i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects
Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture with emphasis in Interior Architecture
into a working laboratory for experimentation, collaboration, and the traces they leave
behind. Through performance, architectural intervention, and material accumulation the
classes engage in an ongoing dialogue over the course of the exhibition.
o Learning Modern Exhibition—
September 26, 2009 - January 9, 2010
Sullivan Galleries
With the world on the brink of economic and political disaster, László Moholy-Nagy and
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe carried Bauhaus principles from Germany to Chicago in the
late 1930s. This exhibition featured projects by artists and architects, ranging in age from
their 20s to 80s, who today continue a legacy of interdisciplinary innovation for better
living, while exploring the central role of experiential education in the modern vision.
o Faculty Projects—August 18 – September 25, 2009
Betty Rymer Gallery
This exhibition featured select projects by faculty at the School who are returning from
their sabbatical leaves.
o 2700—June 18-July 31, 2009
Betty Rymer Gallery
The twenty-seven-hundred-square-foot space of the Rymer Gallery becomes the sites
for the latest work of the School’s new artists, selected by the Faculty Exhibitions Com-
mittee. Artists included Sarah Belknap, Joseph Belknap, Tif Bullard, Yu-Hang Huang,
Merideth Lacina, Alison Rhoades, and Isabelle Schiltz.
o The Art of Connection—May 16-29, 2009
Betty Rymer Gallery
Artwork by graduate Art Therapy students and the people they work with at their intern-
ships. Artwork in the show reflected the varied settings, populations, and practices of art
therapy.
o Invasive—March 3-31, 2009
Betty Rymer Gallery
The woodcut prints of Nicola Lopez and Sandow Birk employ centuries-old techniques
to contemporary subjects and take a careful, personal look at our world. From land-
scapes that thrust from the ground as if in a struggle against themselves, to images ref-
erencing peoples’ capacity for inhumanity during wartime, Invasive suggested complex
conditions that affect each of us in our relationship to nature and to each other.
o Ship in a Bottle—January 24-February 21, 2009
Sullivan Galleries
Poised between the possible and the impossible, and with an emphasis on visual plea-
sure, the work in this exhibition was concerned with the elevation of experience through
process, material, and subject matter.
o New Work—January 24 - February 21, 2009
Sullivan Galleries
New work in installation, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video were
presented by current and recent SAIC students.
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