Sam Fox School to bestow Awards for Distinction
Architecture firm KieranTimberlake will receive the Dean’s Medal for outstanding service to the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts April 21 as part of the school’s 2022 Awards for Distinction ceremony, which will be held virtually April 21.
Sam Fox School announces 2022 Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards
Artists Margaux Crump, Alison McNulty and Yvonne Osei have each won the 2022 Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards. The awards are presented by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Winners will receive $25,000 each to advance their studio practices.
Bechdel to receive Washington University International Humanities Prize
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, known for her groundbreaking, richly layered depictions of queer life and family relationships, will receive the 2022 International Humanities Prize from Washington University in St. Louis.
WU Dance Collective presents ‘Redux’
The WU Dance Collective, the university’s repertory dance company, will return to Edison Theatre with “Redux,” a collection of nine new and classic works by faculty, student and alumni choreographers.
WashU and Sheldon welcome DakhaBrakha
For much of the last decade, DakhaBrakha has been sounding alarms at the rising tide of political violence. On Wednesday, April 13, these global ambassadors for Ukrainian culture will visit St. Louis for two appearances co-sponsored by The Sheldon and Washington University.
Architecture, biology and ‘Cellular Transformations’
Architecture inspired by biology is not a new concept. But typically, “architecture has imitated the imagery of biology and nature without awareness of the underlying mechanisms,” argue Ram Dixit and Sung Ho Kim in “Cellular Transformations: Between Architecture and Biology.”
MFA dance concert returns to Edison Theatre March 26
Four choreographers — Marcus Johnson, Charis Railey, Ashley L. Tate and Jane Tellini — will debut new work in Edison Theatre March 26 as part of the 2022 MFA Student Dance Concert, presented by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.
Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet April 3
The Attacca Quartet, one of the most versatile and outstanding ensembles performing today, will perform works by Caroline Shaw, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt and Maurice Ravel April 3 as part of the Great Artists Series, sponsored by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences.
African Film Festival returns to campus
The 16th annual African Film Festival returns to Washington University in St. Louis on March 25-27. The free event features eight short and full-length films.
Let’s do everything and nothing
A mother and her young daughter, cued as Taiwanese American, explore the world together. Author-illustrator Julia Kuo earned a bachelor’s degree at Washington University in St. Louis. She is a Taiwanese-American illustrator who has worked with The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Economist. Kuo has also taught illustration courses at Washington University.
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