The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s dynamic Master of Science in Historic Preservation is an all-encompassing program covering the areas of restoration design, materials conservation, ...

Animation is the presentation of a sequence of still images that create the illusion of movement. Artists have explored animation for hundreds of years from early motion-based cave drawings to ...

Program Highlights Workshops are led by a current AP* Art and Design teacher who was on the AP* Art and Design Development ...

To visitors, the Art Institute of Chicago is one of the world’s great galleries. Encompassing more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world, the museum contains more than ...

There is a tremendous amount of energy in a community of 900+ artists—new and continuing students—living together. Many of our students spend their first year thriving in the environment provided in ...

The Department of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is home to a diverse range of conceptual and material approaches to art-making. It is an open, pluralistic ...

SAIC’s Wellness Center provides empathic and compassionate support and care dedicated to ensuring that every SAIC student's experience is a successful one.

The Master of Design in Designed Objects (MDDO) is a professional degree program with a structured curriculum that offers students the critical skills to imagine and create meaningful design objects, ...

The possibilities of what you can study here are endless. With access to cutting-edge technology, world-renowned faculty, incredible resources, and a class of peers from around the globe, you'll have ...

Students come to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Art Education department to gain the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to manifest their deeply felt vocations as artists ...

Organized by the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in collaboration with the Siskel Film Center and the Video Data Bank, Conversations at the Edge is SAIC’s award-winning and ...

The Arts Administration and Policy department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is structured around the values of collaboration, creativity, experimentation, inclusion, critical ...