ChiArts Visual Arts

The Visual Arts Conservatory welcomes a scholar-artist with a wide array of foundational instruction focusing on essential art-making skills and understandings and then progressing toward more complex concepts, including critical analysis of visual culture and the fostering of independent work. Each scholar-artist can “major” in a medium of their choice, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, illustration, and graphic design. Additionally, all scholar-artists can take art history and professional development and select four electives in their final two years at ChiArts. Visual Arts electives include courses such as Digital Media, Mural, Wearable Sculpture, Sequential Art, and Experimental Animation.

Connections Week Schedule
October 23
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Mini Art School Fair (Gallery)

October 23
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Last Year, Last Look (Auditorium)
Scholar-Artists: Class of 2025
Accomplishments
8 Visual Arts Photography majors participated in Portfolio Reviews at this year's Filter Photo Festival at Columbia College on Saturday, September 21. Students had their portfolios reviewed by prestigious artists and industry professionals including Ann Jastra, Coco Conroy, Nelson Chan, and Leo Hsu. Participating students include: Madison Cervantes, Nicodemus Drummond, Carmen Martinez, Makaylah Obsidian Moton, Denise Rua, Meela Ruta, Cailin Stallone, and Nyla Turner.
Visual Arts is proud to have held it's 12th Annual ChiArts Portfolio Day on Friday, October 4. All Junior and Senior Visual Artists presented their work to 16 college representatives from across the nation and received feedback, encouragement, and funding opportunities.
Conservatory Leadership
Chris Lin Dao-Heng is a ChiArts Visual Arts veteran, teaching in the conservatory since 2012. Mr. Lin has not only made an impact on 10 classes of Visual Arts scholar-artists, but has also taught courses in the Creative Writing Conservatory. After leading as Visual Arts Administrative Assistant for many years, Mr. Lin Dao-Heng was promoted to Department Head in 2022.
Mr. Lin is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Chicago, working in media including videos, comics, graphic design, puppetry, music, and installation. A major part of his art practice is related to language learning, immigration, humor, and vulnerability. Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from the University of Victoria in 2005 and a Master of Fine Arts in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. His visual art, short stories, and comic work have been published by the Chicago Architecture Center, Bailiwick, This Side of West, Fiction At Work, Shampoo, and ChiArts’ Levitate.
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