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The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at WashU is a leader in architecture, art, and design education.

We are advancing our fields through innovative research and creative practice, excellence in teaching, a world-class university art museum, and a deep commitment to addressing the social and environmental challenges of our time. Through the work of our students, faculty, and alumni, we are striving to create a more just, sustainable, humane, and beautiful world.

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What is design today?

Graduate students studying human-computer interaction begin courses this fall — with help from prominent alumni.

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Stone & DeGuire 2025 winners announced

The Sam Fox School has selected Viola Bordon, BFA ’18; Vanessa Gravenor, BFA ’14; and Rachel Youn, BFA ’17 as winners of the 2025 Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards. The awards are open to BFA and MFA alumni of WashU working in sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, and/or time-based media. Winners, chosen by a faculty and alumni jury, each receive $25,000 to advance their artistic practice.

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WashU partners with Be Well Cafe & Market in Hyde Park for inaugural Summer Public Design Workshop

The Sam Fox School’s Office for Socially Engaged Practice will partner with the nonprofit Be Well Café & Market in St. Louis’ Hyde Park neighborhood for the school’s inaugural Summer Public Design Workshop this May.

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Ebony G. Patterson to speak at Sam Fox School’s 2025 Recognition Ceremony

Celebrated artist and WashU alumna Ebony G. Patterson, MFA ‘06, will give the keynote address at the Sam Fox School’s Recognition Ceremony, Sunday, May 11, 2025.