Stanford Arts
We are a constellation of institutions, departments, programs, and people that aims to unleash the full potential of the arts on campus and in our communities.
Meet Artists
Stanford's 1,000 Ways to Hold Project Explores Connection Through Clay
In this profile, the Anderson Collection and VPA Visiting Artist Erika Chong Shuch explores intimacy as a participatory and creative medium shaped by conversation, ceramics, and shared humanity.
From Stanford’s Classrooms to Its Stages
Uwade spends her days researching fables, poetry, and philosophy as a PhD candidate of Languages and Literature in Stanford’s Department of Classics. Alongside her academic work, she has also built a career as a professional musician. Discover Uwade’s journey from Stanford’s classrooms to its stages, leading to a performance with Stanford Live on April 4.
Stanford Arts’ 2025-26 Visiting Artists
Each brings a bold perspective on how the arts can illuminate, provoke, and transform our understanding of the world around us.
Maybe something new can emerge in the ruins.
As he graduates, Bhu Kongtaveelert (’25) reflects on memory, climate, and home. Read the full profile on his interdisciplinary art practice below.
Art &: Podcast Series
Art & is a new podcast exploring how artists and researchers are teaming up across Stanford to reimagine what’s possible—from sculpture and oceanography to music and sociology. Hosted by Ellen Oh, the series kicks off with Stanford Arts VP Deborah Cullinan on why art is essential to innovation and institutional transformation.
Scarlett Kim
Step into the virtual world of theater-maker and Royal Shakespeare Company Interdisciplinary Fellow Scarlett Kim, where motion capture meets imaginative performance. From embodying a rat to rethinking what theater can be, Scarlett brings bold, tech-infused creativity to Stanford.
Ali Namayandeh
Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability is integrating theater and environmental justice with the premiere of “Hidden Strawberries,” a play by Ali Namayandeh. The production focuses on the experiences of California farmworkers affected by escalating wildfires.
Upcoming Events
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, May 01Archive Room: Ester Hernandez |Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, May 01Archive Room: Ruth Asawa | Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, May 01 @ 5:00 AMArt of Science 2026
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, May 01 @ 9:00 AMFinely Printed Books: Albert Bender and the Birth of Stanford Special Collections
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, May 01 @ 9:00 AMRemembering
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, May 01 @ 11:00 AM1,000 Ways to Hold: A New Work By Erika Chong Shuch
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TourNext: Friday, May 01 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Auguste Rodin
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Lecture / TalkFriday, May 01 @ 12:30 PMFIRST FRIDAY | Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Performances in P’urhépecha Communities
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TourNext: Friday, May 01 @ 1:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights: 1 PM
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TourNext: Friday, May 01 @ 2:00 PMGallery Conversations | Jeremy Frey: Woven
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, May 01 @ 5:00 PMFirst Fridays at IDA (Social)
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PerformanceFriday, May 01 @ 7:30 PMJoint Recital: Aswini Krishnan, mezzo-soprano, & Naomi Solomon, mezzo-soprano
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TourNext: Saturday, May 02 @ 12:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Saturday, May 02 @ 2:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Saturday, May 02 @ 3:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights: 3 PM
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PerformanceSaturday, May 02 @ 5:30 PMLou Henry Hoover Carillon Performance
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PerformanceSaturday, May 02 @ 6:00 PMJoint Recital: Irene Lin & Atman Jahagirdar
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PerformanceSaturday, May 02 @ 7:30 PMStanford Taiko – Surge
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TourNext: Sunday, May 03 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour: Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Campus
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PerformanceSunday, May 03 @ 2:30 PMStudent Recital: Maya Benyas, cello
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ExhibitionNext: Sunday, May 03 @ 4:00 PMBetter Than They Found It: Coaches Who Re-Wrote The Playbook | Clips & Conversation | Film Sneak Peek & Panel Discussion
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PerformanceSunday, May 03 @ 7:00 PMJunior Recital: Richard Wang, cello
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TourNext: Monday, May 04 @ 1:00 PMCurator Led Talk | 1,000 Ways to Hold
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Lecture / TalkMonday, May 04 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Emily R. Pollock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Lecture / TalkMonday, May 04 @ 6:00 PM1,000 Ways to Hold | Artist Talk
