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 Web & Electronic • Graduate and

• LG Space
• Gallery X
• Rymer Gallery
• Sullivan Galleries
Other Spaces
(non-gallery)
• Other Spaces
The Video Hall (Sharp)
The Wall (Columbus)
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
Communications
• Digital Signage
• Portal | www.go.artic.edu
• SAIC website |
www.saic.edu
Media
• F Newsmagazine
• fnewsmagazine.com
• Gene Siskel Film Center
• New Blood Performance
Festival
• ExTV: Experimental
Television
• Free Radio SAIC
Year-End/Thesis
Exhibitions and
Programs
• Artbash
• AIADO Graduate Design
Exhibition
• Art Therapy Graduate
Exhibition
• Fashion Show
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
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
exhibitions-saic@saic.edu | 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 project-
based 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
exhibitions-saic@saic.edu | 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 Columbus Building #113
37 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 280. S Columbus Dr, Chicago IL
TUES - FRI 12:30 - 5:30 pm TUES - FRI 12:30 - 5:30 pm
SAT by appt. SAT 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
312.899.5131 312.857.7140
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

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 off-
campus 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
mryan3@saic.edu | exhibitionpractices@saic.edu
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
mfeerst@saic.edu
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
chamather@saic.edu
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
phopkin@saic.edu
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
tmartin@saic.edu
Fiber/Material Studies
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.

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
aholcomb@saic.edu
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
aboehme@saic.edu
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
jsmith12@saic.edu
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 on-
line 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 in-
fomation 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@saic-
media.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
F Newsmagazine | www.fnewsmagazine.com
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

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
jdestaubin@saic.edu
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, 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).

New Blood III: Third Annual Performance Festival

CONTACT: Trevor Martin
tmartin@saic.edu
APPLICATION: 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
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

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
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

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 pre-
determined 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
tmartin@saic.edu
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
tcashbaugh@saic.edu
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

Art Therapy Graduate Exhibition

Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603
CONTACT: Trevor Martin
tmartin@saic.edu
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
tcashbaugh@saic.edu
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
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
ngildart@saic.edu
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: Jeanne Long
312.443.3729
APPLICATION: Available at the Sullivan Galleries
DUE: 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
jdestaubin@saic.edu
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
pspence@saic.edu
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
fellowship_vap@saic.edu
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
tmartin@saic.edu
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
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.

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
events@saic.edu
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
jtakla@saic.edu
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
sugs@saic.edu
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
exhibitions-saic@saic.edu | 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 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.
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
mryan3@saic.edu
exhibitionpractices@saic.edu
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.