Media Advisory: Preview of new Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum galleries and exhibitions

WHAT: Preview of five new gallery spaces in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis. Also preview of the spring exhibitions “Multiplied: Edition MAT and the Transformable Work of Art, 1959-1965” and “Truths and Reckonings: The Art of Transformative Racial Justice.” WHEN: 10-11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 WHERE: Mildred Lane Kemper Art […]
Keeping the arts central to campus life

Keeping the arts central to campus life

As business manager of Edison Theatre and the 560 Music Center, Bill Larson is responsible for a variety of duties, from booking shows to selling tickets to even mopping the stage. “I want to make the 560 and Edison a destination for everybody on campus,” he said.
Alice by Heart

Alice by Heart

A young girl takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss and first love with the help of her favorite book, Alice in Wonderland, in the debut novel from Tony Award-winning playwright Steven Sater, AB ’76.
Colten, Tran win RAC Artist Fellowships

Colten, Tran win RAC Artist Fellowships

Photographer Jennifer Colten, senior lecturer in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and Paul Tran, a senior poetry fellow in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, both at Washington University in St. Louis, have won 2019 Artist Fellowships from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis.
Sam Fox School launches spring lecture series

Sam Fox School launches spring lecture series

Artist Michael Joo, architect Lola Sheppard and designer Rob Giampietro are among the international array of cutting-edge visual thinkers who will visit St. Louis as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ spring Public Lecture Series. In all, the series, which begins Feb. 3, will feature 16 presentations by renowned artists, architects, curators and designers.
Staging Frontiers

Staging Frontiers

The Making of Modern Popular Culture in Argentina & Uruguay

Swashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and Uruguay were nineteenth-century bestsellers. But when these stories jumped from the page to the circus stage and beyond, their cultural, economic, and political influence revolutionized popular culture and daily life. In this engaging book, William Acree delivers a deep history of Latin American popular entertainment that culminates in […]
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