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not here. not there. something else entirely.Third Space explores the in-between where culture shifts, stretches, and fi...
03/25/2026

not here. not there. something else entirely.

Third Space explores the in-between where culture shifts, stretches, and finds new forms. between countries, languages, generations, and identities.

these spaces aren’t empty. they’re alive.

join us for the opening night.

📍 South Asia Institute, Chicago
🗓 April 4
⏰ 3:30–5:30 pm

Join us this Friday for an Artist Talk with MFA candidate Reevah Agarwaal at 4:30, Student Leadership Suite! Reevah Agar...
11/16/2022

Join us this Friday for an Artist Talk with MFA candidate Reevah Agarwaal at 4:30, Student Leadership Suite!

Reevah Agarwaal is a multi-disciplinary artist from New Delhi, India, currently based in Chicago, IL. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021 and is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Fine Art from the same institution. Her work explores memory, cycles of trauma, and complex family dynamics using repurposed textiles and objects that have a personal history. She creates quilts and collages that reference her childhood, family, and the domestic spaces she has lived in. By employing material history and referencing family photographs, she aims to trace the past and reconstruct memories through her artwork. Her work has appeared in various group shows in Chicago including at SAIC Galleries, Free Range, Locus Gallery Show at The Martin, and Member Exhibitions at Spudnik Press Cooperative. She also has permanent public artwork on view in South Chicago and currently works as a Graduate Peer Advisor for Career and Professional Experiences at SAIC, and as a Teaching Assistant for undergraduate classes.

Application form is in our bio. Water, the basis of existence, its free-flowing essence, is present within us. Like wate...
10/23/2022

Application form is in our bio.

Water, the basis of existence, its free-flowing essence, is present within us. Like water, people take shape and adapt to the places they are displaced into. Our undaunting spirit to adapt and change to our surroundings. Oceans and seas are fed by the mountains where the compressed water remains and stays captured. Once unleashed, it liquefies and spreads, taking over more space, seeing new places, and changing its qualities to adapt to a new world. The same is with humans. Namaste SAIC wants to take this opportunity to explore the South Asian and Southeast Asian migration to the United States. Like water, we are ever-transforming and adapting to our new home.

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Date of Exhibition: April End

Location: 3rd Floor Gallery, South Asia Institute, https://www.saichicago.org/

We’d like to thank everyone for coming for Diwali yesterday✨ we hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed the dances, m...
10/22/2022

We’d like to thank everyone for coming for Diwali yesterday✨ we hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed the dances, music and food

We would also like to thank all SAIC Staff, our core committee and members for making this event a success! 🥰

The Festival of Lights is back!! Join for a fun evening to celebrate Diwali on Friday, 21st October 4:30 pm onwards at t...
10/14/2022

The Festival of Lights is back!! Join for a fun evening to celebrate Diwali on Friday, 21st October 4:30 pm onwards at the Maclean Ballroom. Enjoy some food, dance and music dhamaka with us!

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Come join us for our first Student Artist Talk of this Semester by Rhea Singh this Tuesday at 4:30 pm, October 4th! (S...
10/01/2022

Come join us for our first Student Artist Talk of this Semester by Rhea Singh this Tuesday at 4:30 pm, October 4th! (Sullivan 1425)

Bio:

Rhea Singh is a senior in the core fashion program. She was born in Poland and has lived most of her life outside of India which lead her to focus on the concept of cultural sustainability. As a designer, Rhea focuses on bringing the traditional textile crafts of India into the contemporary design world, but she also uses fashion as a way to stay connected to her heritage. Over the last 3 years at SAIC, Rhea has worked with many designers and showcased her garments in exhibitions in Chicago, and is currently working on her senior collection.

Come join us for our first Diwali Dance practice in the Maclean Movement room tomorrow at 8:30 pm! Dm us for more detail...
09/25/2022

Come join us for our first Diwali Dance practice in the Maclean Movement room tomorrow at 8:30 pm!
Dm us for more details :)

Meet the old and new members of Namaste SAIC at our first event of the year! This Friday, from 4:15 to 5:45 in Sharp 215...
09/12/2022

Meet the old and new members of Namaste SAIC at our first event of the year!
This Friday, from 4:15 to 5:45 in Sharp 215

Come join us for our next Artist Talk by Tanya Malhotra this Tuesday at 5 pm! Bio: In an attempt to find humour around...
04/17/2022

Come join us for our next Artist Talk by Tanya Malhotra this Tuesday at 5 pm!

Bio:

In an attempt to find humour around her, Tanya Malhotra creates work that is a play on words, figures of speech and sarcasm. She is greatly inspired by the surrealist movement and enjoys creating works that are unexpected, uncomfortable, or create juxtapositions. Malhotra blurs the lines between art and design by integrating technology into traditional practices to create three dimensional, tangible objects that either solve a problem or question one.

Come join us for our next Artist Talk by Tanya Malhotra this Tuesday at 5 pm!
04/17/2022

Come join us for our next Artist Talk by Tanya Malhotra this Tuesday at 5 pm!

Hope you all can join us for our next Artist Talk by this Friday at 5 pm!
03/29/2022

Hope you all can join us for our next Artist Talk by this Friday at 5 pm!

Join us for our first series talk by Sana Jankharia this Friday! Born and brought up in India, interdisciplinary artis...
03/09/2022

Join us for our first series talk by Sana Jankharia this Friday!

Born and brought up in India, interdisciplinary artist Sana Jankharia is influenced by her experiences in India and Chicago, and her family and her country’s history. Using paper, fabric, wood, plaster, metal and found objects, she explores the History and Geography of her experiences, mainly through mapping, and the micro and the macro of the universe through Physics and Biology. Through her work, she enables the audience to share her experience.

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