Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is the visual arts and design degree granting branch of Washington University in St. Louis. The Sam Fox School was created in 2006 by merging the existing Colleges of Art and Architecture and dedicated in honor of former ambassador Sam Fox.[1] The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts combines the strengths of these fields into a single collaborative unit offering both undergraduate and graduate programs. The School comprises:

Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
Steinberg Hall, a part of Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, April 2018
Location
Washington University

St. Louis
,
Missouri
Information
School typeArt, Design
Established2005
DeanCarmon Colangelo
Websitehttp://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/

Carmon Colangelo is the Dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Bruce Lindsey is Dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design. Heather Corcoran is the Dean of the College and Graduate School of Art.

Architecture

Architecture offers BS and BA degrees as well as M. Arch and MUD. There is a combined six-year BS and M. Arch degree program as well as joint M. Arch programs with most of the other schools in the University. In 2009, the journal DesignIntelligence ranked the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design No. 6 in the nation in its "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools" issue.

Art

Art offers the BFA and MFA in Art in the context of a full university environment. Students take courses in the College of Arts & Sciences as well as courses in the College of Art to provide a well-rounded background. One third of students in the school pursue a combined study degree program, second major, and/or minors in other undergraduate divisions at Washington University. U.S. News & World Report ranked the MFA program 15th in the nation in 2008.[2]

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

In October 2006 the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum moved into new facilities designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect, and former faculty member, Fumihiko Maki.[3]

References
  1. "Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts announces new full-tuition scholarships". The Source. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  2. "US News and World Reports". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24.
  3. http://magazine.wustl.edu/Spring07/artarchitecture.htm

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