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Aliza Shvarts Named as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's New Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts Director

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Monday, February 5, 2024

CHICAGO, Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago , a leader in art and design education, today announced the appointment of artist and theorist Aliza Shvarts as the School's new Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts director.

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  • CHICAGO, Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago , a leader in art and design education, today announced the appointment of artist and theorist Aliza Shvarts as the School's new Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts director.
  • Shvarts' work takes a queer and feminist approach to reproductive labor and language and often focuses on the circulation of speech in the digital age.
  • Before coming to SAIC, she served as director of artist initiatives at Creative Capital and taught at the Parsons School of Design.
  • For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world's most influential artists, designers, and scholars.