Tour the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Master of Fine Arts; Master of Design in Fashion, Body and Garment; Master of Architecture; Master of Design in Designed Objects; Master of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies; and Post–Baccalaureate students’ studios. See works in progress and finished pieces in the studios plus special curatorial collaborations from more than 350 current graduate students over the course of this two-day event.

Each building is open to the public at the time designated below. Please follow signs from the lobby.

Friday, November 3

4:30–6:00 p.m.
Columbus Building, 280 S. Columbus Dr., basement and mezzanine

5:00–6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbus Drive Building, Columbus SITE Gallery
Title: RHIZCITY: Ruptures & Proliferations
Description: sound performance

5:30–7:30 p.m.
MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., floors 10, 12, 15, 16, and 17

6:30–8:00 pm
Lakeview Building, 116 S. Michigan Ave., floor 11
Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash Ave., floors 2 and 12

7:00–9:30 p.m.
Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash Ave., floor 7

7:30–9:30 p.m.
Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash Ave., floors 3 and 14
Sullivan Center, 33 S. State St., floor 12

Saturday, November 4

Please note: Events marked with an asterisk (*) will require an active SAIC ARTICard. All others are open to the public at the times designated.

*11:00am
Title: Open Critique
Location: Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash Ave., room 385
Description: Schoolwide open critique, open to both graduate and undergraduate students

*1:00 pm
Title: Parlor Room Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Morehshin Allahyari
Location: MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., room 1307
Description: Lecture by Photography department visiting artist

2:00 pm
Title: “On Not Making Cents: Challenging Economic Inequality in Cultural Production”
Location: Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash Ave., room 385
Description: Panel Discussion

3:00–4:30 p.m.
Columbus Drive Building, 280 S. Columbus Dr., basement & mezzanine

4:00 pm
Title: a glimpse of me, my mom
Location: Columbus Drive Building, 280 S. Columbus Dr., room 012
Description: Performance/projection

4:00–6:00 p.m.
MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., floors 10, 12, 15, 16, and 17

5:00–6:30 pm
Lakeview Building, 116 S. Michigan Ave., floor 11
Sharp Building, 37 S. Wabash Ave., floors 2 and 12

6:00–8:00p.m.
Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash Ave., floors 3 and 14

Shows and Events

Exhibitions:

Location: Columbus Drive Building, Columbus SITE Gallery
Date: Friday, November, 3, 5:00 p.m.
Title: RHIZCITY: Ruptures & Proliferations
Description: a sound performance

Location: Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash Ave., floor 3
Title: Always

Location: Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash Ave., room 318
Title: Practicing Interludes: An Exploration of Half–Built Bridges

Location: Sullivan Center, 36 S. Wabash Ave., room 385
Title: Sullivan Studios Group Show

Location: MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., room 1215
Title: Delineation

Location: MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., room 1505
Show Title: Off Line

Location: MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., room 1602
Title: Margins

Location: MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., room 1703
Title: Between Friends
Description: Collaborative works by SAIC students and faculty across departments curated by Brian Driscoll and E.R. Saba.

Location: Lakeview Building, 116 S. Michigan Ave., floor 11
Title: Falling as a Means of Transportation

Location: Columbus Drive Building, 280 S. Columbus Dr., basement
Title: Spa and Screen

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