A Bold Welcome // Art Institute School Greets New Chief With Pop Art Bash

`It is all about Warhol," said John Himmel, Auxiliary Board chairmanof the School of the Art Institute, talking about the group's 1996benefit honoring its future president, Tony Jones.

Jones is returning from a five-year stint as president ofLondon's Royal College of Art. "The Factory Ball," co-chaired byTiffany's Michael Christ and Diana Hayden in the school's recentlyacquired building at 847 W. Jackson, will salute the pop art periodof the 1960s.

"Think (Andy) Warhol's famous studio, replete with his signatureday-glo colors, fluorescent lighting gels and swirling wallprojections," said Himmel.A kickoff party at Paul Stuart welcomed more than 150 boardmembers and …