• Dean, College of Art/Graduate School of Art
• Member, Executive Committee, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Jeff Pike

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• M.F.A. in Visual Communications at Syracuse University
• B.F.A. at Kansas City Art Institute

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Creativity and leadership Jeff Pike named first Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr., Professor of Art Feb. 28, 2007 -- Jeff Pike Download Jeff Pike, dean of the College of Art and the Graduate School of Art, has been named the first Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr., Professor of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, according to dean Carmon Colangelo, the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Arts. The professorship was made possible by a gift from Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr., both of whom hold degrees in art from Washington University. A formal installation ceremony took place Feb. 27.

Visual arts play important role in business Survey reveals perceptions and insights to help forge common ground between business and art cultures March 3, 2004 -- Photo by Joe Angeles / WUSTL Photo Washington University art students forge common ground with businesspeople. The perception is that art and business speak different languages, inhabit different worlds, and "orbit different suns," says Jeff Pike, Dean of the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis. But in reality, the visual arts play an active role in business culture, he says. The Washington University School of Art surveyed how artists and businesspeople view each other and came up with some important insights.

Groundbreaking! Sam Fox Arts Center to break ground on new buildings April 14; Frank Stella, Fumihiko Maki featured speakers Dec. 10, 2003 -- The Sam Fox Arts Center at Washington University in St. Louis will break ground for two new buildings — an art museum and a School of Art studio facility — April 14, 2004.

New School of Art studio building New School of Art building named in honor of Earl and Myrtle Walker Dec. 10, 2003 -- The Sam Fox Arts Center at Washington University in St. Louis will dedicate a new School of Art studio building in honor of St. Louis community leaders Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker.

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Pike is a member of the executive committee for Washington University's proposed Sam Fox Arts Center, currently is being designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki. When completed, the center will link five campus areas — the School of Art, School of Architecture, Gallery of Art, Department of Art History and Archaeology in Arts & Sciences and Art and Architecture Library — through new and renovated facilities as well as shared programming and curriculum.

A professional illustrator and designer for over 20 years, Pike has worked with major advertising agencies and clients including: D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, The Glennon Companies, Brado Cuneo, Monsanto, Anheuser-Busch, Ralston Purina, and SSM Health Care-Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. His work has been recognized in Print, Art Direction, Creativity, and Adweek magazines. He has also won Addy's and Flair awards for his creative work in advertising. His illustrations have received awards from the Chicago Society of Illustrators, and the University and College Designers Association.

From 1993-1996, Pike worked as a consultant for Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages where he, along with colleague Sarah Spurr, developed and implemented an evaluation for their artists and designers. The evaluation measured employees' creative knowledge, skills, and abilities, and required the approval of both union and management representatives. He is currently involved in a collaborative book project with an author and a playwright. The project, scheduled for completion in 2003, is a contemporary set of verbal and visual fictions based upon the letters of Abelard and Heloise.

Pike joined the faculty of the School of Art in 1983. During his tenure at the School, he began and directed the Illustration program, and in 1993 he was appointed Associate Dean, responsible for the undergraduate program. In addition, he has lectured at Maryland Institute, College of Art; North Carolina School of the Arts; University of Houston; Rhode Island School of Design; the University of Iowa; and Purdue University. He has been a resident at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, and a panel member on several art organizations, most recently at the National Association of Schools of Art and Design national conference.