A radical plan to save the delta

A radical plan to save the delta

An international cohort of designers, engineers, hydrologists, planners and other professionals — along with a handful of Washington University faculty, students and young alumni — have won a global competition charged with developing a 100-year plan for stabilizing the Mississippi River delta. A delta, says the Sam Fox School’s John Hoal, that’s on life support.
Sam Fox School recognizes distinguished alumni

Sam Fox School recognizes distinguished alumni

Denver-based artist, architect, businessman, designer and philanthropist Ralph J. Nagel is among seven alumni to be honored March 31 as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts annual Awards for Distinction dinner.
Alberti Program wins national architecture honors

Alberti Program wins national architecture honors

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the AIA Office of Diversity and Inclusion have selected the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Alberti Program: Architecture for Young People as the 2016 honoree of the AIA Diversity Recognition Program.
PXSTL: Architecture as urban catalyst

PXSTL: Architecture as urban catalyst

Architect Amanda Williams and artist/educator Andres L. Hernandez have won the 2015–17 iteration of PXSTL, an international design-build commission organized by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
Mark Ryan joins Kemper Art Museum

Mark Ryan joins Kemper Art Museum

Mark Ryan has been appointed assistant director of collections and exhibitions for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis.
Will it float?

Will it float?

In a unique material investigation, architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts have constructed a prototype watercraft that incorporates expanding polyurethane spray foam — a commercial product typically used for home insulation.

Kemper seeks new Teaching Gallery proposals

The Kemper Art Museum is now accepting Teaching Gallery proposals for spring 2017. The deadline for proposals is May 31. The Teaching Gallery is an exhibition space dedicated to exhibiting works from the museum’s collection with connections to university curricula.
Shattering Western mythology

Shattering Western mythology

Tumbleweeds drift past clapboard buildings. A lone rider crosses dusty mountains. A woman waits by a cabin door. In “American Night” (2009), which opens March 4 at the Kemper Art Museum, German artist Julian Rosefeldt turns an amused yet critical eye to the motifs and conventions of the Western film.
Eckmann wins Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award

Eckmann wins Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award

Sabine Eckmann, director of the Kemper Art Museum, has won the College Art Association’s 2016 Alfred H. Barr Award for museum scholarship.
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