SAIC Exhibition Resource Center

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There are numerous ways and places to exhibit your work on the SAIC campus. The following departments and resources are available to the students, faculty and staff of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Galleries

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Student Union Galleries (SUGs)

The Student Union Galleries (SUGs) program provides students of the School
of the Art Institute of Chicago with professional exhibition opportunities. All
aspects of each exhibition from selection to installation are produced by
students with the guidance of a faculty adviser. SUGs produces six full
exhibitions per semester between the two spaces run by the program.

CONTACT: Michael x. Ryan, Faculty Advisor (mryan3@saic.edu)
312.857.7140 (312.629.6532)
sugs@saic.edu
www.sugs.info | www.saic.edu/life/stud_org/galleries
HOURS: Tuesday – Friday, 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
APPLICATION: Proposal form on SUGs website

LG Space
Sharp Building #220 B
37 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago IL
TUES - FRI 12:30 - 5:30 pm
SAT by appt.
312.899.5131

Gallery X
Columbus Building #113
280. S Columbus Dr, Chicago IL
TUES - FRI 12:30 - 5:30 pm
SAT 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
312.857.7140

Sullivan Galleries

Located in the Sullivan Center, the historic site of Louis Sullivan’s masterpiece Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Building, the Sullivan Galleries offer extensive exhibition programming focused on visiting artists, curated exhibitions, and the innovative and experimental work of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s most advanced undergraduate and graduate students through curated and project-based interdisciplinary exhibitions, performances, lectures, screenings, and readings.

Sullivan Building, 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Department of Exhibitions/Exhibition Studies
312.629.6635
exhibitions-saic@saic.edu | www.saic.edu/exhibitions
HOURS: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00a.m. - 6:00p.m.
APPLICATION: On the Portal: go.artic.edu (Navigate to the “Apply for an
Exhibition” link on the “Community + Events” tab)

Betty Rymer Gallery

Rymer Gallery showcases the strength and diversity of the School’s programs,
highlighting work from the departments and presenting special exhibitions.
280 S. Columbus Drive, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60603

CONTACT: Department of Exhibitions / Exhibition Studies
312.629.6635
exhibitions-saic@saic.edu | www.saic.edu/exhibitions
HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
APPLICATION: On the Portal: go.artic.edu (Navigate to the “Apply for an
Exhibition” link on the “Community + Events” tab)

Non-gallery spaces

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Galleries are not the only exhibition spaces at the school. Many students make proposals to install artwork in hallways, outside spaces, public meeting rooms, or other unconventional places. The Office of Exhibition Practices reviews proposals and works with students and faculty to realize these projects in and around the school community and will work with students to facilitate off-campus projects as well.

The Video Hall
The Video Hall, located in the entrance way of the Sharp Building, provides an exhibition space to display film, video, and animation pieces as well as an opportunity to show static, 2-D and 3-D work digitally. Exhibiting artists are invited to use the surrounding walls in addition to the flat screens for their installations. Work shown rotates every 5 to 6 weeks. Located in the Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash.

Boomerang Space
Sharp Building, ground floor windows

C1 Display Cases
Columbus Drive, first floor

C2 Landing/Stairway
Columbus Drive, second floor

C2 Long Display Cases
Columbus Drive, second floor

C-Pit + Outside Spaces
Columbus Drive

The Wall
Large Facing Wall in Lobby of Columbus Building, 280 S. Columbus Dr.

Sonny’s Space
Walls in Cafeteria in 2nd Floor
of Columbus Building
Columbus, 280 S. Columbus Dr.

Off Campus Spaces
18 S. Wabash Pop-up Art Loop

CONTACT: Office of Exhibition Practices (OExP)
Michael x. Ryan, Director of the Exhibition Practices
312.899.1459 Office
312.629.6532 Director
mryan3@saic.edu | exhibitionpractices@saic.edu
www.saic.edu/oexp
DUE: Ongoing

Departmental Spaces

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Many departments have hallways and cases available for the exhibition of student, staff or faculty work. A couple of examples include the Film Video and New Media cases on the 4th floor of the Maclean Building and the Fiber and Material Studies display case on the 9th floor of the Sullivan Building. For more information about these opportunities, please contact the host department directly.

