A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.

Celebrated Alumni Featured on Crain’s List of Native Chicago Designers

Crain’s Chicago Business features two prominent SAIC alumni on its list of native Chicago fashion designers: late alum Roy Halston Frowick (1932–90) and Cynthia Rowley (BFA 1981). Halston started his career as a milliner and leapt to fame when he designed Jacqueline Kennedy’s pillbox hat, and Rowley, who won a Council of Fashion Designers of America award for new talent early in her career, now has 60 boutiques nationwide.

Image from article: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Pictured: Cynthia Rowley

SAIC Students Celebrate Alum Georgia O’Keeffe in Exhibition with SITE Galleries

In celebration of alum Georgia O’Keeffe: My New Yorks opening current SAIC students were invited to submit artworks inspired by O’keeffe and the city of Chicago. 

SAIC Students Celebrate Alum Georgia O’Keeffe in Exhibition with SITE Galleries

An image from the exhibition opening of “My Chicagos: SAIC Students Honor Georgia O’Keeffe.”