Welcome to The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago

This is a place where you learn to transform raw creativity into style, communication, and function. It's where you develop the ability to step back from the jumble of thoughts you've scribbled in a notebook, recognize your best ideas, and turn them into great concepts. It's where you discover how to transform those concepts into work that is marketable in industries searching for fresh, innovative talent. Throughout this process, you'll learn about the technology that can give you the freedom to enhance your abilities while still using the basic principles and processes of creativity.

Perhaps the most difficult part of this process, like anything, is to take the first step. Some of our first-quarter students are tentative. Some are over-confident. But all of them are driven to put some part of themselves out there. With each passing day they find themselves continually shifting course ever so slightly by listening, learning, doing, and sharing their work with talented people in all of our programs of study. They appreciate the fact that they are challenged, encouraged, and motivated to do their best by experienced faculty, many of whom are professionals in their respective fields.

With an appreciation of the tools and a portfolio of their best work, our graduates are prepared to hit the ground running. But their first step was to decide. They know success doesn't come looking for you. We are here to help you find that direction. Come explore The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago. It is a journey of possibilities. Are you ready?

John Balester Jenkins
President, The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago