Exhibition And Other Media Opportunities

EXHIBITION & MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES AT SAIC 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. Current and additional information about proposals, submissions, and deadlines can be obtained directly from the galleries or administrative departments, or from the online exhibition resource center: www.exrx.blogspot.com

Galleries • LG Space

Web & Electronic Communications

• Gallery X

• Digital Signage

• Rymer Gallery

• Portal | www.go.artic.edu

• Sullivan Galleries

• SAIC website | www.saic.edu

Other Spaces (non-gallery) • Other Spaces

Media • F Newsmagazine • fnewsmagazine.com

The Video Hall (Sharp)

• Gene Siskel Film Center

The Wall (Columbus)

• New Blood Performance

Double Wedge (Sharp) Sonny’s Space (Columbus) • Departmental Spaces AIADO 12th Floor Fashion 7th Floor First Year Program Fiber/Material Studies • Columbus First Floor display cases • Siragusa Gallery • Flaxman Library • Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection

Festival • ExTV: Experimental Television

• Graduate and Undergraduate Exhibitions and Time Arts Events

Additional Opportunities • Career Services • Creativity in the Workplace • Gene Siskel Film Center, Gallery/Café • Nuveen Center for International Student Learning • Fellowship Competition • Off-Campus Exhibitions • Undergraduate Film/ Video Festival • Visiting Artists Program

• Free Radio SAIC

Year-End/Thesis Exhibitions and Programs • Artbash • AIADO Graduate Design Exhibition • Art Therapy Graduate Exhibition • Fashion Show

Special Events • Holiday Art Sale • Spring Art Sale • SAIC Student Lattice

Department of Exhibitions/ Exhibition Studies Office of Exhibition Practices

GALLERIES Sullivan Galleries Sullivan Building, 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Department of Exhibitions/Exhibition Studies 312.629.6635 [email protected] | www.saic.edu/exhibitions HOURS: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00a.m. - 6:00p.m. APPLICATION: Proposal forms on SAIC Exhibitions website (www.saic.edu/exhibitions) and on the portal (www.go.artic.edu, under Public Programs tab) 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 projectbased interdisciplinary exhibitions, performances, lectures, screenings, and readings.

Rymer Gallery 280 S. Columbus Drive, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Department of Exhibitions / Exhibition Studies 312.629.6635 [email protected] | www.saic.edu/exhibitions HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. APPLICATION: Proposal forms on SAIC Exhibitions website (www.saic.edu/exhibitions) and on the portal (www.go.artic.edu, under Public Programs tab) Rymer Gallery showcases the strength and diversity of the School’s programs, highlighting work from the departments and presenting special exhibitions.

Student Union Galleries (SUGs)



LG Space

Gallery X

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

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

CONTACT: HOURS: APPLICATION:

Michael X. Ryan, Faculty Advisor ([email protected]) 312.857.7140 (312.629.6532) [email protected] www.sugs.info | www.saic.edu/life/stud_org/galleries Tuesday – Friday, 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. proposal form on SUGs website

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.

OTHER SPACES (non-gallery) 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 offcampus projects as well.

Other Spaces The Video Hall

The Wall

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. Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash

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

Double Wedge Double display cases Sharp, 12th Floor, 37 S. Wabash

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

CONTACT: Office of Exhibition Practices (OExP) Michael X. Ryan, Director of the Exhibition Practices 312.899.1459 Office 312.629.6532 Director [email protected] | [email protected] www.exrx.blogspot.com APPLICATION: SAIC On-Campus proposal form on OExP website and on the portal (www.go.artic.edu, Services tab, Campus Activities channel) DUE: Ongoing



Departmental Spaces Many departments have hallways and cases available for the exhibition of student, staff or faculty. A couple of examples include 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, CONTACT: The host department directly

AIADO 12th Floor Sullivan Building, 33 S. State Street, hallway on 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Melanie Feerst 312.629.6650 [email protected] HOURS: Open during building hours APPLICATION: Available for sign up by professors in the AIADO Department

Ongoing - no formal proposal form

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

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

First Year Program Sharp building 37 S Wabash, Chicago IL 60603, third floor elevator lobby CONTACT: Paul Hopkin 312-899-5183 [email protected] HOURS: Open during building hours APPLICATION: Available for instructor and FYP student sign up through a formal proposal in the FYP office 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.

Columbus Building First Floor Display Cases 280 S. Columbus Drive, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Trevor Martin [email protected]

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

Siragusa Gallery 162 N. State Street Residence, 16th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601 CONTACT: Abigail Holcomb 312.629.6870 [email protected] HOURS: Open to residents and by appointment APPLICATION: Proposals accepted and reviewed each semester Supports residents by hosting rotating solo and group shows with work by students from both SAIC residence halls.

Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash Avenue, display cases on 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Doro Boehme 312.899.5097 [email protected] http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm4/index_jfabc.php?CISOROOT=/jfabc isplay cases rotate between solo and class exhibitions of artists’ books and D multiples.

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

Web & Electronic Communications 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 infomation 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 [email protected]. Group/Project Webspace- Class groups or special project initiatives can also request a group webspace. For more information contact [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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



[email protected]



Web and E-Communications

MEDIA F Newsmagazine | www.fnewsmagazine.com MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, #305, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Editors, student editorial board & designers [email protected] [email protected] www.fnewsmagazine.com APPLICATION: Contact editors about submission idea 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.

Gene Siskel Film Center ene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Theater 1 & 2, Chicago, IL 60601 G CONTACT: Jean de St Aubin 312.846-2076 [email protected] www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter APPLICATION: Available to graduating students in all departments 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, [email protected]) and the weekly series Conversations at the Edge curated by Amy Beste in the Department of Film, Video, and New Media ([email protected]).

