Sam Fox School to honor distinguished alumni
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will honor seven outstanding art and architecture alumni for demonstrating creativity, innovation, leadership and vision in their respective fields April 8 as part of the school’s annual Awards for Distinction ceremony.
A new approach to teaching urbanism abroad
In response to COVID-19, faculty members Jonathan Stitelman and Derek Hoeferlin of Sam Fox’s Global Urbanism Studio quickly pivoted not only their teaching model but also the very topic of study.
Hendrix named 3×3 Educator of the Year
John Hendrix, professor and chair of the Master of Fine Arts in Illustration & Visual Culture program at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named Educator of the Year by 3×3, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
Reed, Devincenti in Varsity Art XXV
Junior Sophie Devincenti and senior Tirzah Reed are representing the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis in Varsity Art XXV. The annual exhibition, which opens March 5, is hosted by Art St. Louis and features work by undergraduate and graduate students from St. Louis college- and university-level art programs.
Mute Icons
Other Dichotomies on the Real in Architecture
Interrogating historical, contemporary, and — more importantly— speculative images, “Mute Icons & Other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture” aims to construct a viable alternative to the icon’s cliché and exhausted form of communication, positing one that is decidedly introverted and withdrawn. Developing a language and a sensibility for discovering simultaneous, contradictory, and even unexpected readings of […]
Sam Fox School, CRE2, Pulitzer Arts Foundation welcome artist-in-residence Jordan Weber
Multidisciplinary artist Jordan Weber will discuss his work March 9. Weber is currently exploring questions of incarceration and healing in St. Louis as part of a new project, co-sponsored by the Sam Fox School, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.
Olynyk named inaugural Medicine & Media Arts Initiative fellow
Patricia Olynyk, the Florence and Frank Bush Professor of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named inaugural fellow in The Medicine & Media Arts Initiative.
Go and Do Likewise
The Parables and Wisdom of Jesus
The parables and teachings of Jesus are brought to life in this stunning picture book from award-winning author and illustrator John Hendrix But Jesus was going somewhere.His journey to find those most in need of him began anew each morning.Jesus walked . . . and ever since, people have followed him. Through parables of the good […]
Q&A with Christine Sun Kim
With her spare line and sly, deadpan humor, Christine Sun Kim investigates sound as a physical and social phenomenon while also interrogating the cultural hierarchies in which sound operates. In her new mural for Washington University’s Kemper Art Museum, the artist and Deaf activist highlights how the weight of history and everyday experiences intertwine to affect the lives of Deaf people.
Sam Fox School announces guest speakers for spring
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will host more than 20 virtual presentations by renowned artists, architects, designers and scholars as part of its spring Public Lecture Series.
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