News & Events: Week of June 12

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From the School

Heather Woofter to Take Deanship at UT Austin

Heather Woofter, director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, will take a new position as dean of the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture effective August 15.

Sam Fox School Announces Four New Faculty Members

Joe deVera, Christopher Dingwall, Michelle L. Hauk, and Zahra Safaverdi join WashU’s Sam Fox School as faculty. "Their expertise will be a valued addition to the school and our students" said Carmon Colangelo, the school's Ralph J. Nagel Dean, "and move us forward in key areas of our strategic plan."

Seulki Seo named Post-MFA Studio Fellow

Seulki Seo, MFA'23, has been awarded a postgraduate fellowship in visual art at the Sam Fox School. This one-year fellowship offers a chance to advance research interests through artistic practice at WashU.

In the News

Monotype | XYZ Type on Creative Characters

Senior Lecturer Ben Kiel and his business partner, Jesse Ragan, were interviewed on Monotype's "Creative Characters" Podcast about their typography work and business, XYZ Type.

The Architect's Newspaper | For rE-ordering architecture, four researchers establish new column styles with 3D-printed clay

Assistant Professor Kelley Van Dyck Murphy is one of four researchers featured in "rE-ordering architecture" at Usagi Gallery in Brooklyn.

The St. Louis American | East St. Louis native emphasizes pride for her hometown in WashU exhibition

Allena Marie Brazier, MFA '23, shares her hometown pride through her art and calls her installation “a hopeful ritual that invites play and wonder despite adversity.”

The Oregonian | Beaverton mural celebrates, connects youth with Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage

Anisa Asakawa, BFA '09, along with other artists, partnered with young students to create a mural celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander month near Portland, Oregon.

e-flux Education | The air that inhabits: 2023 MFA in Visual Art thesis exhibition

The air that inhabits features thesis projects by the 2023 MFA in Visual Arts graduates at the Sam Fox School’s Graduate School of Art.

Faculty Updates

"The Lungs," a video by Lecturer Zlatko Ćosić, is on view through June 30 at Cinema at Citygarden, a biennial co-presentation of Cinema St. Louis and the Gateway Foundation. Learn More

Matthew Allen, visiting assistant professor, launched his book Flowcharting: From Abstractionism to Algorithmics in Art and Architecture last month in Rome.

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