> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Washington University in St. Louis’s MFA in Visual Art Launches New Curriculum
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/washington-university-st-louis-mfa-visual-art-curriculum-fall-2021/
- Published: 2020-10-28T17:00:17.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:42:38.000Z
- Description: Students enjoy in-person access to the top-tier research institution’s vast resources, including numerous specialized spaces for creating. Attend the Virtual Open House on November 19 and apply online.
- Author: Washington University in St. Louis
- Tags: Announcement, Art Education Announcements, Missouri, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:08 (2019, 2020, part 3)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/samfoxschool_mfa-va-ad_1080px-1.jpg)

Cover of *Otherwise*, the official publication of the MFA in Visual Art program at Washington University in St. Louis

*Visit us virtually: Get your copy of* [Otherwise](https://bit.ly/2HBTYVM?ref=hyperallergic.com) *(the MFA-VA’s official publication!) and visit us at our November 19* [*Virtual Open House*](https://bit.ly/2HBTYVM?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*

The [Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts](https://bit.ly/3kxKcCO?ref=hyperallergic.com)’ [MFA in Visual Art program](https://bit.ly/3jxyfeQ?ref=hyperallergic.com) (MFA-VA) is an inclusive, close-knit community of renegade makers and thinkers. Drawing on the vast resources of [Washington University in St. Louis](https://bit.ly/2HFbqJj?ref=hyperallergic.com), a tier-one research institution, the program offers students a site for rigorous inquiry, humanity, and intellectual generosity.

Check out our website to learn about our newly appointed chair, [professor Lisa Bulawsky](https://bit.ly/3mpBSpg?ref=hyperallergic.com); our [new curriculum](https://bit.ly/31KI2rW?ref=hyperallergic.com), launching Fall 2021; and [enhanced safety protocols](https://bit.ly/3jDuvZo?ref=hyperallergic.com) to support students’ on-campus learning this semester.

### Facilities

MFA-VA studios are located in [Weil Hall](https://bit.ly/3jtx4x6?ref=hyperallergic.com), a brand-new, LEED-Platinum facility. Students have access to numerous specialized [spaces for making](https://bit.ly/2HDCKqW?ref=hyperallergic.com), including a 3D digital fabrication lab, media labs, a textile studio, an [expansive printmaking suite](https://bit.ly/31MKNZM?ref=hyperallergic.com) (home to Island Press and the Kranzberg Book Studio), and more. Studios are adjacent to the School’s [Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library](https://bit.ly/34tjky0?ref=hyperallergic.com) and the [Kemper Art Museum](https://bit.ly/3jtOVUv?ref=hyperallergic.com), which reopened last fall with [*Ai Weiwei: Bare Life*.](https://bit.ly/3kxrDhV?ref=hyperallergic.com)[](https://bit.ly/3kxrDhV?ref=hyperallergic.com)

### [Faculty & Visitors](https://bit.ly/3kxrDhV?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[Core faculty](https://bit.ly/31FK24T?ref=hyperallergic.com) 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

Visiting artists and critics for the Fall 2020 semester are Jamal Cyrus and Stephanie Weissberg, Jess Dugan, Corey Escoto, Vanessa German, and Mika Rottenberg.

**Apply online to** [**Washington University’s MFA-VA program**](https://bit.ly/2Twv0d2?ref=hyperallergic.com) **by February 5, 2021\.** 

Questions? Contact Taylor Yocom, graduate recruitment specialist, at [mfa-va@wustl.edu](mailto:mfa-ivc@wustl.edu).