AICAD
Jeff Koons Announcement
June 29, 2017
Artist Jeff Koons Gives “Beautiful Work” to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Renowned artist Jeff Koons has donated a piece of artwork to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), to benefit the School’s fundraising campaign, Beautiful/Work: The Campaign for SAIC.
The piece, titled Gazing Ball (Stool), 2013–2016, is made of polychromed stainless steel, wood, glass, and aluminum. Koons’ Gazing Ball series...
AICAD is pleased to announce the twelve fellows who have recently been selected to participate in a year-long, Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship at participating AICAD institutions during the 2017/18 academic year. Additionally, three of the 2016/17 fellows will be continuing in their positions for a second year.
The Fellowship program seeks to provide professional practice opportunities to high-achieving alumni who have recently graduated from AICAD member schools, while also increasing...
Congrats to Walter Massey, previous President and current Chancellor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)!
"Massey was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Harvard University at their 366th Commencement exercises today in recognition of his significant contributions to education and science. Harvard first awarded an honorary degree to George Washington in 1776 and has since bestowed similar awards upon luminaries in all areas of human endeavor. Walter joined nine...
May 23, 2017 - Lee Ann Adams, Assistant Director / Programs & Operations
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2017 National Design Awards, recognizing design excellence and innovation in 11 categories ranging from landscape to fashion to architecture to product design. Among the winners are two AICAD graduates, Deborah Berke (Rhode Island School of Design, Architecture, 1977) and Joe Doucet (ArtCenter, Communication Design, 1999), and longtime...
February 20, 2017 - Lee Ann Adams, Assistant Director / Programs & Operations
Join AICAD, NAEA, and speakers Michael Compton, Director of MindMarket at Columbus College of Art & Design and Judy Shafer, Art Education Advocate, on February 27, 2017 (7-8 pm ET) to participate in an ONLINE interactive design lesson entitled Creative Critical Thinking: Bringing Design Thinking Into the Classroom.
Participants tuning into the webinar will gain a theoretical and historical overview of...
