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IN THIS ISSUE: CAA Picturing the Studio Alumni Reception - TOMORROW! Friday February 12 Help Art Heal Haiti - Friday, February 19 A Conversation with Jonathan Green - Friday, February 26 Alumni Exhibition Openings Alumni in the News Opportunities Stay Connected

Image detail: Rodney Graham, The Gifted Amateur, Nov 10th, 1962, 2007, one of three painted aluminum light boxes with transmounted chromogenic transparencies. Edition of four and one artist’s proof. Courtesy of the artist, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, and the Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada	FRIDAY! A Special Opportunity to Connect with SAIC Peers and Mentors SAIC Alumni Private Reception & Viewing of Picturing the Studio Friday, February 12 4:00-6:00 p.m. Sullivan Galleries 33 South State Street, 7th floor Connect with fellow SAIC classmates, faculty, and staff. Enjoy cocktails and remarks from SAIC President Wellington Reiter, FAIA. View the critically acclaimed exhibition Picturing the Studio, an exploration of the artist’s studio with works by more than 30 contemporary artists. More info about the exhibition Register for this event online or please contact 312.629.6829 or e-mail alumni@saic.edu return to top

	HELP ART HEAL HAITI Friday, February 19 Early viewing 4 p.m. Auction bidding 6-10 p.m. 518 Davis (Chicago and Davis) Three blocks east of Davis St. Purple line Evanston, Illinois Cash bar, great food and silent auction featuring artworks by over 50 artists from all over the world. All proceeds of artworks will go to UNICEF. All cash bar proceeds will go to the Andrew Grene Haiti Foundation. This event is organized by SAIC student Tessa Perutz and has many SAIC alumni and faculty participating. more info return to top

Jonathan Green (BFA 1982), Sea Swing, 2004 (detail), collection of Jonathan Green. Photo: Courtesy of Richard Weedman RELATED PROGRAMMING: Saturday, February 27, 2010 Off the Wall & Onto the Stage– Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green Harris Theater 205 East Randolph Street 7:30 p.m. more info	SAIC partners with the South Side Community Art Center to celebrate the work of Alumnus Jonathan Green Friday, February 26, 2010 Conversation with Jonathan Green Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall 111 South Michigan Avenue 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. FREE ADMISSION Listen to a conversation with SAIC alumnus Jonathan Green (BFA 1982), moderated by Ronne Hartfield, former Woman's Board Endowed Executive Director of Museum Education at the Art Institute of Chicago, and currently a consultant in the arts and multicultural education. A reception will follow hosted by the Leadership Advisory Committee of the Art Institute of Chicago. This event is presented in conjunction with the South Side Community Art Center’s 70th Anniversary Celebration and the premiere of Off the Wall & Onto the Stage, a ballet based on Green's work. For further information contact: James Britt, Director - Multicultural Affairs jbritt1@saic.edu, 312.629.6869 return to top

SEND INFORMATION, IDEAS AND QUESTIONS TO: Carolyn Ottmers SAIC World Famous Foundry saicfoundry@saic.edu 312.443-3552	COME CELEBRATE WITH US! 20th ANNUAL LAKE BLUFF IRON POUR, MAY 6-9, 2010 LAKE BLUFF, IL All student, alumni, and faculty foundry aficionados are invited to participate in this historical event. Reconnect and reminisce with old flames. Create a casting while you are at it. Bring your family! more info REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. RSVP TODAY! Share this information with other foundry alumni you are in touch with. Encourage them to update their contact information on my.saic.edu. return to top

ALUMNI EXHIBITION OPENINGS THE AMORPHOUS LAW: VIDEOS BY STERLING RUBY Thursday, February 17th, 6 p.m. Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago Sterling Ruby (BFA 2002) will be in conversation with Robert Hobbs in a joint New Artists Society and Society for Contemporary Art lecture. more info SAIC ALUMNI IN THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL February 25 The February issue of Art in America (circ. 75,670) notes in the ARTWORLD section on page 134 that the Whitney Biennial had 100 artists in 2006 and 81 in 2008, and "continues its downsizing trend this year with a total of 55 artists or collaboratives." Nevertheless, Painting and Drawing faculty member Jim Lutes (MFA 1982) joins alumni Josh Brand (BFA 2002) and Jessica Jackson Hutchins (MFA 1999) as a selected artist in this year's show. more info ALUMNI at the David Weinberg Gallery OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, February 26, 5-8 p.m. February 26 - runs through April 10, 2010 ALUMNI features the work of SAIC alumni Noelle Allen, Helen Maurene Cooper, Amy E. Mayfield and Michael Ratulowski. more info Jeff Koons Presents "Ed Paschke" Opening March 18, 2010 Gagosian Gallery 980 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10075 212.744.2313 more info More: Alumni Exhibitions/Openings return to top

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS In Art in America, recent SAIC alumni reviews include Josh Faught (MFA 2006) at Lisa Cooley Gallery and Jan Tichy (MFA 2009) at Richard Gray Gallery, reviewed by faculty member Susan Snodgrass. Painting and Drawing alumnus George Schmidt (MFA 2004) featured with his wife Jacqueline in the February/March issue of ReadyMade magazine. The article is available on the website of the Schmidts' design firm, Screech Owl Design. *Time Out Chicago* art editor Lauren Weinberg reviewed the newest exhibition from photographer and SAIC alumna Helen Maurene Cooper (MFA 2007) in this week's edition (2/4, circ. 52,660), giving the show, Hard Candy, three stars. Praising the exhibition's nuanced concentration on manicures and finger nail art, Weinberg concludes, "Cooper makes us wonder about her subjects' self-denial as well as their self-expression." SAIC alumna Emily Pilloton (MFA 2007) began her 75-day Design Revolution Roadshow this week on the West Coast. The San Francisco Chronicle (circ. 251,782) covered the kick-off Tuesday (2/2) with a feature article by John Curley . He notes, "Pilloton's journey began when she quit a nice-paying job with one of the leading clothing stores in the country to pursue a dream of designing for the global good...She realized that the years she'd spent studying for her bachelor's in architecture at UC Berkeley and her master's in architecture and product design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago could be put to better, more socially responsible, use." Pilloton's first stop was also covered in the Contra Costa Times (circ. 174,852) with another feature and more photos. SAIC alumnus Tobaran Waxman (MFA, 1999-2001) is the winner of the Jewish Museum's first-ever Audience Award, selected from nearly 60 international artists. Votes were gathered from visitors to the exhibition Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life , between September 13 and January 11 at the museum in New York City. Waxman was selected for his provocative installation Opshernish, 2000/2009. The piece examines the construction of gender in Judaism by re-creating and condensing a multi-part performance installation. More: Alumni in the News return to top
OPPORTUNITIES Call for Illinois artists to submit applications to the Illinois State Museum Artisans Program Illinois artists are invited to submit applications to the Illinois State Museum Artisans Program. All areas of arts and crafts, including folk, traditional, contemporary, ethnic and country, as well as fine art forms are sought. The mission of the Illinois Artisans Program is to bring national and statewide recognition to the rich heritage of fine crafts in Illinois. The Illinois Artisans Program strives to increase in makers their sense of importance as valued members of their communities and enhance their potential for economic advancement. Visit www.museum.state.il.us/artisans for more info. More: Opportunities return to top
STAY CONNECTED We invite you to visit our online community, my.SAIC at http://my.saic.edu, to learn about upcoming SAIC alumni exhibitions, events, and programming. There is so much going on in our alumni community in Chicago and around the globe and we want to be sure you are in-the-Loop. Alumni Events In Memory return to top

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