SAIC Design Council presentation of the US Pavilion @ 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

On behalf of Ciao Chicago, AIA Chicago and the Design Council of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), thank you for your interest in the special presentation by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) on Dimensions of Citizenship, at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.  

For more information on the Venice project and to access some of the response essays and press you heard about, please visit the website here.  As we draw closer to the event, and throughout the run of the exhibition the site will be updated frequently so come back as often as you like.

If you make plans to be in Venice for the opening days of the Architecture Biennale (May 23-26, 2018), please let us know.  We’d be delighted to include you in some of our events and tours.

We will back in the fall with an invitation for the Chicago-based exhibition on Dimensions of Citizenship.  

Our guest speakers:

Ann Lui, Asst. Professor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Curator of the U.S. Pavilion.  Founding Partner, Future Firm

Iker Gil, Faculty, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Associate Curator, U.S. Pavilion.  Director of MAS Studio and founder of the design journal MAS Context.

Jonathan Solomon, Chair, Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Director of the U.S. Pavilion

SAIC Students

SPECIAL THANKS to Kendra Foley,  Executive Director in the Office of Institutional Advancement at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for such a great collaboration! 

Thank you, AIA (American Institute of Architects) Zurich Esposito, Executive Vice President for your partnership and support.