THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE Publishes Article by Mariea Caudill Dennison
Mariea Caudill Dennison's article on Stuart Davis's painting LITTLE GIANT STILL LIFE was published in the September 2007 issue of THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE. This is her fifth piece to appear in the Bri...[more]

Alumnus Vernon Fisher Exhibtion at Zolla Lieberman Gallery
Alumnus Vernon Fisher Exhibtion at Zolla Lieberman Gallery on Friday, April 7th - May 26th, 2006 in Chicago, Il....[more]

Industrial Design Alumni plan Reunion for ID Program 70th Anniversary, to be held April 28th, 2006 on the UIUC campus.
An Industrial Design committee of alumni, Richard Bourgerie '65 BFA, Chris Hardy '92 MFA, Craig Vetter '65 BFA, Ted Woerner '84 BFA & Professor Ed Zagorski, Professor Emeritus, '49 BS, were on campus ...[more]

PRINT QUARTERLY publishes article by Mariea Caudill Dennison
Mariea Caudill Dennison's article on John Sloan's saloon prints appears in the Fall 2005 issue of PRINT QUARTERLY. The Summer 2005 issue of WOMAN'S ART JOURNAL contains her research on young American...[more]

Chicago's Hyde Park Art Center presents new works by Bernard Williams
*Bernard Williams: Creating Scupltures from the Ornamental Systems of Louis Sullivan* Chicago-based artist Bernard Williams will exhibit a new series of dynamic sculptures and drawings intertwinin...[more]

Hunt Design Commissioned for Alcatraz Island and Rockefeller Center
Hunt Design, founded by T. Wayne Hunt in (BFA Graphic Design, 1969), is a leading graphic designer for buildings, spaces and places in California. Their specialty is in creating dramatic and effective...[more]

Regier Focuses on Art from the Heartland
Robert Regier (MFA Painting, 1965) recently was a juror for the Art from the Heartland 2004 regional art show. In conjunction with the show, Regier presented a gallery talk at the Coutts Museum of Art...[more]

Local Art Studio Exhibits Work Created by Alumni, Inspired by Nature.
The focus was on water, sun, earth, and natural processes this Spring at the Creation Art Studio's seasonal exhibition. Jeannine Bestoso (MA Art Education, 2000), founder and director of the studio, a...[more]

Curator of Chicago's Beverly Arts Center
Jennifer O'Connor (BFA Painting, 1993) was featured in the Daily Southtown newspaper (Tinley Park, IL) for her achievements as curator at the Beverly Arts Center. After having worked there for two yea...[more]

I Space Exhibition Organized by Art + Design Alumnus
Billy Stroud (MA Art Education, 2003; BFA Sculpture, 1994) recently organized the "Skin Deep" exhibition for the university's I space Gallery located in downtown Chicago. The exhibition uncovers and e...[more]

Sang-ah Choi's second solo exhibition at Sandra Gering Gallery
Sang-ah Choi (MFA Painting, 2002) received public acclaim for her "Ultra Immortality" Fall 2004 exhibition at Sandra Gering Gallery, New York City. According to the Sandra Gering Gallery Website: "I...[more]

Jeffery Hoke will release his book, Museum of Lost Wonder, in early 2006.
Jeff Hoke, Senior Exhibition Designer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA, will release his book, Museum of Lost wonder in 2006. In addition to Hoke's noteworthy work as an exhibition designer for the a...[more]

L.A. Painting Exhibition for Alumnus Tom Lieber
In his first exhibition in L.A. since the 1980s, Tom Lieber (MFA Painting 1974; BRA Painting 1972) will be displaying his recent paintings at Craig Krull Gallery. Lieber's paintings have been describe...[more]

Chitra Ramanathan Receives Las Vegas' Hotel Bellagio Painting Commission
Following the recent renovation of the Hotel Bellagio, two large paintings by artist Chitra Ramanathan were permanently displayed in the Cafe Bellagio. Her paintings exemplify her love of nature as we...[more]

Cynthia (Kier) Aronson is Usability Architect for Protection Architecture for the Allstate Insurance Company.
Cynthia lives with her husband, Mark, outside of Chicago, where they are raising their 3 sons. Cynthia is grateful for her degree from the School of Art + Design, and has held numerous roles in her d...[more]

Jewelry Designer for Liz Claiborne
Hye-young Suh (MFA/Metal 2004), a recent graduate in the Master of Fine Arts Metals program has accepted a full time position as a jewelry designer with Liz Claiborne in their New York City headquarte...[more]

Metals Alumna Accepts Teaching Position
Natalya Pinchuk (MFA Metals, 2005) has accepted a tenure track teaching position as Assistant Professor in Metal at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Pinchuk's BFA is in Jewelr...[more]

Alumna Pamela Marks Painting Exhibition
Pamela Marks (BFA Painting and Drawing, 1977) will display her latest watercolor paintings at the Lenore Gray Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island. Throughout her works, she finds artistic inspiration ...[more]

Clyde Davis inducted into Medical Advertising Hall of Fame
Clyde Davis was recently honored by induction into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame this past February in New York City. The Medical Advertising Hall of Fame preserves the history of Healthcare ...[more]

Mark Falanga book, The Suburban You, receives national recognition.
Mark Falanga has written feature articles and columns for GQ, Child magazine and The Chicago Tribune. Most recently Mr. Falanga has written a book by Broadway Books titled, The Suburban You. The pre...[more]

Alumnus Scott Roos touching account of international adoption
"Katya's Comet: An Adoption Journey of the Heart" is the book recently published by Industrial Design Alumnus Scott Roos (1978). Published in 2004, this inspirational story tells firsthand of the stru...[more]

Yevgeniya Kaganovich Lecture on Campus
Kaganovich (BFA, Metals, 1998) came to campus last week to discuss her sculptures and their ability to communicate the complexities of social interactions, personal conflicts, and the concept of the b...[more]

Alumnus Arthur Marks Painting Exhibition in NYC
Marks (BFA, Photography, 2001) will be part of a multimedia exhibition titled "Inner Garden" at ISE Cultural Foundation in New York City. The exhibition surveys environments both figurative and physic...[more]

Alumnus showcased in film festival
SF Indie Fest, a film festival of animation shorts, featured the work of alumni Josh Pritzker (1995 BFA in Painting). The film, "Shlitz n' Giggles," takes an unusually creative spin on the musical gen...[more]

Art on display in Chicago's Midway Airport
Kathleen Eaton's paintings were permanently installed in Midway Airport following the building renovations in 2001. Her works display a series of Chicago neighborhoods, giving travelers an awareness o...[more]

IIT Sculpture Exhibit
Alumnus Terry Karpowicz is exhibiting at Illinois Institute of Technology April 5 through September 9. No Limits, his largest exhibit to date, consists of work from the past 22 years. He combines a ...[more]

IIT Sculpture Exhibit
Alumnus Terry Karpowicz is exhibiting at Illinois Institute of Technology April 5 through September 9. "No Limits," his largest exhibit to date, consists of work from the past 22 years. He combines a ...[more]

Industrial Designer Creates a Touch of Whimsy
James Eaton (BFA Industrial Design, 1965) nurtures his artistic side in his finely-engineered aluminum weathervanes and whirligigs. His crafts blend American folk art with a unique contemporary style,...[more]

Memorial Reception for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alumni John Reuter-Pacyna
Please come to a memorial reception to celebrate the life and work of John Reuter-Pacyna, beloved Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Communication at the School of the Art Institu...[more]

Rebecca Kamen exhibit at The American Center for Physics; College Park, Maryland
With sculptural forms and subject matter based in advanced scientific theory, Kamen's works are more than simple continuous pieces of copper and steel wire. These wires represent the continuous life f...[more]

Julie Farstad Opening Reception at Ricco Maresca Gallery in New York
The opening reception of Julie Farstad's show EAT MY HEART OUT, will take place on Friday, March 25th from 6-8PM at Ricco Maresca Gallery. The gallery is located at 529 West 20th Street, 3rd floor, N...[more]

HOW magazine award winner
Denver, CO--EnZed Design--a full-service design and print communication firm--received a national design honor when it's work was published in HOW Magazine's Self Promotion Annual. HOW Magazi...[more]

Wayne Hunt named 2004 Fellow for the Society for Environmental Graphic Design
Wayne Hunt was recently honored by the Society for Environmental Graphic Design as a 2004 Fellow. The SEGD is an international, non-profit educational organization whose outreach includes the fields ...[more]

Solo Show Exhibition, Chicago
Jean Albano from Jean Albano Gallery in Chicago selected me for the Woman Made Gallery Pop Art Solo Exhibition. The show, Lost or Stolen, opens April 2nd 6-9pm and runs through May 13, 2004....[more]

Everett C. Young, Industrial Design Alumnus, Obituary
Everett Young Everett Clair "Babe" Young, 81, died at 3:40 a.m. (MST), January 2, 2004 at Banner Desert Hospital in Mesa, Arizona. He was born September 21,1922 in Bondville. His seven childre...[more]

2003 Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Firenze, Italia
I was recently invited to participate in the 2003 Biennale at Florence, Itlay in December of next year, as one several artists representing the USA. I will be providing 2-3 paintings for exhibit at t...[more]

Two-Ton Sculpture Donated to the University of Illinois
Champaign, IL " A large-scale outdoor sculpture weighing more than 4,000 pounds has been donated to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's College of Fine and Applied Arts. The massive piec...[more]

Wills Publishes Computer Book
Scott Wills (Sculpture), who has operated a graphic design firm in Chicago since 1981, has just has his first book published by W.W. Norton & Co. Computer Tips for Artists, Designers and Desktop Publi...[more]

Tao of Design
Carl Garant, dean of the Columbus college of Arts and Crafts in Ohio, has written The Tao of Design which discusses the importance of design in our lives in eighty-one verses....[more]

Wittkamp Featured in Illinois Alumni Magazine
Joel Wittkampﾒs work was profiled in Illinois Alumni magazine (November/December 1998). Wittkamp and his staff of thirteen have worked for corporate clients such as John Deere, Rubbermaid, IBM, Honda...[more]

Power Design
Tom Campbell (BFA?70, Art Education; MFA?76, Art), as vicepresident of the Western District, organized a conference at Long Beach, California exploring the theme of ?Power Design.?...[more]

J. Eugene Grigsby Jr. Award Recipient
Lana Thompson Henderson, PhD, associates dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of art education at North Carolina Central University, was selected by the National Art Education Associ...[more]