One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
United States
samfoxschool@wustl.edu
Visit us virtually
Get your copy of Otherwise (the MFA-VA’s official publication) and visit us at our November 19 virtual open house.
About the Sam Fox School
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ MFA in Visual Art program (MFA-VA) is an inclusive, close-knit community of renegade makers and thinkers. Drawing on the vast resources of Washington University in St. Louis, a tier-one research institution, the program offers students a site for rigorous inquiry, humanity, and intellectual generosity. It instills students with the agency and resiliency essential to the next generation of artists.
Learn about our newly appointed chair, professor Lisa Bulawsky; our new curriculum, launching fall 2021; and our enhanced safety protocols to support students’ on-campus learning this semester.
Facilities
MFA-VA studios are located in Weil Hall, a brand-new, LEED-Platinum facility. Students also have access to numerous specialized spaces for making, including a 3D digital fabrication lab, a textile studio, an expansive printmaking suite (home to Island Press and the Kranzberg Book Studio), and more. Studios are adjacent to the School’s Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library and the Kemper Art Museum, which reopened last fall with Ai Weiwei: Bare Life.
Engaging with the City
We are proud of our location in St. Louis, which serves as both an extension of the studio and a site of engagement for art and artists. Learn about our Office for Socially Engaged Practice and the cultural scene in St. Louis.
Core Faculty
Core faculty include Lisa Bulawsky (chair), Jamie Adams, Michael Byron, Amy Hauft, Meghan Kirkwood, Richard Krueger, Arny Nadler, Patricia Olynyk, Tim Portlock, Jack Risley, Denise Ward-Brown, Cheryl Wassenaar, and Monika Weiss.
Fall 2020 Visiting Artists & Critics
Jamal Cyrus + Stephanie Weissberg, Jess Dugan, Corey Escoto, Vanessa German, and Mika Rottenberg.
Apply online by February 5, 2021.
Questions?
Contact Taylor Yocom, graduate recruitment specialist: mfa-va [at] wustl.edu.
