Big small towns
In Rebuilding the American Town, the Sam Fox School’s Patty Heyda helps redefine our understanding of the smaller cities that make up the urban landscape.
Documenting humanity
WashU’s Film & Media Archive is making 42 years of material from Kartemquin Films — the Chicago-based documentary production company — accessible to scholars and the public.
Maxwell installed as Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature
William J. Maxwell has been installed as the inaugural Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. A lecture and reception to celebrate his appointment were held recently in Whittemore House.
‘Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection’
This fall, the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present “Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection.” Spanning nearly eight decades and featuring nearly 70 artists, the survey places leading contemporary practitioners in dialogue with an earlier generation of artists whose work anticipated current discussions of figuration and abstraction as well as identity and power.
WashU architecture in Venice
Six projects created by Sam Fox School faculty, students and alumni are featured in the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale and associated exhibitions.
Ahrens named chair of graduate architecture
Associate Professor Chandler Ahrens has been named chair of graduate architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The new role took effect July 1.
I Make Envy on Your Disco
A novel
It’s the new millennium and the anxiety of midlife is creeping up on Sam Singer, a 37-year-old art advisor. Fed up with his partner and his life in New York, Sam flies to Berlin to attend a gallery opening. There he finds a once-divided city facing an identity crisis of its own. In Berlin the […]
Mrs. Tan’s Grand Plan
A Children's Rhyming Storybook About Music, Friendship and Community
This children’s book tells the story of the Bright Birds, a colorful group of young birds living in a town where families often lead separate lives. The narrative unfolds as Mrs. Tan devises a grand musical plan that brings the young birds together, illustrating how music can bridge divides and foster community connections. This beautifully […]
Violet is Blue
Amazon bestseller, Suburban Fiction Violet Sellers is blue, and for good reason. She’s holding a shocking secret she won’t tell anyone, especially her comfortably middle-class parents. When she befriends Jules Marks, who lives on the “other side of the tracks” with his five little sisters, she is introduced to a dark world of self-abuse. As […]
Where the WashU community goes to see art in St. Louis
St. Louis is known nationally for its excellent (and free) art. Here, staff, faculty, students and alumni of WashU share their favorite places to view visual art around St. Louis during the summer.
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