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Life at the Sam Fox School


What’s it really like to be a Sam Fox School student? Scroll down to get a glimpse of studio life, meet our students, and see what’s happening right now on our side of campus.

Tour our campus

We’re located in an ideal spot on the East End of the Danforth Campus, right across from beautiful Forest Park.

See why we love St. Louis

St. Louis is a vibrant, exciting place to practice architecture, art, and design.

Sam Fox School...abroad!

In our study abroad programs, our students take their practice across the globe.


Get to Know Our Students


Join a Student Group

Students have numerous opportunities to make their mark on campus—including through student groups and student chapters of professional organizations based out of the Sam Fox School.



Take a Fox Fridays Workshop


Fox Fridays is a weekly, no-stress workshop series where students from across campus can learn new tools, techniques, and processes.

Apr 11, 9am – 12pm • Walker Shop

This workshop will cover all the skills necessary to turn your first wooden bowl! Students will learn the basics of different woodturning chisels, techniques for turning safely and efficiently, how to prepare bowl blanks for turning, and how to refine and finish the bowl. Students will get hands-on experience using the wood lathe and collaboratively work to produce bowls from start to finish.

Instructor: Grant Kaplan is a third-year mechanical engineering student at WashU and originally from Columbia, Missouri. He has been practicing woodworking for over eight years with an emphasis on woodturning in his more recent projects.


Upcoming Openings & Receptions


Apr 6, 1 – 3pm • Janet Majerus Park

Apr 8, 10 – 11am • Steinberg Gallery

Apr 11, 4:30 – 7pm • Weil Hall, 121-122