Your March Madness chances, or putting a quintillion into focus
You — as part of the 10 percent of the American population who participates in this form of technically illegal gambling — have a 1-in-9.2 quintillion chance of picking the perfect March Madness bracket, says a statistical expert from Washington University in St. Louis.
African Film Festival to feature award-winning films
The 14th annual African Film Festival invites St. Louisans to see eight of Africa’s most acclaimed films on the big screen. Highlights include two Kenyan films, the controversial “Rafiki,” which was banned in its own country, and “Supa Moda,” a family-friendly film that one critic called “the most important superhero movie you’ll see this year.”
Juggling from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
The Forgotten History of Throwing and Catching
As juggling enters a golden age in the internet era, Juggling From Antiquity to the Middle Ages offers a look into the past—to the origins of our art form.
Dance, experience and healing
Choreographers Harrison Parker and Rachael Servello will present a pair of new works March 23 in Edison Theatre as part of “Reel2Real,” the 2019 MFA Student Dance Concert.
Sam Fox School to partner with The MFA Fair
Art schools are places of innovation and expression, of studio skills and critical analysis. But for many young artists, the transition to professional practice can be fraught. How do you start building a career? Opportunities for students like The MFA Fair this November help.
Sam Fox School students featured in Varsity Art XXIII
Junior Ruoyi Gan and senior Madeline Halpern are representing the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts in Varsity Art XXIII. Hosted by Art St. Louis, the annual exhibition features work by undergraduate and graduate students from St. Louis college and university-level art programs.
Lina Bo Bardi, Drawings
The first authoritative collection of drawings by legendary modern architect Lina Bo Bardi Lina Bo Bardi (1914–92) was one of the most prolific and visionary architects of the twentieth century. Raised in Italy under Mussolini’s Fascist regime and emigrating to Brazil after World War II, she championed the power of architecture and design to embrace […]
Lützeler to receive 2019 Friedrich Gundolf Prize
The German Academy for Language and Literature will award its 2019 Friedrich Gundolf Prizeto Paul Michael Lützeler, the Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
Too Numerous
What does it really mean when people are viewed as bytes of data? Alum Kent Shaw, MFA ’03, explores this and other topics in this poetry collection.
Sam Fox School names Amy Hauft to lead College & Graduate School of Art
Amy Hauft, the Leslie Waggener Professor in Sculpture at the University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed director of the College & Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Also joining the Sam Fox School faculty will be sculptor Jack Risley, the Meredith and Cornelia long Chair of Art and Art History at UT Austin.
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