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OtherMonday, May 04 @ 6:00 PMAUDITIONS | “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder
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Conference / SymposiumTuesday, May 05 @ 5:00 PMArt History and Film & Media Studies Honors Symposium
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PerformanceWednesday, May 06 @ 12:15 PMLunchtime Recitals & Communi-Tea
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PerformanceWednesday, May 06 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Cello Students of Stephen Harrison
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WorkshopWednesday, May 06 @ 2:00 PMDrop-In Samizdat* Workshop (*DIY Unofficial, Unsanctioned, Limited Edition Publication)
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Class / SeminarWednesday, May 06 @ 6:00 PMDiscussing the book | Forest of the Sea
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 07 @ 11:00 AMTriangulating: The Interdisciplinary Art of Beatrice Glow
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TourNext: Thursday, May 07 @ 12:00 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Thursday, May 07 @ 12:30 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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Film / ScreeningThursday, May 07 @ 3:00 PMFilm Screening – Puuluup: Cables in the Car
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Conference / SymposiumThursday, May 07 @ 4:30 PMSYMPOSIUM | Performance & Disciplinarity
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 07 @ 4:30 PMLECTURE | ‘Till death’ makes us part: Performance, discipline, and the social contract of extinction
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Film / ScreeningThursday, May 07 @ 5:30 PMHow We Are Seen… | Three Short Documentaries by Jan Krawitz with Discussion to Follow
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 07 @ 6:00 PMMiljohn Ruperto & Candice Lin: Putrefaction
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PerformanceThursday, May 07 @ 7:00 PMPuuluup Concert: Neo-Zombie-Post-Folk Duo from Estonia
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PerformanceThursday, May 07 @ 8:00 PMDEVELOPMENTAL STAGE | Moonchild
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OtherFriday, May 08 @ 12:00 PMDrop-In Drawing @ The Anderson
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PerformanceFriday, May 08 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Laura Dahl
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Lecture / TalkFriday, May 08 @ 1:00 PMWORKSHOP| Professing Planetarity
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Lecture / TalkFriday, May 08 @ 1:30 PMA Poetics of the Collective: Latin American Performance and its Constellative Dramaturgies
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PerformanceFriday, May 08 @ 7:30 PMStanford Symphony Orchestra
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PerformanceSaturday, May 09 @ 2:30 PMGraduate Recital: Crystal Chen, flute
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PerformanceSaturday, May 09 @ 3:00 PMDouble Take: A Spotlight on Student Writing at the Anderson Collection
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PerformanceSaturday, May 09 @ 7:30 PMSenior Recital: Spencer Cha, piano – In Four
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PerformanceSaturday, May 09 @ 7:30 PMStanford Symphony Orchestra
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PerformanceSunday, May 10 @ 1:30 PMOrgan Students of Robert Huw Morgan
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TourNext: Sunday, May 10 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights in Chinese
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PerformanceSunday, May 10 @ 6:00 PMSenior Recital: Isabella McCormick, harp
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Lecture / TalkMonday, May 11 @ 10:30 AMJean-Yves Thibaudet Piano Masterclass
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WorkshopMonday, May 11 @ 4:00 PMEmbroidering Landscapes of Affect: Photo Embroidery Workshop
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Lecture / TalkMonday, May 11 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Brian Kane, Yale University
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, May 12 @ 12:00 PMSECOND HOLE SECOND WAVE: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, May 12 @ 2:00 PMSpecial, Unique, and Rare: TRANSLATION
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Film / ScreeningTuesday, May 12 @ 5:00 PMTripoli : a Tale of Three Cities | Film Screening & Conversation with Dir. Raed Rafei
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Class / SeminarTuesday, May 12 @ 7:00 PMThree L.A.S.E.R. talks: Anthropology, Fiber Bioelectronics, Precision Health
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PerformanceTuesday, May 12 @ 7:30 PM
Stanford Saxophone Quartet Senior Recital
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, May 13 @ 12:00 PMAfrican Archives at the Stanford Series – “Introduction to Africa-Related Archives at Stanford”
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PerformanceWednesday, May 13 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Sandra Shen
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, May 13 @ 1:00 PMBowes Library pop-up exhibit: TRANSLATION
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Social Event / ReceptionWednesday, May 13 @ 5:30 PMRooted Words XXV: “Finis”
