SAIC 2013 Commencement Ceremony
The Commencement Ceremony for the class of 2013 will be held on Saturday, May 18 at 10:30 a.m. at Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion.
This year’s Commencement speaker is acclaimed American actor, playwright, and professor Anna Deavere Smith. Along with architect Jeanne Gang and artist Joe Zucker (BFA 1964, MFA 1966), Deavere Smith will receive an honorary doctorate from SAIC to recognize her achievements and commitment to the arts.
Following the Commencement Ceremony, there will be a reception with light snacks and champagne at the Graduate Exhibition in the Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State St., 7th floor. Commencement tickets are required for admission.
http://www.saic.edu/lifeatsaic/commencement/
To watch a live stream of the ceremony tomorrow, go to http://www.ustream.tv/embed/11061085?v=3&wmode=direct
TODAY!! All School BBQ
Thursday, May 9, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Due to rain, BBQ to be held in MacLean Ballroom
112. S. Michigan Ave.
Join Campus Life for the All School BBQ for fun barbecue fare such as hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, and more (vegan options available)! This annual SAIC tradition is a festive way to end the spring semester!
CHICKEN + WAFFLES + BINGO!!!!!!! Thursday night hosted by SAIC Student Government. Come relax, eat, and win some prizes!
Wednesday May 1st at 4:15 in MC707!
Join Gabriella Brown, Alexandria Eregbu, and Rashayla Brown in a student-led conversation about diversity, identity politics, and power and inequality and how they pertain to our practices and student life at SAIC.
This conversation was inspired by the recent buzz on campus around issues pertaining to diversity and the “Controversy, Community, and Curriculum” panel that was held in the Neiman Center April 10th.
This is an excellent opportunity to connect with students and faculty who are interested in having these conversations. We will be organizing a new critique and studio visit group and discussing ways to sustain a community of students and faculty in Chicago.
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Workshops to help you get started
Events are free and open to all degree-seeking SAIC students and alumni.
SPB presents: Drag Show
Tuesday, April 30, 4:30 p.m.
MacLean Ballroom
112 S. Michigan Ave.
The Student Programming Board is proud to present SAIC’s First Annual Spring Drag & Burlesque Show. This event is designed to promote student performance and creative expression, while also serving to celebrate the diversity of gender and identity expression at SAIC. Come be a part of a new SAIC tradition!
Featuring Guest Performers:
Precious Jewel (Host)
Mister Junior (Vaudezilla member and SAIC alumnus)
RedRum (SAIC Fashion Administrative Director, Michelle Maynard)
Undergraduate Performance Festival
Saturday, April 20, 7:00 p.m.
SAIC Performance Space
280 S. Columbus Dr.
Featuring work by: Justus Harris, Courtney Mackedanz, and Emily Cruz Nowell
Guest MCs: Mitsu Salmon and Keijaun Thomas
Please mark your calendars and join us for SAIC’s Undergraduate Performance Festival. Admission is free and open to the public.
Click here for more information or call 312.629.6635
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Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award! Nominate your favorite faculty on Engage SAIC by Saturday April 20th, 2013.
https://engage.saic.edu/form/start/20160
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Spring Art Sale
Friday, April 19, 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 20, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
MacLean Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave.
The Spring Art Sale is sponsored by Campus Life. All work at the Spring Art Sale is created by current SAIC students. Stay Connected! Be sure to get updates about annual art sale information by joining our Campus Life Facebook page facebook.com/saiccampuslife and Twitter feed @saiccampuslife.
The annual Spring Art Sale is an excellent opportunity for students to show and sell their work, as well as network with many people from the Chicago arts community. Participating students receive the majority of their total sales. Campus Life collects a small commission on all work sold at the art sales in order to fund the cost of advertising and operating the events.
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BAVCS/BFA Thesis Symposium - Saturday, April 20th 10:30-4:45
The Art Institute of Chicago
Stock Exchange and Trading Room FREE! OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Featuring the work of:
10:30AM: an indefinite limit
-Tara Plath
-Michael Carrig
-Ivan Gaytan
-Courtney Mackedanz
-Amara Leipzig
-Shreya Sethi
12 Noon: From Tech2u
-Sam Doerge
-Eric Davis
-Quinn Keaveney
-Vincent Uribe
-Justus Harris
-Kekeli Sumah
1:30PM: Experienced Histories
-Kaitlin Murphy
-Katie McCarty
-Stephanie McNeal
-Elliott Mickleburgh
-Heather Piper
3:00PM: Subgestion: Nonsense, Control, Narrative, Absorption
-Joshua Rogin
-Sara Van De Walle
-Chloe Chu
-Karin Kuroda
-Blake Daniels
-Hiba Ali
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Low-Residency MFA
In the summer of 2014 SAIC will welcome its first class of artists, historians, curators, and writers pursuing an MFA in the newest element of SAIC’s prestigious graduate fine arts program: the Low-Residency MFA. The three-year program is shaped around the evolving needs of 21st-century artists and writers—those creators on the move, applying multiple strategies not specific to any one medium, method, or environment.
Students will participate in three, six-week consecutive summer residencies at SAIC; fall and spring independent study sessions, including regular consultation with SAIC alumni advisors in students’ geographic locations; remote instruction made possible through online delivery systems; international study trips to sites of art historical importance; and a final exhibition in which significant thesis projects and their written accompaniments will be presented to the public.
