This presentation features the work of students completing the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Curated by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling class of 2021, Reconstructing Care challenges current paradigms of care within the field of art therapy and beyond. Care is conceptualized as a constantly evolving process, understood through resistance, access, amplification, community care, generational care, and self-care. As therapists entering the mental health field during a global pandemic, we examine the ways care has adapted to online platforms. We interrogate systems of care that perpetuate oppression in order to recenter marginalized voices and actively reimagine how we care for ourselves, our communities, and each other.

SAIC’s Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling exhibition originated in 1999 at the Roger Brown Study Collection. Previously referred to as The Art of Connection, recent cohorts have responded to and expanded on this title. In considering our own ethics of care, we have become the first cohort to make the conscious and collective decision not to include client artwork in our show. We strive to sustain a critical, intersectional, and reflexive practice.

Viewers are invited to investigate their own ideas of care as they access the exhibition online.

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SAIC students completing undergraduate degrees this spring exhibit their innovative work. SAIC promotes crossing disciplines and challenging assumptions, and the results of this approach are showcased in this exhibition. The exhibition can be viewed in person at the SAIC Galleries.

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The IMPACT Performance Festival showcases performance work by MFA and BFA students, who are completing their degrees in the SAIC class of 2021. This year, the festival will be presented virtually over the weekend of Saturday, April 17, and Sunday, April 18. The virtual festival is free and open to the public.

Each of four programs will be streamed as a live broadcast here. Additionally, viewers are invited below to join the official Zoom Watch Party to watch each program as part of a live zoom audience.

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Register for the Sunday watch party here.

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The 2021 Graduate Exhibition is the culminating presentation of Master of Fine Arts, Master of Design, and Master of Architecture candidates and an opportunity to present new and ambitious work to the public.

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This two-day symposium will present the MA thesis projects in art history, featuring a range of topics in modern and contemporary art history. Art History, Theory, and Criticism faculty will respond and discuss the presented papers.

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Graduating students in the Visual and Critical Studies undergraduate degree programs share their thesis work online and participate in live panel discussions on Saturday, May 8. A virtual reception on Zoom will immediately follow the panel discussions at 4:00 p.m. CT.

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The 2021 Film, Video, New Media, Animation, and Sound Festival features the work of graduate and undergraduate students from the class of 2021. The festival is free and can be viewed at any time during the seven-day run.

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These thesis project presentations will be organized into four thematic panels: Exploring Narratives in the Conscious and Subconscious, Thriving Resistances, Museums for the Future, and Who Says You Can’t Make History? The event will also include a virtual reception.

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This symposium presents the art history thesis projects of our BA and BFA graduating students. Featuring a wide range of topics that critically explore what modern and contemporary art history can do in the present day, the symposium will feature student dialogues with faculty from the Art History, Theory, and Criticism department. We welcome attendees from the SAIC community and beyond!

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The Department of Visual and Critical Studies presents a symposium featuring Master of Art in Visual and Critical Studies candidates.

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Join the MS Historic Preservation program for our yearly thesis symposium, highlighting research undertaken by our graduating students.

Please email hpres@saic.edu to RSVP.

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ArtBash is the Department of Contemporary Practices’s major end-of-year exhibition of student work developed from the department’s interdisciplinary studio courses. ArtBash‘s exhibition and events will take place on campus and online at artbash.party. In addition, we will initiate CPTV, an online community event to celebrate, share, and create together.

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The Department of Arts Administration and Policy presents a symposium featuring thesis works
from the graduating Master of Arts candidates. Enter the Beyond Bounds Raffle to win a prize here.

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This virtual celebration features work across the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s fashion curriculum. Join us for a showcase of sophomore, junior, senior, and post-baccalaureate achievements, including a scholarship award ceremony, the launch of a new student galleries website, and the premiere screening of a fashion movie developed and produced by the Fashion department’s senior cohort.

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An online symposium featuring Master of Arts in New Arts Journalism candidates.

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