AIADO 12th Floor
Rotating exhibits of two weeks to two months in length. Open to exhibitions of class work curated by professors of the AIADO department, and under special circumstances for exhibitions outside the AIADO dept.

Sullivan Building, 33 S. State Street, hallway on 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Melanie Feerst
312.629.6650
mfeers@saic.edu
HOURS: Open during building hours
APPLICATION: Available for sign up by professors in the AIADO Department
Ongoing - no formal proposal form

Fashion 7th Floor
The Department of Fashion Design offers a unique window-like display space to exhibit student work through faculty curated shows. The space allows students to showcase their work to any visitor to the Department of Fashion Design.

Sullivan Building, 36 S. Wabash, case on 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Conrad Hamather
312.628.6710
chamather@saic.edu
HOURS: Open during building hours
APPLICATION: Available for professor and Post-Bac/Graduate Student sign up

Contemporary Practice
The First Year Program Display features an array of projects and approaches to art making ranging from the result of a simple class assignment to a curated group exhibition of the best art of the semester. We rely on a gallery display aesthetic as simple and direct as possible to support the endless variety of approaches our students engage.

Sharp building 37 S Wabash, Chicago IL 60603, 3rd & 12th floor elevator lobbies
CONTACT: Brooke Barnett
312-899-5180
bbarnett@saic.edu
HOURS: Open during building hours
APPLICATION: Available for instructor and FYP student sign up through a
formal proposal in the FYP office

Fiber/Material Studies
The Department of Fiber and Material Studies utilizes its display case to exhibit graduate student work and undergraduate work that faculty curate from their classes. The display changes weekly during the fall and spring semesters and allows graduate students to showcase their current work during the week when they present noon-hour lectures about their art practices.

Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash, case on 9th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Amy Honchell
312.899.7407
ahonch@saic.edu
HOURS: Open during building hours
APPLICATION: Available for Fiber and Material Studies professor
and Post-Bac/Graduate Student use

Siragusa Gallery
Supports residents by hosting rotating solo and group shows with work by students from both SAIC residence halls.

162 N. State Street Residence, 16th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
CONTACT: Shawna Jones
312.516.5490
sjones17@saic.edu
HOURS: Open to residents and by appointment
APPLICATION: Proposals accepted and reviewed each semester

Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection
Display cases rotate between solo and class exhibitions of artists’ books and multiples.

Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash Avenue, display cases on 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Doro Boehme
312.899.5097
aboehme@saic.edu
http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm4/index_jfabc.php?CISOROOT=/jfabc

Flaxman Library Exhibitions
Flaxman Library provides three flat cases near the elevators. Interior space of
each case is approximately 95.5” W x 22.5 “ D x 10.5” H. Three hall cases are
approximately 19” W x 31” H for flat works only. Exhibitions rotate every 2-4 weeks,
class work, artist books, and related art projects.

Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash Avenue, display cases on 6th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Jenn Smith
312.899.5097
jsmith12@saic.edu
http://libraryguides.saic.edu
HOURS: Open during regular library hours
APPLICATION: Faculty sponsor fills out the application form
DUE: Ongoing

Web & Electronic Communications

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Portal | go.artic.edu
Online gallery, artist profiles/blogs, and lecture podcasts for students, faculty, and alumni.

SAIC website | www.saic.edu
SAIC’s website provides students and faculty a venue to present their work through online galleries and profiles. Profiles are flexible and allow you to provide an online gallery of work, background image about yourself, your work and your experiences at SAIC as well as link to your personal webspace and blogs. In addition, departments collect work from students on a regular basis to include in departmental online portfolios. More information provided via the “Featured Artwork” channel on the portal’s home tab - click “submit your work or profile”

SAIC email/personal webspace accounts | @saic.edu
SAIC provides all students, faculty and staff an saic/artic online account. This account provides you a single login and password that enables you to connect to a number of\ services offered at SAIC including email and personal webspace.

Email- All students, faculty and staff affiliated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago receive an email account. All SAIC related e-communications are sent to this account only.