Students will receive individualized attention relevant to their specific area of concentration from a diverse and deep roster of core faculty members, SAIC alumni advisors, and visiting artists from a wide range of backgrounds. Visiting artists for Summer Session 2014 already include Joseph Grigely, Kira Lynn Harris, Glenn Ligon, Josiah McElheny, Lynne Tillman, and Wu Tsang.
Directed by Gregg Bordowitz, faculty member in SAIC’s Film, Video, New Media, and Animation department, SAIC’s new Low-Residency MFA program represents the next step forward for SAIC and an opportunity to expand SAIC’s global reach. By educating contemporary artists and scholars in a flexible environment that challenges students to think critically and develop a research-based practice, the Low-Res MFA program will equip students with all the necessary skills and knowledge to develop their own methodology for production and distribution in an ever-changing art world.
I invite you to learn more about SAIC’s Low-Res MFA at saic.edu/lowres.
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Crossing the Palisades is a group exhibition featuring graduating artists from the class of 2013. The exhibition is curated by Vincent Uribe—a member of SAIC Student Government and takes place on the 12th floor of the historic Sullivan Center within the student services area. Placing work throughout the interior that houses the student services offices pushes the paradox of the emerging artist exhibiting in the often more closed off spaces that make up upper level administration. Crossing the Palisades highlights the artists most recent accomplishments while confronting the challenges of entering the “real world” in order to become financially stable, at the same time maintaining the balance of a studio practice. This exhibition runs until May 10th and features the work of
Alli Rooney
Ashlee Mays
Brittni Hessler
Carson Hoerz
Cody Tumblin
Connor Creagan
Ian Miyamura
Isabella Kendrick
Jena-Marie Gardner
Julia Cuddy
Kayl Parker
Liana Jegers
Nina Palomba
Nuri Kim
Sarah Malorie
Stephanie Cristello
Tim Mann
William James Thurman
Zeke Raney
Opening reception April 2nd
4:30-6pm in 1203J
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Student Government Election Voting–Ends Friday!
VOTE TODAY! Learn about the 2013–14 Student Government candidates and vote for your student representatives. Vote on EngageSAIC (follow link on homepage) for SAICSG 2013–14. Voting ends tomorrow (Friday, March 29).
Election Results will be announced on March 30.
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Award recognizes degree-seeking students who continue their education at SAIC and whose work exemplifies being both an artist and a leader.The scholarship is up to $500. Students interested in applying can self-nominate by submitting an application on SAIC Student Government’s EngageSAIC. Applications are due Monday, April 8 by 4:30 p.m. Award winners will be announced at the 19th Annual Leadership Dinner on Friday, April 26.
https://engage.saic.edu/organization/saicsg/availableforms
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WAVELENGTHS: IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
Image from View From the Acropolis (Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan, 2012). Courtesy of the artists and Motive Gallery.
WAVELENGTHS: IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
Thursday, March 21, 6:00 p.m.
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St., Chicago, IL
312.846.2600
Curator Andréa Picard in person
Named for but also infinitely inspired by Michael Snow’s 1967 masterpiece, Wavelength, the Toronto International Film Festival’s avant-garde program presents films and videos that defy convention, suggest alternate ways of thinking, and sometimes re-emerge from a distant past in order to comment on the present. Curated by Andréa Picard, who has organized Wavelengths since 2006, this program is a Wavelengths compendium featuring a number of works from the 2012 line-up (including Nathaniel Dorsky’s August and After, Ernie Gehr’s Auto-Collider XV, and Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan’s View from the Acropolis which were all cited in the New York Times’ best films of the year wrap-up and screen as Chicago premieres) and highlights from previous editions, including a 35mm restored print from La Cinémathèque Française of Henri Storck’s too-rarely seen 1929 Surrealist gem, Pour vos beaux yeux. Blinking is not encouraged!
1929-2012, multiple directors, multiple countries, various formats, ca. 71 minutes + discussion
ANDRÉA PICARD (b. 1977, Toronto, Canada) is a film curator and writer based in Toronto and Paris. For twelve years she was a member of the programming department at TIFF Cinematheque (née Cinematheque Ontario) and has been curating Wavelengths, the Toronto International Film Festival’s celebrated avant-garde series, since 2006. She also writes the “Film/Art” column forCinema Scope magazine.
CATE is organized by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Video Data Bank.
Visit our website for links to videos of previous CATE artists, guest bios, interviews, and links to articles. “Like” us on Facebook!
Upcoming Programs
3/28—L.A. REBELLION (with filmmakers Ben Caldwell, Barbara McCullough, and O.Funmilayo Makarah in person. Introduced by co-curator Jacqueline Stewart)
4/4—Hannes Schüpbach: Spin/Verso/Contour (appearing in person)
4/11—An Evening with Rosa Barba (appearing in person)
4/18—Eric Fleischauer and Jason Lazarus: twohundredfiftysixcolors (appearing in person)
Location and Tickets
Programs take place Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.), unless otherwise noted.
CATE is FREE to SAIC students with a valid student ID. Tickets are $11 for the general public, $6 for Film Center members, $7 for students, and $4 for SAIC faculty and staff and Art Institute of Chicago staff.
Any person with a disability who would like to request an accommodation for this program should contact the Disability and Learning Resource Center at dlrc@saic.edu or 312.499.4278 as soon as possible to allow adequate time to make proper arrangements.
