Dec 20, 2020
When the U.S. put sanctions on Syria in December of 2019, Sami Ismat (MFA 2020) questioned this sequence of events through a performance that brought participants into the mind of a whistleblower. In this final episode of Season 4, Sami explains why exposing injustice is not always foolproof.
Nov 29, 2020
MFA first year Zhisheng Wu describes a project he worked on with residents of a shantytown in Southern China to preserve their memories after the demolition and reconstruction of their home. His sculpture, titled Message Wall, combined the bricks from the fallen town and the dreams and wishes of its residents into a...
Nov 4, 2020
Artist, researcher and School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art Education professor Nicole Marroquín describes a critical moment of activism among Black and Latinx Chicago youth in the early 1970s — the Harrison and Froebel High School student uprisings, which were a grassroots response to racial injustice in the...
Apr 11, 2020
Brontë's stories:
1. At 14, her likeness landed on a Japanese billboard
2. While shopping for a tartan bag, met someone whose famous ancestor killed her famous ancestor
3. Got dumped at a military ball in an English castle
Which is honest? Which are deceitful, falsehood-laden subterfuge? Click play to find...
Mar 18, 2020
Anna's stories:
1. Introduced to Canada by a moose in heat
2. Followed on Twitter by Coco Peru, drag queen extraordinaire
3. Rescued from a sewer grate by power-drill-touting dad
Which one is the truth? Which two are dirty, dirty lies? Listen to find out!
Possible band names arising from our conversation:
1. Normal...