Webspace- personal web space provides 15 megabytes of web space on the ARTIC web server to all students, faculty and staff. Additional disk space can be requested by contacting Rae Ulrich at rulrich@saic.edu.

Group/Project Webspace- Class groups or special project initiatives can also request a group webspace. For more information contact rulrich@saic.edu. For more information regarding saic/artic online account services visit: https://startit.artic.edu/kb/artic/general/artic_overview.html

Digital Signage and eAdvertisement
SAIC has digital signage across its campus. This signage provides a list of the events taking place on campus on the current day and allows us to show advertisements for SAIC sponsored events, activities, and exhibitions. Student group/organization related e-adverts need to be submitted to the campus life office for posting. All other departments need to submit their e-advert posting request to onlineupdates@saicmedia.net. Please allow 2 days advance notice for posting. E-adverts will be posted no sooner than 2 weeks before a specified event.

Student Photo and Artwork Consent Forms
APPLICATION: Submission forms on SAIC portal:
www.go.artic.edu (under Home tab, Featured SAIC Artwork channel)
Contact for ALL of the above listed programs:
Sullivan Building, 36 S. State Street, 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Rae Ulrich
312.629.6131
rulrich@saic.edu
Web and E-Communications

Media

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F Newsmagazine | www.fnewsmagazine.com
What happens when one of the country’s leading art schools puts out a student newspaper? F Newsmagazine consistently wins the major college journalism awards and each month 6,000 copies are distributed free at colleges, cafés, bookstores, record stores, galleries, and art supply stores at over 150 locations throughout Chicago. In tandem with the print edition the web edition can be found at fnewsmagazine.com, with web exclusive articles, reviews, MP3 interviews, film clips and much more. The editors want articles about people, events, issues of interest to the school community--articles about the school, art, culture and politics. The print edition publishes monthly, the web edition has new material weekly, and both welcome letters to the editor.

MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, #305, Chicago, IL 60603

CONTACT: Editors, student editorial board & designers
editors@fnewsmagazine.com
webeditor@fnewsmagazine.com
www.fnewsmagazine.com

APPLICATION: Contact editors about submission idea

Gene Siskel Film Center
For over 30 years, the Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has presented world-class independent, international, and classic cinema. Renamed in honor of the late film critic in 2000, the Gene Siskel Film Center presents approximately 1,500 screenings and 100 guest artist appearances a year to over 65,000 film enthusiasts at its unique, sophisticated, modern facilities, which have been operating since June 2001 at 164 N. State St. The Gene Siskel Film Center hosts the annual Spring BFA/MFA thesis screenings (contact Todd Cashbaugh, tcashbaugh@saic.edu) and the weekly series Conversations at the Edge curated by Amy Beste in the Department of Film, Video, and New Media (abeste@saic.edu).

Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Theater 1 & 2, Chicago, IL 60601
CONTACT: Jean de St Aubin
312.846-2076
jdestaubin@saic.edu
www.siskelfilmcenter.org

APPLICATION: Available to graduating students in all departments

New Blood IV: Fourth Annual Performance Festival
To be held in Fall 2010, this fourth annual juried event will feature new time-based works by SAIC students that blur the boundaries between theater, movement, audio, video and the visual arts. Applications will be available in early Fall 2010.

CONTACT: Trevor Martin
tmartin@saic.edu

APPLICATION: On the portal: www.go.artic.edu (Navigate to the “Apply for an
Exhibition” link on the “Community + Events” tab)

ExTV Experimental Television
ExTV is The School of the Art Institute’s student-run broadcast platform that showcases the challenging and engaging work of SAIC students, faculty, staff and alumni. Our mission is to offer a variety of continual and exciting opportunities for members of the community to show, share, and curate time-based work of all genres. ExTV is always accepting submissions to be added to our programs. In addition, ExTV posts specific calls for entries, conducts a time-based art exchange with other schools, supports SAIC community events, and collaborates with Visiting Artists. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to submit work or volunteer.

