Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
Location
Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
Information
School type	Art, Design
Established	2005
Dean	Carmon Colangelo
Website	http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/

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 2005 by merging the existing Colleges of Art and Architecture; 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:

College of Architecture
Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design
College of Art
Graduate School of Art
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

References

External links

samfoxschool.wustl.edu - Official website

Washington University in St. Louis

Academics	Centers and Institutes Libraries School of Arts and Sciences Olin Business School School of Engineering and Applied Science School of Law School of Medicine George Warren Brown School of Social Work Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Historical: Washington University School of Dental Medicine List of Nobel Laureates McDonnell Genome Institute

Campus	Brookings Hall Crow Observatory Danforth Campus Medical Campus Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum North and West Campuses Tyson Research Center

Athletics	Bears Francis Field Francis Gymnasium

People	Notable alumni Chancellors Faculty and staff Affiliated Nobel laureates William Greenleaf Eliot, founder

History	Historical overview Historic District

Campus life	Mosaic Whispers KWUR Radio Residential colleges Student Life Thurtene Carnival WILD

Coordinates: 38°38′49″N 90°18′10″W / 38.64697°N 90.30267°W / 38.64697; -90.30267

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