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OtherWednesday, May 13 @ 6:00 PMAUDITIONS | “404 Not Found” by Lucas Baisch
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, May 13 @ 7:30 PMReading with Amaud Jamaul Johnson, part of the Lane Lecture Series
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 14 @ 12:00 PMComics: More Than Words: Alex Grand – The Platinum Age of Comics
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TourNext: Thursday, May 14 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 14 @ 4:00 PMInterPlay Salon with Michael Rau, Patrick R. Crowley, and E’jaaz A. Mason
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Film / ScreeningThursday, May 14 @ 7:00 PMPoetry Into Film Festival
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PerformanceFriday, May 15 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Flute Students of Melody Holmes
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Lecture / TalkFriday, May 15 @ 5:30 PMDavesh Soneji: Toward a Caste-Critical Historical Acoustemology of Modern South India
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PerformanceFriday, May 15 @ 7:30 PMSenior Recital: Eric Wang, guitar
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PerformanceFriday, May 15 @ 7:30 PMStanford Philharmonia
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PerformanceSaturday, May 16 @ 2:30 PM
Senior Recital: Flora Yuan, soprano
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PerformanceSaturday, May 16 @ 7:00 PMBTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ IN STANFORD
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PerformanceSaturday, May 16 @ 7:30 PMSpring Sing! – Voice Studio of Nova Jiménez
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PerformanceSunday, May 17 @ 1:30 PMStanford Symphonic Chorus – Schubert!
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TourNext: Sunday, May 17 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights in Spanish
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TourNext: Sunday, May 17 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Museum
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PerformanceSunday, May 17 @ 2:30 PMStanford Cello Choir Spring Concert
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PerformanceSunday, May 17 @ 7:00 PM
Piano Quintets of Schumann and Brahms
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PerformanceSunday, May 17 @ 7:00 PMStanford Guzheng & Chinese Music Ensembles
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Social Event / ReceptionMonday, May 18 @ 11:15 AMMuseum Minis: Storytime with Maria R.
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Lecture / TalkMonday, May 18 @ 12:00 PMBook Talk with Katie Gaddini on Esther’s Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right
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Lecture / TalkMonday, May 18 @ 12:00 PMGerman Studies: Resonance Poetry: Language, Democracy, and the Politics of Participation
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PerformanceTuesday, May 19 @ 2:30 PMFreshman Recital: Riko Suzuki, piano
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, May 19 @ 5:00 PMArt and Algorithmic Living: Danielle Adair in conversation with Lauren Lee McCarthy
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PerformanceWednesday, May 20 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Kumaran Arul
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Film / ScreeningWednesday, May 20 @ 4:30 PMFilm Screening and Q&A – “As the Water Flows (翠湖)”
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, May 20 @ 5:30 PMWHY LOOK AT PRISONS? A Conversation with Pooja Rangan and Brett Story
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 21 @ 5:30 PMWeintz Art Lecture Series: Maggie Cao
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PerformanceThursday, May 21 @ 7:30 PMHarp Studio of Dan Levitan
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PerformanceThursday, May 21 @ 8:00 PMCGS Presents Il Mito
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Conference / SymposiumFriday, May 22 @ 12:00 PMCCRMA Presents: 2026 Symposium on Music and The Brain – Day 1
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PerformanceFriday, May 22 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Cello Students of Christopher Costanza
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PerformanceFriday, May 22 @ 7:30 PMStanford Jazz Orchestra with Warren Wolf
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PerformanceFriday, May 22 @ 7:30 PM
Student Recital: Seyi Osundeko, soprano
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Conference / SymposiumSaturday, May 23 @ 10:00 AMCCRMA Presents: 2026 Symposium on Music and The Brain – Day 2
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PerformanceSaturday, May 23 @ 2:30 PM
Student Recital: Ava Yeh, harp
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PerformanceSaturday, May 23 @ 7:30 PM
Capstone Concert: Michael Murakami
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TourNext: Sunday, May 24 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Papua New Guinea Sculpture Walk
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PerformanceSunday, May 24 @ 2:30 PMGraduate Recital: Nikhil Lyles, countertenor – Love et al.
