Whitney Museum curator Christiane Paul to discuss new media art Oct. 25

*De-Viewer* by ART COMOver the last two decades, digital technology has had a major impact on the production and experience of art. On Oct. 25, Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of new media arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, will discuss digital art and other new forms — including net art, software art, digital installation and virtual reality — for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Kemper Art Museum to present panel discussion on ‘Window | Interface’

Groundbreaking video artist Peter Campus will join curators Sabine Eckmann and Lutz Koepnick for a panel discussion relating to the exhibition Window | Interface at 6 p.m. Aug. 31. Co-curated by Eckmann and Koepnick and featuring works by Campus, the exhibition explores the ways in which electronic windows and interfaces — for example, video screens, computer monitors and cell phone displays — have come to structure the practice and experience of art today.

Window | Interface at Kemper Art Museum

This month, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present Window | Interface, an exhibition highlighting the use of windows and interfaces as both boundaries and sites of transaction between machine and mind, data and perception, the world of the body and the world of the imagination.

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to present panel discussion on Window | Interface Aug. 31

Peter Campus, *Prototype for Interface*Groundbreaking video artist Peter Campus will join curators Sabine Eckmann and Lutz Koepnick for a panel discussion relating to the exhibition Window | Interface at 6 p.m. Aug. 31. Co-curated by Eckmann and Koepnick and featuring works by Campus, the exhibition explores the ways in which electronic windows and interfaces — for example, video screens, computer monitors and cell phone displays — have come to structure the practice and experience of art today.

Undergraduate Rankings of WUSTL by News Media

Below is a link to the Washington University news release about the U.S. News & World Report undergraduate rankings for 2004-05: http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/3627.html To view a full listing of U.S. News magazine, book and Web-only rankings for 2004-05, please visit the U.S. News & World Report site: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

Bruce Lindsey named E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration

Courtesy photoBruce LindseyBruce Lindsey, dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, has been named the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. The professorship is one of four established at Washington University since 1997 by St. Louis philanthropist E. Desmond Lee, a 1940 graduate of the John M. Olin School of Business. It is intended to recognize faculty who already have made, and will continue to make, important contributions to the mission of engaging the community.

Saint Louis Art Museum and Sam Fox School announce Freund Fellows for 2007-08 and 2008-09

Courtesy photo*554-5251* by Sarah OppenheimerThe Saint Louis Art Museum and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis have announced the selection of artists Sarah Oppenheimer and Claudia Schmacke as Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellows for academic years 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively. The Freund Fellowship consists of a yearlong residency in St. Louis, during which time fellows teach in the Sam Fox School’s Graduate School of Art and create exhibitions for the Saint Louis Art Museum’s Currents series.

Korean Comics: A Society through Small Frames at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Aug. 31 to Dec. 17

*The Great General Mighty Wing*Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in Japanese manga, or comic books, in the United States, yet Korean comics remain relatively unknown. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present Korean Comics: A Society through Small Frames, a rare U.S. exhibition of work from both North and South Korea. Organized and curated by The Korea Society, the exhibition provides a decade-by-decade glimpse of the evolving social realities in contemporary Korea, as depicted in comics ranging from popular children’s entertainment to aggressive forms of political commentary.

Window | Interface at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Aug. 31 to Nov. 5

*screens*Windows shape and frame, both literally and figuratively, the ways we see the world around us. Interfaces represent the points of contact between different systems, spaces and entities — for example, the screen, the mouse or the keyboard that connects the computer with the human user. In August, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present Window | Interface, an exhibition highlighting the use of windows and interfaces as both boundaries and sites of transaction between machine and mind, data and perception, the world of the body and the world of the imagination.
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