April 19 - August 2nd, 2025

Secrist | Beach

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SECRIST | BEACH is pleased to announce the exhibition Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni. Master Class brings together artworks by more than 65 alums and current students who studied in the Painting and Drawing department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) between the years 2000 and 2025. This exhibition, on view from April 19 through June 21, 2025 at SECRIST | BEACH in Chicago, is guest-curated by SAIC President Emerita Elissa Tenny and SAIC professor, chair of SAIC’s Painting and Drawing department, and art historian Lisa Wainwright.