Life at Sam Fox

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smoke, signals, space: 2021 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition

Graduating MFA in Visual Art students present artworks in various media, exploring themes such as the politics of race, the role of gender, the poetics of the everyday, and utopian/dystopian futures.

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The Collective: 2021 BFA in Fashion Design Capstone Exhibition

Seniors in the Fashion Design program displayed their garments in an exhibition at the Des Lee Gallery, May 14–22, 2021.

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2021 MFA-IVC Thesis Exhibition

The first graduating class of the MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture program showcased their thesis projects at the High Low Gallery in midtown May 1–15, 2021.

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Out of This Room: 2021 MFA-VA First-Year Exhibition

First-year students in the MFA in Visual Art program exhibited works at the Des Lee Gallery in downtown St. Louis April 30–May 8, 2021.

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Itinerant Artworks Pop-Up Exhibition in Forest Park

Students in Professor Jack Risley’s Itinerant Artworks class installed public art pieces in various locations around nearby Forest Park on April 25, 2021.

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Canoeing the Mississippi

Students in associate professor Derek Hoeferlin’s seminar Field Work 2.0 [Reality + Remote???] paddled the MIssissippi as part of their field work in October 2020.

Overview shot of a gallery space displaying several sculptural works and 2D pieces.

Gallery space full of mannequins and racks exhibiting fashion design garments.

People look at illustrations projects displayed in a modern gallery space with an industrial aesthetic.

Gallery space with a large, colorful backdrop painting on one wall, fronted by a teal stool and an empty camera tripod facing the backdrop.

Person in a red striped shirt photographs a wood and cloth construction strapped to a tree. A second person relaxes in a camp chair nearby.

A red canoe navigates the Mississippi River downstream from the Chain of Rocks Bridge.

Graduating MFA in Visual Art students present artworks in various media, exploring themes such as the politics of race, the role of gender, the poetics of the everyday, and utopian/dystopian futures.

Seniors in the Fashion Design program displayed their garments in an exhibition at the Des Lee Gallery, May 14–22, 2021.

The first graduating class of the MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture program showcased their thesis projects at the High Low Gallery in midtown May 1–15, 2021.

First-year students in the MFA in Visual Art program exhibited works at the Des Lee Gallery in downtown St. Louis April 30–May 8, 2021.

Students in Professor Jack Risley’s Itinerant Artworks class installed public art pieces in various locations around nearby Forest Park on April 25, 2021.

Students in associate professor Derek Hoeferlin’s seminar Field Work 2.0 [Reality + Remote???] paddled the MIssissippi as part of their field work in October 2020.

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Sep 20 at 6pm • Steinberg Auditorium

Book Lecture: Marcelo Spina, Constance Vale, & Robert McCarter

Photo showing a portion of the gray, curved memorial wall, with people walking inside it; the memorial surrounds a ovular patch of grass.

Sep 27 at 6pm • Online

Fumihiko Maki Lecture: UVA Memorial to Enslaved Laborers

Oct 7 at 6pm • Online

Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Visiting Artist Lecture: Richie Pope

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It’s nice to meet you! My name is Allana Thompson. I am a rising junior (Class of 2022) at WashU pursuing Animation through a Studio Art/Communication Design major and a minor in Korean Language and Culture!

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