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Rosalind Al-Aswad, a clothing designer for Sears Company in the 1970s, went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her degree and became an oil painter, creating what she called, figurative narrative work on large canvases. All of her artwork involved subjects who posed for hours each day and each project took Rosalind several month. Here she is celebrated by the Art Institute of Chicago. This memorial was written by the assistant Dean of the Art Institute, Lisa Wainwright.