Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

The Kemper Art Museum presents “A Festival of Contemporary German Film” April 11-15 at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd.

Courtesy photoProject Row HousesArtist Rick Lowe, founder of Project Row Houses in Houston, will speak about his work April 13 for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Established in 1993, Project Row Houses is an arts and cultural community located in a historically significant inner-city neighborhood in Houston’s Third Ward, on the site of 22 now-renovated shotgun houses.

Contemporary New York-based mixed-media artist Leslie Dill will discuss her work April 11 as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will honor five outstanding architecture alumni at its 14th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner March 29. The awards recognize architecture graduates who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to both the practice of architecture and the School. Distinguished alumni for 2007 are Thomas A. Dutton (MAUD ’77) of Oxford, Ohio; George Nikolajevich, FAIA (MArch ’78) of St. Louis; Gene Schnair, AIA (BArch ’73, MArch ’76, MBA ’76) of San Francisco; and Laurie A. Sperling, CPSM (MArch ’79) of St. Louis. In addition, Erik G. L’Heureux, AIA, LEED (B.A. ’96) of New York received the 2007 Young Alumni Award. More…

Courtesy photo*Fremde Haut (Unveiled)*The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present “A Festival of Contemporary German Film” April 11 to 15. Screenings will include four recent critically acclaimed films: Vier Minuten (Four Minutes), Alles auf Zucker! (Go for Zucker!), Fremde Haut (Unveiled) and Sommer vorm Balkon (Summer in Berlin). In addition, the Kemper Art Museum will host a panel discussion exploring contemporary German film within the artistic and socio-political context of post-unification Germany.

Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg received the eighth annual Jane and Whitney Harris St. Louis Community Service Award at a Feb. 20 ceremony at Harbison House. Their prize, a $50,000 cash gift, will be distributed to six non-profit organizations.

Uta Grosenick, managing editor for DuMont publishers in Cologne, Germany, will speak on the development of commercial art galleries since 1945 at 6:30 p.m. March 22 in Brown Hall Auditorium.

Courtesy photoUta GrosenickUta Grosenick, managing editor for DuMont publishers in Cologne, Germany, will speak on the development of commercial art galleries worldwide since 1945 for Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Jeff PikeJeff Pike, dean of the College of Art and the Graduate School of Art, has been named the first Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr., Professor of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, according to dean Carmon Colangelo, the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Arts. The professorship was made possible by a gift from Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr., both of whom hold degrees in art from Washington University. A formal installation ceremony took place Feb. 27.

Hoal’s firm, H3 Studio Inc., was one of five selected to lead the Unified New Orleans Plan, which will coordinate rebuilding in the city’s 13 planning districts. He’ll discuss his work at 6:30 p.m. March 5 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium.