Mollie Michala Lyman, model and artist, 1926–2013 As a girl, Mollie Michala Lyman (BFA 1948, MFA 1966), created paper dolls with custom wardrobes, illustrated her...

Marek W. Bajson (BFA 1996) age 49. Loving son of Jerzy and Barbara Bajson. Dear companion of Grazyna Auguscik. Loving brother of Monika Malicka. A...

During his 24 years teaching art at Evanston Township High School and Harper College in Palatine, William Wimmer Jr. (MFA 1965) took the time to...

An accomplished photographer and St. Francis High School art teacher died this weekend when she was struck by a train while taking photos near the...

Artist George Kokines (BFA 1959) only saw flowers in the eight paintings he had on display at the Chicago Cultural Center. A librarian saw something...

Marshall J. Bouldin III (SACI 1941-1946) , a Mississippi portrait artist whose paintings hung in the White House and the halls of Congress, and whose...

Robert Amft (BFA 1939) born painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, Chicago 1916. He died in South Carolina, October 28th, 2012. He was a 1939 graduate of...

 Shulamith Firestone (BFA 1967) a widely quoted feminist writer who published her arresting first book, " The Dialectic of Sex ,” at 25, died in...

Virginia D. Patterson, nee Larson , (who attended SAIC from 1936-1938) of Deerfield, age 95, died peacefully of natural causes on April 5, 2012. She...

Dan D. Accetturo, 90 years. Aug. 23, 2012. Beloved husband of the late Marian F. nee Meyers; loving father of Anthony, Mary (Michael) Rein, Anne...

George John Kapica, July 27, 2012, age 79. Late of Country Club Hills, beloved husband of the late Patricia Kapica nee Manus; dear father of...

Isabelle A. Mitchell, nee Lessmueller, Aug. 27, 1930 to July 22, 2012, passed away peacefully at the Hope Hospice of Fort Myers Florida on July...

Robert Arthur Manning, Jr. B. Chicago 1937 D. Columbus, Mississippi.  4 July 2012 Robert Arthur Manning, Jr. ("Bob”) passed away on July 4, 2012 in...

  Angelica Busque (BFA 2004) passed away unexpectedly on June 8, 2012 due to complications from lupus.  Angel was diagnosed with the disease while a...

Seymour Fleishman (Diploma, 1940) was an accomplished children's book illustrator. He illustrated books about elves, ghosts, bookmobiles, and raccoons. His titles were avialable through the...

Kingo Fujii , 84 of Wilmette, IL passed away June 4. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii he is survived by his son Saigo and...

Dear Colleagues and Friends:   It is with great sadness that I write of the death of Frank (Franco) Barsotti, Professor Emeritus from the Department...

Leo S. McDonald Jr. Leo S. McDonald, Jr., a nationally recognized leader and innovator in the Chicago convention world, died peacefully on Feb. 1, 2012...

Anna Maude Mahaffey White passed away last Friday. She turned 100 last July. The longtime Memphis jewelry maker and artist and activist contributed artwork yearly...

According to the Montana Historical Society, John "Jack" Weaver, a former curator at the Montana Historical Society and creator of the sculpture of Charlie Russell...

William Nicholas Frederick , 90, of Chicago, who was one of a very small number of America's most distinguished metal smiths, died at 11:50 p.m.,...

The Chicago Tribune had a front page article 5/3 about Justyna Palka, SAIC alumna, former Viscom and F News student who was killed last year....

The SAIC community mourns the loss of Elizabeth Catlett —renowned sculptor and one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century. Catlett...

In Memory: Betty Matsoukas (attended SAIC '72-'73) Betty Matsoukas, nee Panagos , beloved daughter of the late Constantine and Demetra Panagos of Theologos, Sparta, Greece;...

Edward Mark Marcisz (BFA 1957) Edward Marcisz, 82, of La Grange, beloved husband of the late Anne; loving father of Mark, Janet (James) Hlavin and...

Francisco G. Mendoza 06/05/1958 - 03/12/2012   "On March 12, 2012, Francisco Mendoza, artist, teacher, friend and SAIC fellow Alumni left our world to the...

Timothy M. Martin received a BFA in 1987 in painting and printmaking. http://www. windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/ PASSAGES- Timothy -M- Martin / 36646.html "From 1987 to 1993, Martin...

Dara Greenwald, 1971-2012   All of us at VDB and SAIC are mourning the loss of the wonderful Dara Greenwald-radical artist, organizer, fighter for justice,...

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago community is saddened by the recent passing of beloved alumna Barbara Lazarus Metz . Metz received her...

PLYMOUTH - Peter S. "Pete" Moriarty, 45, a Roy Street resident, died unexpectedly of natural causes at his residence on Friday, September 23, 2011. Pete...

William Matthew Lawrance (BFA PTDW 2008) of Indianapolis, passed away on September 10, 2011. He was a loving son and brother, adoring uncle, faithful partner,...

Photo credit: Evan Witek  A Muskegon Chronicle reporter gets a personal fitting by 85-year-old hat designer Raymond Hudd during a demonstration at Brookhaven Medical Care...

Polly H. Ullrich (1950 - 2011) SAIC is deeply saddened by the loss of SAIC alumna Polly Ullrich (MAAH 1994). Polly's husband has asked that...

Herbert Temple, who attended SAIC after his military service in World War II passed away on Wednesday April 13th of heart complications at 91 ....

Herb Kawainui Kane (MAAE 1953) was an artist , historian and the founder of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, he passed on March 8, 2011 the...