This is a list of notable people affiliated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago or the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Notable alumni Animation Walt Disney, animator, (Chicago Academy of Fine Arts) Comics, cartoons Designers Charles C. Dawson, illustrator, book designer Robert E. Paige, designer Art Paul, graphic designer Norman Teague, designer Herbert Temple Jr., art director Fashion Filmmakers Jewelers and light metal artists Eileen Abdulrashid, artist, enameler Illustrators Painters Photographers victor Skrebneski Mixed media artists, multidisciplinary artists New media artists, digital artists Sculptors Other Notable faculty Franco (Frank) Barsotti, Department of Photography Benjamin Bellas George Bellows (Chicago Academy of Fine Arts) Wafaa Bilal Rika Burnham, Teaching Institute in Museum Education Amanda Williams (artist) James Blomfield (Chicago Academy of Fine Arts) Stan Brakhage Christopher Bratton Nick Cave Francis Chapin Louis Grell Susanna Coffey John Rogers Cox Barbara Degenevieve James Elkins LaToya Ruby Frazier Michelle Grabner Diana Guerrero-Maciá Claudia Hart Tiffany Holmes Eduardo Kac Max Kahn Adelheid Mers Ayanah Moor Phil Morton Joyce Neimanas Kamau Amu Patton, multidisciplinary artist Claire Pentecost Frank Piatek Jefferson Pinder Jaume Plensa Albin Polasek, sculptor Barbara Rossi, painter, original member of the Chicago Imagists Jerry Saltz David Sedaris Sonia Sheridan, artist, founder of Generative Systems: Art Science and Technology Department Lorado Taft, sculptor Ruth VanSickle Ford (Chicago Academy of Fine Arts) James F. Walker Mechtild Widrich Anne Wilson Karl Wirsum Ray Yoshida References Matthew Angelo Harrison School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago