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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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Upcoming Lectures

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Nov 7 at 5:30pm • Steinberg Auditorium

Josephine Halvorson | Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Visiting Artist Lecture

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Nov 18 at 5:30pm • Steinberg Auditorium

Anda French, AIA, and Jenny French | Eugene J. Mackey Jr. Lecture

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Applications Open for 2025 Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards

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.

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Isasi and Tossin Named Freund Fellows

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.

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Van Dyck Murphy Wins 2024 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award

Assistant Professor Kelley Van Dyck Murphy is among the winners of the 2024 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards.

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Ebony G. Patterson, MFA ’06, Wins MacArthur “Genius” Grant

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.

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