School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Thesis Exhibition
@ Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 20th
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) proudly presents the annual year-end Graduate Thesis Exhibition opening Saturday, April 30 and running through Friday, May 20 at SAIC’s critically acclaimed Sullivan Galleries (33 S. State Street, 7th Floor) in the historic former Carson Pirie Scott Building. The show is the largest graduate thesis exhibition in SAIC’s history and will feature painting and drawing, performance, photography, print media, sculpture, film, video, sound, visual communication, art and technology studies, ceramics, fiber, and design created by more than 130 students who are the next generation of “art stars.”
New this year, the show is guest curated by four recent alumni: Juan William Chávez (MFA 2004), Jessica Cochran (MAAH 2008), Bryce Dwyer (MAAH 2010) and Gregory J. Harris (MAAH 2010), who transform the galleries into a series of shows-within-a-show. These thematic sections unfold throughout the space in a sequence of visual encounters and unconventional experiences. Also new this year, shows by 30 artists will be displayed at street level, accessible via an entrance at 28 S. Wabash Avenue.
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