Life at Sam Fox

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Informal Cities workshop with Chelina Odbert

The annual Informal Cities Workshop teaches students to grapple with frictions and interconnections between the informal and formal aspects of the city. Chelina Odbert was the 2021 guest lecturer.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Design Faculty Exhibition, Part 1

Jennifer Ingram presents on her project Pathways to gallery visitors at an exhibition of work by seven design faculty members at the Des Lee Gallery, October 23–November 20, 2021.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Fox Fridays: Lost Wax Bronze Casting

Asst. prof. Constance Vale and inst. techs Bryce Robinson and Dryden Wells taught students techniques of wax burnout for investment molds, centrifugal metal casting, and basic metal finishing.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Freund Fellow Meleko Mokgosi

Painter Meleko Mokgosi, the Sam Fox School’s 2021-22 Freund Teaching Fellow, meets and conducts individual studio reviews with MFA in Visual Art students throughout the fall semester.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Fox Fridays: Pressure Prints

Working from designs made in Adobe Illustrator and cut out with a Cricut or cut by hand, students made layered pressure prints in the Kranzberg Book Studio under the instruction of lecturer Ben Kiel.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Faculty Publication Discussion: Designing the Modern City

Oct. 22, 2021—Faculty and guests discussed topics relating to Designing the Modern City: Urbanism Since 1850, written by Eric P. Mumford, the Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

15th Anniversary Celebration

Members of the Sam Fox School community gathered for a celebration of the School’s 15th anniversary on October 25, 2021.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

15th Anniversary Celebration

Members of the Sam Fox School community—including dean emeritus Dinos Michaelides, second from left—gathered for a celebration of the School’s 15th anniversary on October 25, 2021.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Fox Fridays workshop: 3D Digital Design for the Body

Students learned how to operate the Artec 3D handheld scanning tool to create a digital rendering of their own bodies, then learned how to use the software Browzwear to design customized clothing.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Tracing Our Mississippi

Student assistants worked with associate professor Derek Hoeferlin in the Caleres Fabrication Studio on his Exhibit Columbus project.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

Visual Art Faculty Exhibition, Part 1

Ten visual art faculty members are presenting work across media in an exhibition at the Des Lee Gallery, September 11-October 9, 2021.

Recent Events at Sam Fox

The Outwin: American Portraiture Today

Visitors to the Kemper Art Museum view the current exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, on view through January 23.

Instructor speaks enthusiastically to students seated around a table holding a cardboard city plan model under construction.

Person stands in a gallery space and presents in front of a mannequin wearing a black ribbon dress and three framed fabric pieces.

Person in a face shield and blue gloves holds up a small bronze medallion that reads "Sam Fox Shops."

Instructor sits in front of a blue and yellow abstract painting hung on a white wall and speaks to a person just off camera.

Student lays out multiple red, black, and blue prints on a worktable in a printmaking shop to review with an instructor.

Mumford presents to a crowd in Kuehner Court.

Photo of students in front of Steinberg Hall, some wearing Sam Fox School knit caps and shirts.

Instructor holds up a glowing handheld 3D scanning tool to show a group of students.

Two people inspect a platform built to hold a white topographic landscape model.

Two people speak in the gallery during the exhibition opening, with others viewing work; a pair of sculptures are in the foreground of the frame.

The annual Informal Cities Workshop teaches students to grapple with frictions and interconnections between the informal and formal aspects of the city. Chelina Odbert was the 2021 guest lecturer.

Jennifer Ingram presents on her project Pathways to gallery visitors at an exhibition of work by seven design faculty members at the Des Lee Gallery, October 23–November 20, 2021.

Asst. prof. Constance Vale and inst. techs Bryce Robinson and Dryden Wells taught students techniques of wax burnout for investment molds, centrifugal metal casting, and basic metal finishing.

Painter Meleko Mokgosi, the Sam Fox School’s 2021-22 Freund Teaching Fellow, meets and conducts individual studio reviews with MFA in Visual Art students throughout the fall semester.

Working from designs made in Adobe Illustrator and cut out with a Cricut or cut by hand, students made layered pressure prints in the Kranzberg Book Studio under the instruction of lecturer Ben Kiel.

Oct. 22, 2021—Faculty and guests discussed topics relating to Designing the Modern City: Urbanism Since 1850, written by Eric P. Mumford, the Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture.

Members of the Sam Fox School community gathered for a celebration of the School’s 15th anniversary on October 25, 2021.

Members of the Sam Fox School community—including dean emeritus Dinos Michaelides, second from left—gathered for a celebration of the School’s 15th anniversary on October 25, 2021.

Students learned how to operate the Artec 3D handheld scanning tool to create a digital rendering of their own bodies, then learned how to use the software Browzwear to design customized clothing.

Student assistants worked with associate professor Derek Hoeferlin in the Caleres Fabrication Studio on his Exhibit Columbus project.

Ten visual art faculty members are presenting work across media in an exhibition at the Des Lee Gallery, September 11-October 9, 2021.

Visitors to the Kemper Art Museum view the current exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, on view through January 23.

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Attend a Public Lecture

Exterior facade featuring a long, low stone wall with two small window openings looking out into nature.

Feb 3 at 12pm • Online

The Historic Preservation Lecture: H ARQUITECTES

An oversize textile with a couple of large holes cut out hangs from the ceiling of an open industrial space with a few pieces of minimalist furniture on the ground.

Feb 4 at 6pm • Online

Laskey Charrette Kickoff Lecture: Yasmin Vobis

Atop a black-and-white checkboard floor sits a smaller, black-and-white checkerboard piece, at an angle; a brown seating structure with four chair-like features plus a white panel with a black face is on top of that.

Feb 9 at 6pm • Online

Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Visiting Artist Lecture: Lisa Lapinski

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View Exhibitions of Work across Disciplines

Two inket print portaits, the first of a person in a white shirt with a green durag, set against a white background, and the second of an individual with a blue quilted vest on a yellow background.

In this Kemper Art Museum exhibition, 45 contemporary artists selected by jury explore a wide range of artistic approaches while responding to current social and political contexts.

Photograph of a densely wooded area, with lots of tree trunks and green and yellow leaves.

December 7–10, 2021 • Weitman Gallery, Steinberg Hall

Aerial Imagination

Seven vertically oriented detail shots of design works, ranging from garments to illustrations.

October 23 – November 20, 2021 • Des Lee Gallery, 1627 Washington Ave.

Sam Fox School Design Faculty Exhibition, Part 1

Black and white photo, showing wavy structures of an architectural model with a thin covering over them, set against a black background.

November 6–20, 2021 • Weil Hall, Rm. 325

Studio Exhibition: How Much Does Your Building Weigh?

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