Maki to present Sam Fox Arts Center Lecture

Fumihiko Maki, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect of the planned Sam Fox Arts Center, will lecture on “Image, Space and Materiality” at 6 p.m. Feb. 23 in Steinberg Auditorium. The talk will serve as the Sam Fox Arts Center Lecture. Maki, principal of Maki & Associates in Tokyo, is renowned for fusing elements of Eastern and […]

School of Art to launch Portfolio Plus program

The School of Art’s new “Portfolio Plus” program, which will run June 16-July 9 and is open to all St. Louis-area high-school students, will consist of morning sessions focusing on art fundamentals and afternoon sessions centered on one of seven studio disciplines. The 9 a.m.-noon sessions will include a drawing class emphasizing observational drawing and […]

Murray to speak on medieval architecture and new media

Stephen Murray, a leading authority on medieval art and architecture and founder of the Visual Media Center at Columbia University, will speak on “Medieval Architecture and the New Media: Representing and Creating Humanistic Content” at 6 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Gallery of Art. A reception for Murray will immediately follow the talk. A specialist […]

Have a seat

Photo by Mary ButkusTwo benches honoring architecture Dean Cynthia Weese were installed recently outside of Givens Hall.

Grand groundbreaking

Photo by Joe AngelesMore than 1,000 people gathered April 14 for the groundbreaking of the Sam Fox Art Center’s Kemper Art Museum and Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall.

Takin’ it to the streets

Photo by Kevin LowderBob Hansman hosted a free a bus tour of St. Louis neighborhoods and a subsequent discussion of issues relating to community development.

Pioneering architect Ban to discuss humanitarian activities

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, known for his pioneering use of low-cost materials such as paper and bamboo, will speak on “Works and Humanitarian Activities” for the School of Architecture and Visiting East Asian Professionals Program in Arts & Sciences at 7 p.m. Feb. 29. The event is free and open to the public and will […]
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