Andersonville Wine Walk, Headsucker's Ball, and more happenings from May 13-15
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Unplugged: A Survivor's Story, Stage 773, Andersonville Wine Walk, In Fine Spirits, Swedish American Museum, Good Evening With Pat Whalen, Truman College, Uptown Saturday Nights, McGee's Tavern, Headsucker's Ball, BookCon, McCormick Place, Fashion 16, SAIC, Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago Science Fest, 1871, Naked Girls Reading, Studio L'Amour

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2016
Some standouts among the hodgepodge at SAIC's MFA show

This year's collection of graduate work doesn't indicate many positive things about SAIC's instruction, but it does host a couple promising artists.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Arts, Education, Visual Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC, MFA show, Orkideh Torabi, Robert Burnier

Arts & Culture, Art Review Mar 30, 2016
Recommended
Lee Godie, behind the photo-booth curtain

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outside Art highlights the self-portraits the street artist took at bus stations throughout the city.
- By Kate Sierzputowski
- Tags: Art Review, Lee Godie, Lee Godie: Portraits, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Roger Brown Study Collection, SAIC, Karen Patterson, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Feb 18, 2016
Garland Martin Taylor makes sculpture to stop the shooting

With Conversation Piece, the south-side artist delivers a monumental creative response to Chicago's gun violence.
- By Nissa Rhee
- Tags: Art Feature, Garland Martin Taylor, Conversation Piece, Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition, Garland Martin Taylor Sr., Bronzeville, Lake Meadows, McKinley Park, Hyde Park, Richard Hunt, Virginio Ferrari, Stephen Gazaway, SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, DuSable Museum of African American History, Henry Jackson Lewis, Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant for African-American, Mellon fellowship, University of Chicago, Cathy Cohen, Orlando Bagwell, Reginald Sanson

Arts & Culture, Art Review Feb 10, 2016
Recommended
'Monster Roster' confirms Chicago's significance in midcentury American art

A crucial era in local art history is on display at the Smart Museum.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Art Review, Monster Roster, Smart Museum of Art, Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago, John Corbett, Franz Schulze, Leon Golub, Seymour Rosofsky, Nancy Spero, Cosmo Campoli, Theodore Halkin, June Leaf, H.C. Westermann, Irving Petlin, George Cohen, Kathleen Blackshear, SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Jean Dubuffet, Robert Barnes, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
SAIC's sesquicentennial alumni show features work by Jeff Koons, Tony Tasset, Chris Ware, and more
- Tags: Fall Arts, Fall Preview 2015, SAIC, SAIC sesquicentennial alumni show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Civilization and Its Discontents, Scott Reeder, Tyson Reeder, Jeff Koons, Tony Tasset, Rashid Johnson, Rebecca Morris, Chris Ware, Amanda Ross-Ho, Angel Otero, Tony Lewis, Anya Davidson, Aspen Mays, Carrie Schneider, Zak Prekop, Golden Age

Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2015
Best of the SAIC 2015 fashion show

Street View featuring the SAIC 2015 fashion show
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, menswear, fashion show, SAIC, SAIC 2015, SAIC fashion, fashion, young designers, Chicago street style

Blogs, Bleader May 14, 2015
People watching at the SAIC 2015 fashion show

Street View featuring the attendees of the SAIC 2015 fashion show
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, menswear, spring, SAIC, SAIC 2015, The Walk 2015, Ikram Goldman, Diane Pernet, fashion, Chicago street style

Arts & Culture, Art Review Nov 24, 2014
Recommended
Trunk Show plasters artist-created bumper stickers to a gallery on wheels

A 1999 Ford Taurus serves as a vehicle for a curator couple's art shows.
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Art Review, Michael Milano for Trunk Show, Michael Milano, Trunk Show, Rogers Park, Suburban, Oak Park, Motor Gallery, South Loop, Jesse Malmed, Raven Falquez Munsell, 1999 Ford Taurus, Eric Fleischauer, SAIC, Jodie Mack, Doborah Stratman, Brandon Alvendia, Home Depot, Whole Food, Baltimore Alternative Art Fair, Stephanie Barber, Roots and Culture, Eric May, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2014
A look inside SAIC's Fashion Resource Center

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 226
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, SAIC, Fashion Resource Center, Chicago Ideas Week, fashion, Chicago street style

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