Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

A still from *Having a Ball*, one of three circus-themed e-cards by Kristine Ng.For the estimated 7 to10 million blind and visually impaired Americans, the Internet has proven to be the most powerful — and most empowering — tool since Braille. Widely available software programs such as JAWS for Windows and Windows-Eyes can read aloud online newspapers and magazines and other previously inaccessible materials. Yet as bandwidth and memory improve, businesses have increasingly sought to drive customers to glitzy, graphics-heavy Web sites that are more difficult, if not impossible, for blind users to navigate. Thanks to a group of senior design students at Washington University in St. Louis, blind and visually impaired Web users can now experience some of the Internet’s increasingly expansive potential. The 23 students — design, illustration and advertising majors in the School of Art — have created some of the first Web sites showcasing new accessibility components of Macromedia Flash MX, the increasingly popular authoring tool for Web interfaces, interactive video, Web-based games, streaming music and other multimedia content.

Over the past 25 years, Island Press, the professional print shop in the School of Art, has published dozens of editions by internationally renowned artists, displayed work at major museums around the world and generally earned a reputation for pushing the boundaries of the printmaking medium. It has never, however, had a sale. Until now. […]

Photo by Bill StoverThe Fashion Design Program’s annual “Gowns in the Gallery” exhibition was Feb. 12 at the School of Art’s Des Lee Gallery.

The projects show an “ongoing commitment to public practice and making artworks that are contextualized by public space.”

Influence 150: 150 Years of Shaping a City, a Nation, the World begins Sept. 5 at the Gallery of Art; an opening reception is from 5:30-8 p.m.

“St. Louis owes a great debt to Marilyn and Sam for their long-standing generosity and for their many years of devoted leadership and service,” Chancellor Wrighton says.

She is “a very precise, inventive, clear-thinking and thorough designer,” Associate Professor Stephen Leet says.

The Sam Fox Arts Center will dedicate a new School of Art studio building in honor of St. Louis community leaders Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced Dec. 10. Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall will be located at the southeastern end of the Hilltop Campus, immediately north of […]

Medical information design is just one of the issues to be explored as part of the national symposium, co-sponsored by the School of Art and the Center for Aging.

A major gift from Eric P. and Evelyn E. Newman will create a state-of-the art numismatic museum as part of the Sam Fox Arts Center, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced Dec. 10. The Newman Money Museum will house exhibitions and audiovisual displays on a variety of topics relating to the history of coins and currency, […]