Locations: Website, Campus monitors, Undergraduate Film/Video Festival, CANTV,
SAIC@iTunesU, and at various screenings and events.
Office: MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Office: MI 1401

CONTACT: Staff Adviser: Lori Felker 312.345.3609
extv@saic.edu, outreach@saic.edu
www.extvsaic.org

APPLICATION: Artist agreements, job applications, festival submission forms
all available on website: extvsaic.org. Drop off box at office.
DUE: Work accepted on a continual basis
SCHEDULE: On-going. And look for Undergraduate Film/Video Festival
Submission times

Free Radio SAIC
Free Radio SAIC is our student-run internet radio station, broadcasting daily to a global audience. The station uses an open format, meaning individual DJs program the content of their shows according to their own interests, without the predetermined formats used by most college stations. Free Radio also airs lectures, performances, class audio projects, and other material generated by the School community. Free Radio SAIC is eclectic and unconventional, engaging radio with listeners tuning in from around the world. All SAIC students, faculty, staff, and alumni can become Free Radio SAIC DJs. Listen to Free Radio SAIC on the Internet at www.freeradiosaic.org

MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Office: MI 1401 & Radio Booth: 1302C,
Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Staff Adviser: Lori Felker
312.345.3609
freeradio@saic.edu | freeradiopromo@saic.edu | freeradiooutreach@
saic.edu
www.freeradiosaic.org

APPLICATION: Submission form at office or by email

DUE: Ongoing, or per specific calls for submissions

Year-end/Thesis Exhibitions & Programs

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Artbash
Artbash is the culminating event of the First Year Experience at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This exhibition and related programs, presented throughout the School’s 280 S. Columbus Drive building, is co-curated by students and faculty. It presents a dynamic selection of conceptually and contextually engaged works through varied singular and trans-disciplinary forms. All exhibited works are created in courses taught as part of the First Year Experience.

Columbus Building, 280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Trevor Martin
tmartin@saic.edu

Design Exhibition
The Design Exhibition features works by graduate students completing degree requirements in Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects at SAIC. For more information, please contact Todd Cashbaugh at tcashbaugh@saic.edu

Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Todd Cashbaugh
312.629.6641
tcashbaugh@saic.edu

Art Therapy Graduate Exhibition
The Art of Connection exhibition showcases artwork by graduate art therapy students and the people they work with at their internships sites. Artwork in the show reflects the varied settings, populations, and practices of art therapy, and represents a culmination of the Master of Arts in Art Therapy program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. For more information about the program, visit www.saic.edu/arttherapy

Betty Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Trevor Martin
tmartin@saic.edu

Fashion Show
Annual BFA fashion show available for fashion majors only.

Sullivan Building, 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Amy Dane
312.629.6713
adane@saic.edu

Graduate and Undergraduate Exhibitions and Time Arts Events
Graduate and Undergraduate Exhibitions and Time Arts Events feature works by students completing studio degree requirements at SAIC. For more information, please contact Todd Cashbaugh at tcashbaugh@saic.edu

Sullivan Galleries: 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor, Chicago. IL 60603
Performance Space: 280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago IL 60603
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N. State Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
CONTACT: Todd Cashbaugh
312.629.6641
tcashbaugh@saic.edu

Graduate and Undergraduate Exhibitions and Time Arts Events
Graduate and Undergraduate Exhibitions and Time Arts Events feature works by students completing studio degree requirements at SAIC. For more information, please contact Todd Cashbaugh at tcashbaugh@saic.edu

Sullivan Galleries: 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor, Chicago. IL 60603
Performance Space: 280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago IL 60603
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N. State Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
CONTACT: Todd Cashbaugh
312.629.6641
tcashbaugh@saic.edu

FALL UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION
2010 ELIGIBILITY AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
BFA, BFAAH, BAVCS, BFAAE, BFAW, or BIA students completing degrees Fall 2010 or Winter 2010/2011 are ONLY eligible to apply for the Fall 2010 Undergraduate Exhibition. Students may participate in the Fall Undergraduate Exhibition or in a Time Arts Event, but not in both. Undergraduate students who plan to participate in a Time Arts Event (regardless of graduation date being Fall 2010, Winter 2010/2011, Spring 2011, or Summer 2011) must apply for Spring Undergraduate Time Arts Events (Time Arts Events will not be offered in the Fall). Applications to participate in Spring 2011 Time Arts Events will be available during the Fall 2010 semester. Participation is optional, and not a degree requirement.

