AICAD Blog

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Sep 27, 2017

ArtCenter Launches Change Lab Podcast to Explore the Transformative Power of Creativity

Freedom Podcasting Distributes First Season of Conversations with Trailblazers in Business, Technology, Art and Innovation (Pasadena, Calif.) September 19, 2017 — Today, ArtCenter College Design launched a new podcast featuring intimate interviews with leading artists and innovators, using change as a framework to explore their creative coming of age and the ways in which the creative process has been a catalyst for transformation—personally, professionally and globally. The...


AICAD Portfolio Webinar announcement
Sep 25, 2017

AICAD Portfolio Development Webinar 9/27/17 at 7pm ET via NAEA

The Portfolio: Four Schools of Art & Design Share Tips and Techniques Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | 7-8 pm ET FREE for NAEA Members; $49 for non-members Register HERE The portfolio is the most important piece of the process when applying to specialized art and design schools. Help your students prepare! Join the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) and Admissions Counselors from four AICAD member institutions (Otis College of Art & Design; Minneapolis...


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Sep 14, 2017

MCAD News and Events

2017 is a year of change and growth at MCAD! May 31 marked the completion of MCAD's first-ever comprehensive capital campaign, NEXT/NOW, which supports facilities, programs, and scholarships. Nearly 24M was raised in support of these initiatives. MCAD is planning an event on 9/16, Celebration Saturday- a public open house and celebration inviting the public in to view their new spaces: M/LAB, a media laboratory, a black box, a redesigned Entrepreneurial Studies suite with new client...


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Sep 12, 2017

SAIC Named Co-Commissioner of United States Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

August 30, 2017 Office of the President The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) was named a co-commissioner of the United States Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. The US Department of State selected SAIC and the University of Chicago for their proposed exhibition, Dimensions of Citizenship, which will serve as the official US contribution to the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, on view from May 26 through November 25, 2018. SAIC is engaging with...


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Sep 07, 2017

AICAD Releases Statement In Response to Trump Administration’s announcement to end DACA

September 7, 2017 We, the undersigned members of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design, express our deep disappointment and frustration with the Trump administration’s announcement earlier this week to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Access to education for all, native born or immigrant, has long been a hallmark of the United States, providing both personal enrichment as well as public benefit through a strengthened economy, new...