Program areas at AIC
The school of The Art Institute of Chicago (saic) is an accredited college of Art and design offering undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate degree programs for studio artists, Art educators, Art therapists, designers, writers, and Art historians. Saic's fine arts graduate program is ranked number two in The nation by u.s. news and world report, and The school offers world-class resources including The Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of-the-art facilities. In fiscal year 2023, average academic year full-time-equivalent enrollment of degree-seeking students was 3,402 with international students from 86 countries
The Art Institute of Chicago shares its singular collections with our city and The world. We collect, care for, and interpret works of Art across time, cultures, geographies, and identities, centering The vision of artists and makers. We recognize that all Art is made in a particular context, demanding continual, dynamic reconsideration in The present. We are a place of gathering; we foster The exchange of ideas and inspire an expansive, inclusive understanding of human creativity. The museum achieves this through building and stewarding its renowned permanent collection, producing educational programming around The collection with performances, and other special events, and presenting world class exhibitions highlighting both its collection and objects loaned from other institutions. In fy23, featured exhibitions included "david hockney: The arrival of spring, normandy, 2020", "The language of beauty in african Art", "salvador dali: The image disappears", and "gio swaby: fresh up".