SPRING UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS, AND FILM, VIDEO, AUDIO PRESENTATIONS
2011 ELIGIBILITY AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
BFA, BFAAH, BAVCS, BFAAE, BFAW, or BIA students completing degrees Fall 2010, Winter 2010/11, Spring 2011, or have 6 or fewer credits to complete in Summer 2011. Students completing degrees in Fall/Winter 2010/2011 are eligible for Spring 2011 Time Arts Events, but are NOT eligible for the Spring 2011 Undergraduate Exhibition. BFA, BFAAH, BAVCS, BFAAE, BIA students may participate in the exhibition, OR in a time arts event, but not both. BFAW students may participate in the BFAW reading event, and ONE of the following: 1). A time arts event (film, video, audio OR performance presentations), OR 2). The exhibition Participation is optional, and not a degree requirement.

GRADUATE EXHIBITION, PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS, AND FILM, VIDEO, AUDIO PRESENTATIONS
2011 ELIGIBILITY AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
MFA in Studio, MFA in Writing, Post Bacc in Studio, and Post Bacc in Writing students graduating Fall 2010, Winter 2010/11, Spring 2011, or have 6 or fewer credits to complete in Summer 2011. MFA in Studio students completing MFA in Studio programs are required to present a final project in the graduate exhibition, or in a time arts event to complete their thesis requirement. A presentation in a public venue outside of SAIC may also fulfill the thesis requirement with prior approval from the Dean of Graduate Studies. Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Certificate students are invited to present their work in the graduate exhibition, or in a time arts event. Participation is optional, and not a degree requirement. MFA in Writing & Post-Baccalaureate in Writing students are required to submit a written thesis. In addition, MFAW and Post-Bacc in Writing students may choose to participate in the MFAW reading event, the MFAW publication, and ONE of the following: 1). A time arts event (film, video, audio OR performance presentations), OR 2). The exhibition NOTE: MFA in Writing & Post Baccalaureate in Writing students are required to complete at least six studio credits in order to participate in the exhibition, or in Time Arts Events.

Additional Opportunities

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Career Services
Career Services has extensive resources that include job listings, as well as exhibition, grant, and residency opportunities. Use our opportunities database, SAIC Launch, to search for jobs, competitions and volunteer opportunities. We also provide assistance with funding research and applications, as well as help with graduate school applications. Nancy Gildart is SAIC’s Fulbright Program Advisor and also advises students applying to other important fellowships. Career Services offers one-on-one advising on career strategies, professional materials (including artists’ statements, project proposals, etc.), résumés, funding, and other related issues. We also present workshops on job search strategies, college teaching and sponsor a fall networking event and a colloquium on exhibition practice, as well as fellowship preparation workshops and workshops for graduating students.

Room 1204, Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash
CONTACT: Nancy Gildart
312.629.6820
ngildart@saic.edu
www.saic.edu/careers
HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m.

Creativity in The Workplace
Open call for submissions, applications reviewed each month. Throughout the academic year, the Department of Exhibitions/Exhibition Studies, in association with the Office of Development, helps coordinate special exhibitions hosted by organizations outside of the School. Past exhibitions have been presented at Synovate, the Corner Bakery, and Clune Construction. Art works are selected by jury from documentation submitted for consideration in these shows. These venues feature works by students of the School and are a unique way to reach a diverse audience. Typically, an honorarium is paid to the artists selected. For more information, or to place your documentation on file for future juries, please contact Jeanne Long, Associate Director of Special Exhibitions.

CONTACT: Jeanne Long
312.443.3729
APPLICATION: www.saic.edu/webspaces/portal/rymer/workplace.html
DUE: Ongoing

Gene Siskel Film Center (Gallery / Café)
Gene Siskel Film Center’s Gallery/Cafe enhances the film going experience with an array of film-related exhibitions. Many exhibits are specifically curated with various departments at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to thematically support current film festivals or retrospectives.

