Spring 2017 end-of-year events

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
36 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL 60603

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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) celebrates our talented students completing their undergraduate and graduate degrees this spring. SAIC invites you to take part and enjoy these not-to-be-missed year-end thesis exhibitions and presentations. All events are free and open to the public.

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BFA show
March 11–31
Reception: March 11, noon–6pm
Sullivan Galleries
33 S. State St., 7th floor, New York
More than 300 talented SAIC students completing undergraduate degrees exhibit their innovative work. SAIC promotes crossing disciplines and challenging received assumptions, and the results of this approach are showcased in this exhibition.

How to Get Read: Master of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies symposium and exhibition
March 3–April 1

ARTBASH: Contemporary Practices exhibition
April 7–21
Reception: April 7, 4:30–6pm
The LeRoy Neiman Center, 37 S. Wabash Ave.
This exhibition includes juried works, faculty selections, and site-specific installations by first-year undergraduate students in the Contemporary Practices program. During the opening reception, Contemporary Practices will also present Inter-Action, a showcase of live performance and ephemeral works; Black Box, featuring linear time-based video work; and Expanded Cinema, featuring GIFS, 3D mapping, web-based games, sounds works, and video designed for looping.

ARTBASH 48.24.12 screening
April 8, noon–2pm
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St.
This video premiere features screenings of entries in the 48.24.12 Video Contest, which challenges first-year undergraduate students to shoot and edit a winning video in just 48 hours. A live jury will announce the winning team at the screening.

Undergraduate Performance festival 
April 8
SAIC Performance Space
280 S. Columbus Dr., room 012
Undergraduate students completing their degree in Performance present their thesis work which blurs the boundaries between theater, movement, and the visual arts.

Historic Preservation symposium
April 20, 5:15pm
The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S. Wabash Ave.

Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies symposium
April 29, 10am–4pm
SAIC Ballroom
112 South Michigan Ave.

MFA Show
April 29–May 17
Reception: April 28, 7–9pm
Sullivan Galleries
33 S. State St., 7th floor
The MFA Show is the culminating public presentation of more than 115 MFA candidates’ new and ambitious work. Students work for more than six months with three guest curators and 12 graduate curatorial assistants to envision the exhibition, an approach that allows for dialogue, process, and collaborative decision-making among the curatorial teams and artists.

Fashion 2017 
May 5
Venue Six10 at the Spertus Institute
610 S. Michigan Ave.
Fashion 2017 is a cutting-edge runway show featuring senior collections and a one day exhibition of selected sophomore, junior, and post-baccalaureate work exhibited throughout one of Chicago’s most architecturally significant buildings.

IMPACT Graduate Performance Festival
May 6–7
SAIC Performance Space
280 S. Columbus Dr., room 012

Film, Video, New Media, Animation, and Sound Festival 
May 8, 10, 11, and 12
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St.

SAIC Apprentice Teacher presentations
May 9 and May 11, 5:30–8:30pm
Sharp Building
37 S. Wabash Ave., rooms 402, 403, and 404

Department of Art Education George Roeder Master’s symposium
May 10, 9am–5pm
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St.

Master of Arts in Art Therapy exhibition and thesis presentations
May 13, 1–4:30pm
Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Bachelor of Fine Arts Writing program reading 
May 13, 5–8pm
The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S. Wabash Ave.
Students graduating from the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing program read, perform, and otherwise present their work in traditional as well as hybrid and experimental forms, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, electronic media, and performance.

Post-Baccalaureate studio salon
May 13–15
Reception: May 13, 4–7pm
MacLean Center
112 S. Michigan Ave., floors 12, 16, and 17

Design Show 2017
May 13–30
Reception: May 13, 6–8pm
Block 37
108 N. State St., 3rd floor
Graduate work in Architecture, Interior Architecture, Designed Objects, and Fashion Design are featured during this show.

Master of Arts in Arts Administration and Policy Symposium
May 14, 1–4pm
The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S. Wabash Ave.

MFA Writing program reading
May 16, 4:30–7:30pm
SAIC Ballroom
112 S. Michigan Ave.
Graduating students from the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program read selections from their work. This surprising evening includes, but is not limited to, fiction, nonfiction, and text off the page. Discover what writing becomes when students adapt the practices of their studio artist peers.

Low-Residency MFA show
July 14–30
Reception: Thursday, July 13
Sullivan Galleries
33 S. State St., 7th floor

About the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranked as a top program in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, and LeRoy Neiman. For more information, please visit saic.edu.