Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald are the artists chosen to paint official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, represented in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
By Donald Morris II
One is a well known and respected portrait artist and the other is an up and coming painter in the western art world. The choice of these two artists reflects the Obamas' long history of showcasing works by black artists as a reflection and critique of contemporary American life and culture....
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has announced Daniel Eisenberg and Ellen Rothenberg have been named the Inaugural Faculty Research Fellows of the Institute for Curatorial Research and Practice.
Established in 2016, the Institute for Curatorial Research and Practice at SAIC serves as an incubator for creative inquiry leading to future SAIC exhibitions, programs, and publications. It offers opportunities for critical exchange between SAIC, the Chicago arts community,...
Three AICAD Alumni have been recipients of the 2017 MacArthur Fellowship award, better known as the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant!
The MacArthur Fellowships, awarded annually for exceptional “originality, insight, and potential”, come with a no-strings-attached award of $625,000, which is distributed to recipients over five years. Recipients may be writers, scientists, artists, social scientists, humanists, teachers, entrepreneurs, or those in other fields across the United...
October 2, 2017
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The second annual Art of Change Fellowship is awarded to artists and cultural leaders who advance freedom, justice and inclusion in the arts.
BALTIMORE — Earlier today, MICA President Samuel Hoi was named a 2017-2018 Art of Change Fellow by the Ford Foundation. The fellowship program recognizes “visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that help advance freedom, justice...
Freedom Podcasting Distributes First Season of Conversations with Trailblazers in Business, Technology, Art and Innovation
(Pasadena, Calif.) September 19, 2017 — Today, ArtCenter College Design launched a new podcast featuring intimate interviews with leading artists and innovators, using change as a framework to explore their creative coming of age and the ways in which the creative process has been a catalyst for transformation—personally, professionally and globally. The...
Amy Sherald / Photo: The Baltimore Sun
