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SAIC SHOWS 2026 GRADUATE EXHIBITIONS
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SAIC SHOWS 2026 GRADUATE EXHIBITIONS

Graduate Exhibition Two

 

MAY 8–20, 2026

SAIC GALLERIES, 33 E. WASHINGTON ST.

RECEPTION: May 13, 5:00–7:00PM

 

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Graduate Exhibition Two

 

Graduate Exhibition Two is the the culminating presentation of 98 MFA, MDDO, MArch, MArch-IA, and MSHP candidates in SAIC’s class of 2026, and an opportunity for them to present new and ambitious work to the public in the SAIC Galleries. Graduate Exhibition Two is the second of two graduate exhibitions this spring.

 

See Gallery Guide and Floor Plans (coming soon)

 


Visiting SAIC Galleries

 

SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free.

*All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a state-issued picture ID.

SAIC Galleries
33 E. Washington St.
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

 


SELF-CURATED GROUP

 

Students participating in Graduate Exhibition Two were given the option to exhibit together as a self-curated group. In the group Read Otherwise, meaning emerges not only through words, but through gesture, ritual, and the body’s participation in acts of interpretation. By reworking familiar forms of communication into poetic and interactive structures, the artists create indirect ways of engaging desire, memory, conflict, and grief. The exhibition invites viewers into modes of understanding that are tactile, affective, and embodied. To read otherwise is to encounter meaning through feeling as much as through language.

Please click on the group title to visit their page.

 





33 E. Washington Street,
Chicago, IL 60602
312.845.5910
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Exhibition programs at SAIC are made possible through the generous support of BLICK Art Materials. SAIC also acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.

Blick Art Materials
Illinois Arts Council

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