While we students understand the impact of the big beautiful bill, we don’t understand the decision to eliminate 24hr access to studios. As artist enrolled in college we are reliant on the school providing us space to create and learn at our own times outside of school. We students are reliant on the various spaces SAIC has promised us when enrolling, some of these being materials such as looms, ventilated spaces, printers, and much more that are not available in our personal living spaces. Many of us students commute so the expectation for us to continue our rigorous work can be virtually impossible as we are unable to transport all our work to and from school. For the price we pay for this institution it is disrespectful to the students and professors to eliminate the overnight access. We will only have a total of three hours a day (broken up between morning and evening) to complete tasks while other classes are going on. Many times students are unable to use certain spaces because of classes occupying the day so they resort to working at night, something that will be taken away.

This institution cost enough as it is, the elimination of overnight access will rely on students to find ways to make outside of the resources we were promised. This financial decision in response to lack of funding due to the big beautiful bill will end up being a financial burden on students as they try to find space and resources to use outside of the campus to ensure they make groundbreaking work.

Please sign this petition if you share this frustration.