Early College Program Courses

a group of cool alternative art school kids make sick experimental drawings at the school of the art institute of chicago

Advanced Drawing and Painting

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a young boy animates a bouncing ball using keyframes on his laptop at the school of the art institute of chicago

Animation Studio

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday
Girl wearing headphones in a dark room focusing on the screen of the computer in front of her

Animation Studio (5-Week)

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
Students gathered together in front of a fiber art piece in excitement

Creative Writing

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday
Multiple cyanotypes of people and objects laid out on a surface

Digital Photography

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
ECP Spring Course

Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday
A girl at a table drawing with drawing materials all around her

Drawing Studio (5-Week)

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday
a teenage girl meticulously pins her fashion design to a dress form at the school of the art institute of chicago

Fashion Construction

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a teen adjusts giant pieces of butcher block paper on which they have drawn large expressive renderings of the figure in charcoal at the art institute of chicago

Figure Drawing

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a TA at the school of the art institute of chicago flashes a peace sign as he works to assemble a watercolor collage

From Drawing to Painting

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a teenager displays her cool oil painting of crazy cats like she's vanna white on wheel of fortune, only these cats and this painting are way cooler than that at the school of the art institute of chicago

Oil Painting

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a girl with pink hair like a mermaid animates her project on a computer

Session 1 – 2D Animation

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teacher shows a student a new painting technique

Session 1 – Advanced Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teen concentrates as they draw comics

Session 1 – Alternative Comics and Graphic Novels

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
Two girls happily showcase their 3d model of a building

Session 1 – Architecture: Analog & Digital Processes

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a young girl constructs a can-can looking skirt while wearing lavender headphones

Session 1 – Fashion Design

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student constructs a sculpture around some armature

Session 1 – Material Manipulation: Introduction to Fibers

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teen paints on a canvas with bold paintings in primary colors behind her

Session 1 – Oil Painting

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student works on a series of self portraits

Session 1 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student works on a series of self portraits

Session 1 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student works on a series of self portraits

Session 1 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student photographs their work against a white backdrop with three point lighting

Session 1 – Portfolio Prep Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a class of students view the stage at millenium park

Session 1 – Urban Canvas: Street Art & Community in Chicago

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a girl with pink hair like a mermaid animates her project on a computer

Session 2 – 2D Animation

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teacher shows a student a new painting technique

Session 2 – Advanced Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teen concentrates as they draw comics

Session 2 – Alternative Comics and Graphic Novels

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
Two girls happily showcase their 3d model of a building

Session 2 – Architecture: Analog & Digital Processes

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
two students concentrate as they draw

Session 2 – Experimental Drawing

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student pins fabric akin to winged victory to a dress form in front of the backdrop of the chicago cityscape

Session 2 – Fashion Construction

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student works on her blue cityscape

Session 2 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student works on her blue cityscape

Session 2 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student photographs their work against a white backdrop with three point lighting

Session 2 – Portfolio Prep Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student works on a cool looking sculpture of a wolf head

Session 2 – Sculpture: Materials and Methods

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student paints while on all fours looking over her butcher block paper

Session 4 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teen edits their video project

Session 1 – Online: Animation and Video Projects

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Monday - Friday
a teen is inking her text piece that is investigating the loss of the native language from her country, The Philipines

Session 1 – Online: Drawing / Painting / Comics and Graphic Novels

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Monday - Friday
a group of students discuss their peer's work in a critique at saic

Session 1 – Online: Portfolio Prep Studio

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Monday - Friday
a gaggle of girls concentrate together as they create their experimental drawings

Session 1 – Online: Studio Intensive: Advanced Projects in Drawing & Painting

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Monday - Friday
a series of indigo printed photographs arranged together

Session 3 – Advanced Digital Photography

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teacher shows a student a new painting technique

Session 3 – Advanced Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teen concentrates as they draw comics

Session 3 – Alternative Comics and Graphic Novels

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
Two girls happily showcase their 3d model of a building

Session 3 – Architecture: Analog & Digital Processes

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student pins fabric akin to winged victory to a dress form in front of the backdrop of the chicago cityscape

Session 3 – Fashion Construction

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a girl is bathed in the purple light of her computer as she focuses on her project

Session 3 – Graphic Design

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student works on her blue cityscape

Session 3 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student works on her blue cityscape

Session 3 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student photographs their work against a white backdrop with three point lighting

Session 3 – Portfolio Prep Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teen concentrates as they draw comics

Session 5 – Alternative Comics and Graphic Novels

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
two students concentrate as they draw

Session 5 – Experimental Drawing

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a teen paints on a canvas with bold paintings in primary colors behind her

Session 5 – Oil Painting

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday
a student paints while on all fours looking over her butcher block paper

Session 5 – Painting and Drawing Studio

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (T/TH 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Monday - Friday