New Blood III: Third Annual Performance Festival CONTACT: APPLICATION:

Trevor Martin [email protected] On the portal: www.go.artic.edu (Public Programs tab, Rymer Gallery channel)

Held at the DCA Studio Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center (www.dcatheater.org), this third annual juried event features new time-based works by SAIC students that blur the boundaries between theater, movement, audio, video and the visual arts.

ExTV Experimental Television

Locations: Website, Campus monitors, Undergraduate Film/Video Festival, CANTV, SAIC@iTunesU, and at various screenings and events. CONTACT: Staff Adviser: Lori Felker 312.345.3609 [email protected], [email protected] 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 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.

Free Radio SAIC MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Office: MI 1401 & Radio Booth: 1302C, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Staff Adviser: Lori Felker 312.345.3609 [email protected] | [email protected] | freeradiooutreach@ saic.edu www.freeradiosaic.org APPLICATION: Submission form at office or by email DUE: Ongoing, or per specific calls for submissions 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

YEAR-END / THESIS EXHIBITIONS & PROGRAMS Artbash Columbus Building, 280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Trevor Martin [email protected] 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.

Design Exhibition Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Todd Cashbaugh 312.629.6641 [email protected] 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 [email protected]

Art Therapy Graduate Exhibition Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Trevor Martin [email protected] 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

Fashion Show Sullivan Building, 33 S. State Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Dijana Granov 312.629.6725 dgranov@saic Annual BFA fashion show available for fashion majors only.

Graduate and Undergraduate Exhibitions and Time Arts Events 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]

FALL UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION ELIGIBILITY AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: BFA, BFAAH, BAVCS, BFAAE, BFAW, or BIA students completing degrees Fall 2009 or Winter 2009/2010 are ONLY eligible to apply for the Fall 2009 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 2009, Winter 2009/2010, Spring 2010, or Summer 2010) must apply for Spring Undergraduate Time Arts Events (Time Arts Events will not be offered in the Fall). Applications to participate in Spring 2010 Time Arts Events will be available during fall 2009 semester. Participation is optional, and not a degree requirement.

SPRING UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS, AND FILM, VIDEO, AUDIO PRESENTATIONS ELIGIBILITY AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: BFA, BFAAH, BAVCS, BFAAE, BFAW, or BIA students completing degrees Fall 2009, Winter 2009/10, Spring 2010, or have 6 or fewer credits to complete in Summer 2010. Students completing degrees in Fall/Winter 2009/2010 are eligible for Spring 2010 Time Arts Events, but are NOT eligible for the Spring 2010 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 ELIGIBILITY AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: MFA in Studio, MFA in Writing, Post Bacc in Studio, and Post Bacc in Writing students graduating Fall 2009, Winter 2009/10, Spring 2010, or have 6 or fewer credits to complete in Summer 2010. 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 Career Services



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

Creativity in The Workplace CONTACT: APPLICATION: DUE:

Jeanne Long 312.443.3729 Available at the Sullivan Galleries Ongoing

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.

Gene Siskel Film Center (Gallery / Café) 164 N. State Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601 CONTACT: Jean de St Aubin 312.846.2076 [email protected] www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter 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.

Nuveen Center for International Student Learning 162 N. State Street Residences, 16th Floor , Chicago, IL 60601 CONTACT: Patrick Spence 312.629.6870 [email protected] HOURS: Open to residents, or by appointment APPLICATION: Proposals submitted through Residence Hall Exhibitions ________________Committee Hosts rotating collaborative and internationally-inspired projects in office and hallway by students from both residence halls.

Fellowship Competition CONTACT:

Fellowship Coordinator’s Office: Visiting Artists Program, 37 S. Wabash Ave, Suite 1220 312.899.5185 [email protected] www.saic.edu/vap

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.

Off-Campus Exhibitions CONTACT:

Trevor Martin, Department of Exhibitions/Exhibition Studies [email protected]

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.

Undergraduate Film/Video Festival Office: MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, TV MI 1401 Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Director: Beth Capper Staff Adviser: Lori Felker 312.345.3609 [email protected] www.extvsaic.edu APPLICATION: Submission form on ExTV website/at office Dates will be posted around school and online for each 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.

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

SPECIAL EVENTS Holiday Art Sale | November 19-21, 2009 MacLean Center Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Jes Takla 312.629.6880 [email protected] 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 (November 19th). Attendees have the opportunity to buy original gifts of art created by students before the sale opens to the public on Friday November 20th. 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.

Spring Art Sale | April 9 & 10, 2010 MacLean Center Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Jes Takla (see above) 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. If admitted to the sale, there are follow up meetings and workshops in March required in order to participate. Contact Campus Life for more information.

SAIC Student Lattice LG Space, Sharp Building #220 B, 37 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago IL CONTACT:

Katherine Pill 312.899.5131 [email protected] www.sugs.info | www.saic.edu/life/stud_org/galleries

SUGs is pleased to introduced the SAIC Student Lattice, 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.

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

Office of Exhibition Practices Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd Floor, 220b, Chicago, IL 60603 CONTACT: Michael x. Ryan, Director 312.899.1459 Office 312.629.6532 Director [email protected] [email protected] www.exrx.blogspot.com 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. 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.



The Student Union Galleries (SUGs) Exhibitions Studies SAIC On-Campus Installation Proposals

THE ONLINE EXHIBITION RESOURCE CENTER:

www.exrx.blogspot.com Organized by the Office of Exhibition Practices, The Online Exhibition Resource Center organizes all of the SAIC’s exhibition spaces by location; including maps, photos and floorplans. Proposal forms, due dates, application tips and examples can be found here, in addition to current listings of exhibitions happening on and off campus.