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The UIC School of Art & Art History is proud of our tradition of inclusion. We welcome students from every ethnic and racial group, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical condition, and age. UIC has been recognized as one of the most diverse universities in the U.S. We believe that diversity supports and enriches scholarship, the art-making landscape, the lives of our students, and the campus community at large.

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M. Burnett, Museum and Exhibitions Studies (MUSE) Class of 2017 has just been selected as a Kress Fellow at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. MUSE grads have now received two of the seven Kress Fellowships
awarded this year; Sarita Hernández, '17, is a Kress Fellow at the National
Museum of Mexican Art, and Devin Malone, '17, has also been selected as the
sole Public programs Fellow for the Studio Museum in Harlem and Museum of Modern Art.
 
Congratulations to our MUSE grads!

Gallery 400

A not-for-profit arts presenter and exhibition space, Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago was founded in 1983 to exhibit and support art, design, and architecture. Over its 30-year history, the Gallery has grown into a nationally recognized institution that presents consistently acclaimed exhibitions, lectures, and artist commissions that prioritize interpretative reflection and critical inquiry and engage multiple communities.

Welcome to the Department of Art at UIC

The UIC School of Art & Art History's Department of Art is home to world-renowned artists who push the boundaries of contemporary art. We encourage intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, problem solving, and the cultivation of radical imagination.

The faculty provides students with the aesthetic and critical perspectives vital for a range of professional careers. Graduates have gone on to become artists, teachers, museum professionals, creative thinkers in industry and government, non-profit leaders, published authors and historians.

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