Fall 2018 visiting artists and designers at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Each semester, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) hosts lectures, conversations, and screenings by world-renowned artists, designers, and scholars who work across a variety of disciplines. We are proud to announce the fall 2018 lineup.

Visiting Artists Program
Formalized in 1951 with the establishment of an endowed fund by Flora Mayer Witkowsky, SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program hosts public presentations by some of today’s most compelling practitioners and thinkers to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of contemporary art and culture. All events are free, non-ticketed, and open to the public, and are held at 6pm at the Art Institute of Chicago. Learn more at saic.edu/vap. 

Amanda Williams
Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor
September 10

Cassils
September 17

Danh Vo
In conversation with Hendrik Folkerts
October 3

Sumakshi Singh
Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series
October 8

Jeremy Deller
October 15

Eyal Weizman
October 23
Presented in partnership with The Mitchell Lecture Series

Ibrahim Mahama
November 5

The Grayce Slovet and William Bronson Mitchell Lecture Series
Organized by the department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects, The
Mitchell Lecture Series brings leaders and emerging voices in architecture, design, and other
disciplines from around the world to SAIC for lectures, workshops, and studio visits. For more
information, visit saic.edu/aiado.

Matylda Kryzkowski
September 27

John Preus
October 2

Alexandra Lange
October 9

Hip-Hop Architecture: Beyond Bricks and Mortar
October 17

Eyal Weizman
October 23
Presented in partnership with the Visiting Artists Program

J Morgan Puett
November 1

Egg Collective
November 29

Conversations at the Edge
Organized by the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in collaboration with SAIC’s Gene Siskel Film Center and Video Data Bank, Conversations at the Edge is a weekly series of screenings, performances, and talks by groundbreaking media artists. For more information, visit saic.edu/cate.

Stan VanDerbeek
Euclidean Illusions
September 13

Camilo Restrepo
Ghosts and Songs
September 20

Margaret Tait
Poems and Portraits
September 27

Steffani Jemison
Sensus Plenior
October 4

Stephen Varble
Journey to the Sun
October 11

Hélène Crouzillat and Laetitia Tura
Les Messagers
October 18

Peter Burr
Pattern Language
October 25

Refiguring Binaries
November 1

Coco Fusco
Cuba Portraits
November 8

jonCates
(ghosttown)
November 15

Conversations on Art and Science
Under the leadership of President Emeritus Walter Massey, the Conversations on Art and Science series launched in 2011 as a forum for exploring interdisciplinary and critical perspectives on art, science, design, and technology. Lectures and panel discussions bring noted artists, designers, and scholars to campus to discuss myriad perspectives on art, science, design, and technology and sustain the diverse conversations within the work of SAIC students and faculty. All events are free, non-ticketed, and open to the public. Learn more at saic.edu/artandscience.

Eugenia Cheng’s The Art of Logic (book launch)
September 19

Dr. Anna Edlund, Scientist-in-Residence
Portraits of Pollen Grains: Pollen Art and Science from 1682 to Now
October 9

D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem, Dr. Sami Schalk, A. Martine Whitehead, Chelsea Frazier, and Huong Ngo
Take Root Among the Stars: Visionary Fiction and the Legacy of Octavia Butler
November 2

About the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranking among the top programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, Jeff Koons, and LeRoy Neiman. Learn more at saic.edu.