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Architect Francis Kéré to speak April 1

Francis Kéré’s buildings are at once humble and revolutionary — poetic, light-filled structures internationally celebrated for engaging regional craft traditions and indigenous, eco-friendly materials

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Derek Hoeferlin Releases Book on Three Major Watersheds Panel and Workshop at Pulitzer Arts Foundation April 3

Derek Hoeferlin, associate professor and chair of landscape architecture & urban design, released his book “Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for a Watershed Architecture” this month.

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The air that inhabits: 2023 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition to open April 8

Eleven MFA in Visual Art candidates from Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will show their work at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

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Olivia Baba, BFA '23, and Connor Seger, BFA '23, win Fashion Scholarship Fund honors

Baba is one of four finalists for the $25,000 Chairman’s Prize to be awarded April 3.

The Lycée Schorge Secondary School in Koudougou, Burkina Faso

Satellite view of earth highlighting the Mississippi River

Derek Hoeferlin, associate professor and chair of landscape architecture & urban design, released his book “Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for a Watershed Architecture” this month.

Eleven MFA in Visual Art candidates from Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will show their work at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Baba is one of four finalists for the $25,000 Chairman’s Prize to be awarded April 3.

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Mar 20, 2023 • College of Art

The air that inhabits: 2023 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition to open April 8

Blurred images of people in motion at the exhibition

Mar 9, 2023 • College of Art

Applications Open for First Annual Des Lee MFA Alumnx Residency

Feb 15, 2023 • College of Art

Two MFA-VA Candidates Awarded Scholarships for Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop

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Feb 15, 2023 • College of Art

Students Compete in 2023 Annual Laskey Charrette

Burkina institute of technology photo courtesy of francis kéré

Jan 13, 2023 • College of Art

Sam Fox School spring Public Lecture Series begins Jan. 19

Cover of zine created by Diana Hoffman (BFA25)

Nov 22, 2022 • College of Art

Student-made zines acquired by Washington University Libraries

Model wearing black jacket, short white skirt, and tall black boots.

Nov 22, 2022 • College of Art

International Textile and Apparel Association recognizes Sam Fox School faculty and students

Nov 18, 2022 • College of Art

Two MFA students awarded Graduate Student Thesis Research and Production Grants

2022 global incubator seed grant recipients sam fox school

Nov 13, 2022 • College of Art

Sam Fox School Faculty Awarded Global Incubator Seed Grants from McDonnell International Scholars Academy

Spread of a zine with cream and light blue pages. Music notation extends across the left page, and on the right page, the text "Keep Off Grass" sits in a frame on top of another diagram and an amorphous shape filled with grass texture.

Oct 17, 2022 • College of Art

TL;DR and the Case for Making as Research

Oct 10, 2022 • College of Art

‘Speaking of Fashion: A Conversation with Diane von Furstenberg’

Two hands hold a silver colander against a white wall. The colander has a yellow dish sponge stuck to one side and a hair clip clipped to its base.

Sep 1, 2022 • College of Art

Tamara Johnson Named 2022-23 Freund Teaching Fellow

Inside a museum, a young Black woman stands next to a larger-than-life, black & white drawing installation composed on an L-shaped section of wall. On one wall, two rows of Black women remove striped socks from unseen figures' feet in an almost assembly line fashion. On the adjacent wall, a cloudlike formation of hair curls around the corner.

Aug 30, 2022 • College of Art

‘I feel really supported’

A multi-part installation with a full-wall mural portrays a joyful party scene. The installation comprises framed portraits of Black individuals in vibrant, patterned garments; balloons and colorful bunting (real and painted); and, in the foreground, a white picnic table with blue, orange, and purple party hats. The paintings are executed in a graphic style, with segmented of color blocks reminiscent of stained glass.

Aug 26, 2022 • College of Art

Fall 2022 Public Lecture Series Announced

On a green hill in a gallery, people sit and stand, relaxing, as if in a park. A blue yarn inverted-hill form floats above it. The head of a person standing beneath the form disappears into the space above.

Jul 20, 2022 • College of Art

Hurtling Through Space

On a bright green background, three mobile phone screens demonstrate an augmented reality app. The screens show ancient artifacts overlayed with text that addresses the object's complicated origin and acquisition story.

Jul 12, 2022 • College of Art

Unseen Histories (and Uncomfortable Truths)

A disorienting view of small sunflowers, almost abstractly encircling a rusty sign that reads Danger: Work Zone.

Jul 12, 2022 • College of Art

Nature Persists

Jul 6, 2022 • College of Art

2022-23 Fulbright Scholars Announced

A scene from a protest showing fists, raised in the air, shaking "protest rattles," upon which are printed words like "Choice" and No."

Jul 1, 2022 • College of Art

Art & Activism

Jul 1, 2022 • College of Art

Daniel Shieh (BFA16) named Socrates Sculpture Park Fellow

A teenage girl models a pale pink gown on the runway at a fashion design show. She holds a doll wearing a matching dress. Crowds of onlookers smile and applaud.

Jun 28, 2022 • College of Art

Project Runway

A moss green book with red spiral binding titled Whereas Hoops lies on a bed of green grass.

Jun 13, 2022 • College of Art

Why are there no basketball courts in Forest Park?

Students examine fabric samples on a rack

May 18, 2022 • College of Art

Stars Design Group collaborate with Sam Fox 2D Fashion Design students

A young woman with a walker modeling a fairytale green and gold dress pauses on a fashion design show runway and smiles to an applauding audience.

May 12, 2022 • College of Art

Fashion Design Show Debuts Adapative Formalwear

May 9, 2022 • College of Art

Class Acts: Bo Schmit