Arts & Culture

Inspired by global travel, alumnus Lavar Munroe creates dreamlike versions of our world.

WashU alumni are writing and illustrating the books you wish you could have read as a kid — increasing diversity one picture book at a time.

The Sam Fox School will present WashU’s 95th Annual Fashion Design Show April 27 in Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. One of the oldest such shows in the nation, the event will feature dozens of models wearing scores of outfits that together explore the intersection of clothing and culture.

Aggie Toppins, an associate professor and chair of undergraduate design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2023 Communication Design Educator Award in teaching from Design Incubation.

John Klein, a professor of art history and archaeology in Arts & Sciences, contributed one of three principal essays to “Matisse and the Sea.”

Kahlil Robert Irving (MFA ’17) will present “Archaeology of the Present,” a 2,000-square-foot installation exploring our relationship to the city street, at Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum beginning Feb. 23.

Undergraduate student artists of any kind are welcome to apply for the Atkin Residency in the Art of Democracy. The application deadline is March 7.

“Santiago Sierra: 52 Canvases Exposed to the Mexico City Air” will open Feb. 23 at the Kemper Art Museum. The installation highlights the contaminants — the ozone, carbon monoxide, and sulfur and nitrogen oxides — that can slowly but surely poison urban environments.

Legendary shoe designer and entrepreneur Stuart Weitzman will discuss his design philosophy and experience building an internationally renowned company at a free event Feb. 8 open to the WashU community.