164 N. State Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
CONTACT: Jean de St Aubin
312.846.2076
jdestaubin@saic.edu
www.siskelfilmcenter.org

Fellowship Competition
Each Spring, the Visiting Artists Program oversees the Fellowship Competition. Graduating students are invited to compete for monetary awards that are juried by a panel of distinguished curators and critics. The deadline for application is at the end of the spring semester. Fellowship Competition workshops are presented by Career Development throughout the academic year.

CONTACT: Fellowship Coordinator’s Office:
Visiting Artists Program, 37 S. Wabash Ave, Suite 1220
312.899.5185
fellowship_vap@saic.edu
www.saic.edu/vap

Nuveen Center for International Student Learning
Hosts rotating collaborative and internationally-inspired projects in office and hallway by students from both residence halls.

162 N. State Street Residences, 16th Floor , Chicago, IL 60601
CONTACT: Patrick Spence
312.629.6870
pspence@saic.edu
HOURS: Open to residents, or by appointment
APPLICATION: Proposals submitted through Residence Hall Exhibitions Committee

Undergraduate Film/Video Festival
This is a biannual film/video festival created to enrich the SAIC community and create a positive, engaging screening opportunity for undergraduate students. The festival is sponsored by ExTV, the Student Association, the FVNM Department, the Experimental Film Society, and Eye + Ear Clinic.

Office: MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, TV MI 1401 Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Director: Beth Capper
Staff Adviser: Lori Felker
312.345.3609
outreach@saic.edu
www.extvsaic.edu
APPLICATION: Submission form on ExTV website/at office
Dates will be posted around school and online for each festival.

Off-Campus Exhibitions
Many faculty and students develop projects for production outside of the School’s buildings. Any public exhibition that bears the School’s name should be vetted through the SAIC Department of Exhibitions.

CONTACT: For course-driven exhibitions:
Michael x. Ryan, Office of Exhibition Practices, mryan3@saic.edu
For all other exhibitions:
Trevor Martin, Department of Exhibitions/Exhibition Studies,
tmartin@saic.edu

Visiting Artists Program
The Visiting Artists Program introduces students and Chicago audiences to leading visual artists, critics and historians from around the world through lectures and occasional workshops and seminars. Visiting artists are often available for individual critiques with graduate students on the day following their lecture/presentation. Opportunities for individual critiques are on a first come/first serve basis. The program does not restrict critique slots based on discipline/media. Please check postings or call the Visiting Artists Program office to determine which artists are available for critiques. Sign up sheets are posted a week prior to the date for scheduled critiques and are located on the bulletin board at the Visiting Artists Program office in the Sharp building, Suite 1220. Announcements about critique opportunities are emailed to all saic email accounts. The Visiting Artists Program encourages all students to take advantage of its programming. Visiting Artists Program events are free to the School’s students, faculty, and staff with a current SAIC/AIC ID. Most take place at 6:00 p.m. in the SAIC Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Drive.

For more information on Visiting Artists Program presentations or individual critique opportunities, please call 312.899.5185, or visit the website.

37 S. Wabash Ave, Suite 1220, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Associate Director: Andrea Green
Program Coordinator: Jason Pallas
312.899.5185
events@saic.edu
www.saic.edu/vap
HOURS: Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Special Events

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Holiday Art Sale | November 19-20, 2010
Campus Life and the Student Association co-sponsor the Annual Holiday Art Sale in the MacLean Center Ballroom. In conjunction with the Holiday Art Sale, the President’s Council, the School’s premiere philanthropic society, and a committee of volunteer hosts the Holiday Art Sale Preview Party. Attendees have the opportunity to buy original gifts of art created by students before the sale opens to the public (date TBD). Participating students receive 85% of their total sales. SAIC’s Student Association collects a 15% commission on all works sold to support the Art Sale each year and to fund other projects and programs. Students are required to attend a mandatory informational meeting in September to submit an application. If admitted to the sale, there are follow up meetings and workshops in October required in order to participate. Contact Campus Life for more information.

MacLean Center Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Jes Takla
312.629.6880
jtakla@saic.edu

Spring Art Sale | April, 2011
Campus Life and the Student Association co-sponsor the Annual Spring Art Sale in the MacLean Center Ballroom, 112 South Michigan Avenue. The sale is open to the public. Participating students receive 85% of their total sales. SAIC’s Student Association collects a 15% commission on all works sold to support the Art Sale each year and to fund other projects and programs. Students are required to attend a mandatory informational meeting in February to submit an application.

