Arts & Culture

The Sam Fox School will present “Clairvoyance,” WashU’s 97th Annual Fashion Design Show, April 18 in Edison Theatre. One of the oldest such shows in the nation, the event will feature dozens of models wearing scores of outfits exploring traditional structures and contemporary trends.

The WashU Dance Collective, the resident dance company of the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, will present “Alchemy,” an evening of new and original choreography, April 10 and 11 in Edison Theatre.

Acclaimed Grammy-winning ensemble the Catalyst Quartet will perform works by Florence Price, Libby Larsen and Antonín Dvořák for WashU’s Great Artists Series April 12.

“Everything Under the Sun,” a bright pink steel installation by Jonathan Stitelman, a senior lecturer at the WashU Sam Fox School, has been installed in St. Louis’ Covenant Blu Grand Center neighborhood. A grand opening celebration will be held April 3.

The Department of Music in WashU Arts & Sciences has announced the lineup for its 2026-27 Great Artists Series. The series will include five regular-season performances as well as a special 10th anniversary celebration with Grammy-winning pianist Yuja Wang.

Eight finalists have been selected for the James Harrison Steedman Fellowship in Architecture. It’s administered by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis and by AIA St. Louis.

Three-time Grammy winner Isabel Leonard will join celebrated accompanist John Arida for an evening of works by Spanish composers and classic mid-century American songs March 29 as part of WashU’s Great Artists Series.

Christopher J. Salango and Lorraine “Rain” Stippec, second-year candidates in the Master of Fine Arts in Dance program, will present new and original works in Edison Theatre March 20 and 21.

The African Film Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary with award-winning films from South Africa, Morocco, Cape Verde, Sudan and other nations from March 27-29 in WashU’s Brown Hall. Admission is free.