Get Involved

Community members can connect with us to bring their projects to life through partnership with WashU faculty and students. Submit a Community Request Form to get started.

Creative St. Louis Opportunities is a platform for designers, artists, architects, and other creative people to find out about the opportunities and needs of the St. Louis community, as well as resources such as grants and relevant events.

The Summer Public Design Workshop invites community organizations, neighborhood groups, and nonprofits looking to advance their mission and vision through a design project to submit project ideas for a collaboration with the Sam Fox School at WashU.

Schedule a consultation with the Office for Socially Engaged Practice to talk about potential partnerships for your socially engaged work.

Invite the Office for Socially Engaged Practice to lead a workshop with your class about best practices for working with and in communities.

Apply for funding to support your socially engaged courses and research.

Explore WashU courses focused on socially engaged and community-based work.

Serve as a teaching assistant or aftercare assistant in this architecture and design summer program for St. Louis students grades 4 through 8.

Apply for grants, awards, and fellowships to pursue socially engaged work in St. Louis.

Apply to receive a travel stipend and ticket registration for the Black in Design conference, organized by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design African American Student Union and recognizing the contributions from the African diaspora to the design fields.

The Office for Socially Engaged Practice supports student participants and faculty representatives at this interdisciplinary convening for future leaders hoping to use design as a tool for social equity and positive change in and with historically marginalized communities.