Applications are now open for the next cycle of Washington University’s Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards. Awarded annually, it is open to BFA and MFA alumni of the Sam Fox School’s College & Graduate School of Art working in sculpture, painting, or expanded media. Up to three winners are chosen by a faculty and alumni jury, and each receives $25,000 to advance their studio practice. Artists can apply for the award now through February 2, 2025.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts shared that the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellows have been named for the current and next academic years: Blas Isasi Gutiérrez (2024-25) and Clarissa Tossin (2025-26). The fellowship comprises teaching a course at the Sam Fox School and creating work for exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Sam Fox School alumna Ebony G. Patterson, MFA ’06, has been named a 2024 fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The annual fellowship, colloquially called a “genius” grant, comes with an unrestricted $800,000 award, distributed over five years. Patterson is one of 22 awardees, four of whom are artists.