MacLean Center Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Jes Takla
312.629.6880
jtakla@saic.edu

SAIC CRASH COURSE
SUGs is pleased to host the SAIC Crash Course, a new venture aimed at facilitating greater communication and networking between School of the Art Institute of Chicago students in both academic and applied art disciplines. The program consists of periodic mixer events, studio visits, and a community blog that includes a database of student work.

LG Space, Sharp Building #220 B, 37 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago IL
CONTACT: Ariel Pittman
312.899.5131
apittm@saic.edu
www.sugs.info | www.saic.edu/life/stud_org/galleries

CRASH COURSE: Sept. 16, Oct. 7, Dec. 2
PROJECT TALKS: Sept. 24 & Oct. 28
Time: 4:15-5:45pm
Place: LG Space

Department of Exhibitions / Exhibition Studies

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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago recognizes exhibition opportunities and public programming as an essential component of the educational experience of its students. Its Department of Exhibitions / Exhibition Studies serves to enrich and augment the academic curriculum through active discourse on issues and ideas in contemporary art.

Exhibitions are a primary forum for exchange: where the artist’s efforts meet an audience and, some would posit, where the work of art is completed. Exhibitions drive much of the art world. Even when artists find new, alternative, and avant-garde modes of presentation and making art, they often butt up against the edges of exhibition practice. Within the greater SAIC environment, exhibitions are undertaken not only within, but outside of our on-campus exhibition locations--around Chicago and in sites around the world. Exhibitions are learning opportunities, offering a tangible framework for students to imagine and see what they and others do--a place to experiment with ideas, and to deepen their understanding of their own art making as well as what arts does.

Exhibitions offer ways of thinking and seeing, as we ask: how can shows cultivate and sustain an artist’s practice? How are they occasions for presenting work made in the studio or making new art? How are shows organized? And more...

The Department of Exhibitions / Exhibition Studies coordinates programming in two campus spaces, the Sullivan Galleries and Rymer Gallery. In addition, the department hosts symposia, lectures, commissioned artists projects, performances, and screenings that occur both in Chicago and in other sites both nationally and internationally. For more information on current programming, visit www.saic.edu/exhibitions.

Exhibitions and Events Policy
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago retains the right to determine when, if, how long, and where artwork will be displayed for any School exhibition. The School retains the right to relocate or to remove any work from exhibition that may be in violation of the law, that may be hazardous to the health and/or safety of viewers or participants, or that may be disruptive to the educational process. All exhibitions, film screenings, performances, video presentations, lectures, or symposia, whether inside the School buildings or outside the School, must be approved by the Exhibitions Committee if the name of the School is to be involved and if the public will be viewing the exhibition/event (contact tmartin@saic.edu). The School of the Art Institute of Chicago supports the exhibition of student work as an integral component of a fine arts education and does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, color, creed, national origin, race, sex, or sexual orientation in its exhibition practices.

Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Department of Exhibitions / Exhibition Studies
312.629.6635
exhibitions-saic@saic.edu | www.saic.edu/exhibitions

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Navigate to the Office of Exhibition Practices website for current information.

Office of Exhibition Practices

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Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd Floor, 220b, Chicago, IL 60603

CONTACT:
Michael x. Ryan
312.899.1459
312.629.6532
mryan3@saic.edu
oexp@saic.edu

The Office of Exhibition Practices was created to provide an integrated academic and administrative unit responsible for developing and maintaining curriculum-based exhibition opportunities both in the School and the outside community. Exhibition Practices operates out of the Office of the Deans and Division Chairs and functions in coordination with the Department of Exhibitions/Exhibition Studies. Through these two departments, exhibitions and other public events engage students in continually rethinking the assumptions and practices that surround art and its presentation. To support this engagement, the Office of Exhibition Practices oversees the Student Union Galleries (SUGs), Exhibitions Studies, and On-Campus Installation Proposals for projects in non-gallery spaces.