Wednesday, February 20, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S. Wabash Ave., 1st floor
SAIC Alum Roman Serra will talk about how he makes a living with his artwork. Hear how he got started and learn tips for being successful as an artist.
Register here to attend and receive updates about guest speakers. This event is free and open to all degree-seeking SAIC students and alumni. Free food and drinks provided!

Join the Working Artist Program on LinkedIn to stay informed about upcoming workshops and events. 

Presented by the Career + Co-op Center and SAIC’s Office of Alumni Relations.
The Working Artist Program presents monthly meetings and visits by working artists, as well as networking opportunities and other activities to support SAIC artists who are starting their careers. 
Persons with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation for this program should email careers@saic.edu or call 312.629.6810 as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made.

On December 20 Newcity released its Top 5 of Everything 2012, a compilation of Top 5 lists covering all aspects of Chicago’s art and culture in the past year. Members of the SAIC community made a dominant showing in this year’s Art section, featured in Top Art Exhibitions—which named The Great Refusal: Taking on New Queer Aestheticsat SAIC’s Sullivan Galleries among its top five—Top Art/Design Crossovers, Total Art Escapes, Top Art Interviews, Top Art Exhibitions You Didn’t See, Top People You See at Every Art Opening, and Top People Whose Lives Are Possibly Artworks.  Congratulations are in order for faculty members Deborah Boardman, Maria Gasper, Lou Malozzi (BFA 1978), and Trevor Martin, and additional praise goes to SAIC alumni Jordan Avery (BFA 2012), Benjamin Bellas (BFA 2005), Sandra Binion (MFA 1992), Troy Briggs (MFA 2012), Adam Brooks (MFA 1989), Bridgette Buckley (MFA 2002),Stephanie Burke (MFA 2009), Mariano Chavez (BFA 2005), Chelsea Culp (BFA 2007), Theodore Darst (BFA 2011), Robin Dluzen(MFA 2010), Steven Fiehn (BFA 2000), Ben Foch (NG 1999), Vicki Fowler (MFA 2011), Jeffrey Grauel (MFA 2000), Emily Green (BFA 2005), Paul Hopkin (MFA 1997), Jane Jerardi (MFA 2012), Jennifer Karmin (MFAW 2001), Joseph Kramer (MFA 2010), Alan Lerner(MFA 2003), Carron Little (MFA 1999), Eric May (BFA 2000), Heather Mullins (MFA 2008), Tyler Myers (BFA 2001), Marissa Perel(MFA 2010), Oliverio Rodriguez (MAAH 2006), Luis Romero (MFA 1999), Louisa Shields (BFA 2009), Jenni Sorkin (BFA 1999), Edra Soto (MFA 2000), Megan Sterling (MFA 2007), Brad Troemel (BAVS 2010), Vincent Uribe (BAVS-BA 2012), Heather Marie Vernon(MAAT 2013), Mathew Wilson (MFA 1993), and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung  (PBS 2005, MFA 2007). Phew!

a new financial education membership program, to help SAIC students and recent alumni manage their money and student loans. 

Check your inbox for an email invitation to join SALT in the next few days. If you do not receive your SALT email in the next week or so, please contact SALT’s Member Support team at 855.469.2724.

What Is SALT? 
SALT was created by American Student Assistance, a nonprofit organization, to help students and recent alumni learn more about how to manage their personal finances. This program rewards you for making smart money decisions, and we’re providing all of its services to you-including your membership- free of charge. 
 
Activating your SALT membership allows you take advantage of members-only features, like: 

• Interactive money management tools that show you how to take control of your finances.
• A personal dashboard that tracks all of your federal student loans from SAIC in one place.
• Loan advice from SALT’s expert financial counselors.
• My Money 101-a self-paced, online resource that teaches you practical money management strategies for budgeting, credit cards, banking and more.
• Exclusive benefits that help you save and spend smart.

Remember to check your email for a message from SALT containing your invitation to join.
Sincerely,

Jane Brumitt
Executive Director of Enrollment Services
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
312-629-6184
jbrumitt@saic.edu

Emily Pilloton 
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.
Free admission

SAIC alumna Emily Pilloton (MFA 2005) founded the nonprofit design firm Project H to use creative capital to improve communities and public education from the inside out. Trained in architecture (University of California, Berkeley) and product design (SAIC), Pilloton believes in design as an honest process of building and activism that benefits communities by engaging them in public education experiences. She spends most of her days in a woodshop with high school students in Bertie County, North Carolina as part of Studio H, a one-year design/build/community program that teaches design thinking and vocational construction skills within the public school system. Pilloton is the author of Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People, and has spoken worldwide, from the TED conference stage to the Colbert Report.
Presented in collaboration with SAIC’s Alumni Relations. 

Artist Wolfgang Laib, along with a team of SAIC students and alumni, fill Sullivan North Gallery with more than 30,000 mountains of rice and pollen. This exhibition,Unlimited Ocean, is open through December 23. Visit saic.edu/exhibitions for more information.