The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is considered one of America's leading art institutes.


The school is affiliated with the museum with the same name, the Art Institute of Chicago. Established in 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate programs have consistently been ranked in the top three in the country since the start of the "America's Best Graduate Schools" survey by U.S. News & World Report.
In a survey conducted by the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago was named the “most influential art school” by art critics at general interest news publications from across the United States (www.saic.edu).
Heavily committed to embracing technology, in 2004, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago was the first major arts school to implement a pervasive computing requirement for new students, based on Apple Computer's PowerBook laptops, and to integrate these technologies into every artistic discipline.

Courses at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Art Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Art History
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Writing
Bachelor of Interior Architecture
Consecutive degree option for BFA and BA in visual and critical studies

Graduate

Graduate Certificate in Art History, Theory and Criticism
Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture with Emphasis in Interior Architecture
Master of Arts in Art Education
Master of Arts in Art Therapy
Master of Arts in Arts Administration and Policy
Master of Arts in Modern Art History, Theory and Criticism
Master of Arts in New Arts Journalism
Master of Arts in Teaching
Master of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies
Master of Design in Fashion, Body and Garment
Master of Design in Designed Objects
Master of Fine Arts in Studio
Master of Fine Arts in Writing
Master of Science in Historic Preservation
Dual degree: Master of Arts in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism & Master of Arts in Arts Administration and Policy
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fashion, Body & Garment
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing

Departments

Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects
Art and Technology
Art Education
Art History, Theory and Criticism
Art Therapy
Arts Administration and Policy
Ceramics
Design for Emerging Technologies
Fashion Design
Fiber and Material Studies
Film, Video, and New Media
Historic Preservation
Liberal Arts
New Arts Journalism
Painting and Drawing
Performance
Photography
Printmedia
Sculpture
Sound
Visual Communication
Visual and Critical Studies
Writing

Non-degree programs
Community programs
Summer school
Teacher programs

Past students - established and famous artists
Ivan Albright — painter
Thomas Hart Benton — painter
Jeremy Blake — multimedia artist
Roger Brown — painter
John Chamberlain — sculptor
Walt Disney - animator
Leon Golub — painter
Jonathan Green — painter
Red Grooms — multimedia artist
Halston — fashion designer
Herblock — political cartoonist, 3-time Pulitzer Prize winner
Sang-soo Hong — filmmaker
Richard Hunt — sculptor
Robert Indiana — painter
Michiko Itatani — painter
Gemma Kahng — fashion designer
Jeff Koons - sculptor
Vincente Minnelli — filmmaker
Joan Mitchell — painter
Archibald J. Motley, Jr. — painter
Elizabeth Murray — painter
LeRoy Neiman — artist and illustrator
Gladys Nilsson — painter
Jim Nutt — painter
Georgia O'Keeffe — painter
Claes Oldenburg — sculptor
Ed Paschke — painter
J. Morgan Puett — fashion designer and multimedia artist
Cynthia Rowley — fashion designer
David Sedaris — writer
Jasmin Shokrian — fashion designer
Victor Skrebneski — photographer
Nancy Spero — painter
Lawrence Steele — fashion designer
Robert Storr — painter, critic, and curator
Donald Sultan — painter
Rirkrit Tiravanija — multimedia artist
Sarah Vowell — writer and radio host
Apitchatpong Weerasethakul — filmmaker
Orson Welles - filmmaker
H.C. Westermann — sculptor
Karl Wirsum — painter
Grant Wood — painter
Ray Yoshida — painter

Contact Details for School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 South Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois, IL 60603
http://www.saic.edu