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PerformanceSunday, May 24 @ 2:30 PM
A Concert of Piano Trios
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PerformanceSunday, May 24 @ 7:00 PMFreshman Recital: Ariel Chien, piano
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, May 26 @ 12:00 PMCome Straight Home: 2026 Senior Undergraduate Exhibition
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PerformanceWednesday, May 27 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Melinda Lee Masur
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, May 27 @ 6:00 PMBurt and Deedee McMurtry Lecture with Curator Hamza Walker
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PerformanceWednesday, May 27 @ 7:30 PMUniversity Singers – The Glory of the French Baroque
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 28 @ 12:00 PMComics: More Than Words: Heather Clydesdale – Time Benders: Fire and Water in Japanese Narrative Art
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 28 @ 4:00 PMUndergraduate Prize Reading
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PerformanceThursday, May 28 @ 5:30 PMSenior Recital: Ethan Cobb, cello
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 28 @ 6:00 PMSOLD OUT – Evening Curator Talk | Jeremy Frey: Woven
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PerformanceFriday, May 29 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Violin Students of Debra Fong
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 11:00 AM
Piano Trios of Brahms & Chausson
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 2:30 PMSenior Recital: Aliya Alsafa, piano
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 7:30 PMCapstone Concert: Na-Young Son – Eternal Flow
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 7:30 PMStanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 7:30 PMStanford Wind Symphony
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 7:30 PMThe Variety 73 – Performance & Presence
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 8:00 PMStanford Chamber Chorale: There is Sweet Music
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PerformanceSunday, May 31 @ 2:30 PMThe Voice Studio of Kathryne Jennings – Sing On!
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PerformanceSunday, May 31 @ 5:00 PM
JEEK Quartet Recital
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PerformanceSunday, May 31 @ 7:00 PMStanford Flute Ensemble – 2026 Spring Concert
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Sunday, May 31 @ 7:30 PMConcert: Light Always Prevails
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PerformanceMonday, June 01 @ 7:30 PM
Violin Students of Joo-Mee Lee
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PerformanceWednesday, June 03 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Elizabeth Schumann
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PerformanceWednesday, June 03 @ 7:30 PMEarly Music Singers – Echoing Influence
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PerformanceWednesday, June 03 @ 7:30 PM
Senior Recital: Mark Zhu, piano
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PerformanceThursday, June 04 @ 2:30 PMAdvanced Jazz Improvisation – Final Concert
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PerformanceThursday, June 04 @ 6:00 PMForms & Frequencies | Kelady
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PerformanceThursday, June 04 @ 7:30 PMJazz Piano Recital: Students of Murray Low
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PerformanceThursday, June 04 @ 7:30 PMStanford Baroque Soloists: Bach Revamped
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PerformanceThursday, June 04 @ 7:30 PM
Ensemble OH?: Midnight Sun
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, June 05 @ 12:00 PMInter-Arts Public Exhibition
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PerformanceSaturday, June 06 @ 2:30 PM
Junior Recital: Oscar Paz-Suaznabar, piano
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PerformanceSaturday, June 06 @ 7:30 PM
Student Recital: Rishubh Thaper, piano
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PerformanceSaturday, June 06 @ 7:30 PM
Senior Recital: Karthik Seetharaman, piano
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PerformanceSunday, June 07 @ 7:00 PM
Senior Recital: Karolyn Cheng, piano
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PerformanceSunday, June 07 @ 7:00 PM
Senior Recital: Sophia Artandi, voice
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PerformanceMonday, June 08 @ 7:30 PMChamber Music Showcase 1
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PerformanceTuesday, June 09 @ 7:30 PMFaculty Recital: Christopher Costanza, cello
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PerformanceWednesday, June 10 @ 7:30 PMChamber Music Showcase 2
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Lecture / TalkThursday, June 11 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
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Film / ScreeningThursday, June 11 @ 6:00 PM2026 Spring MFA Documentary Film Screening
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PerformanceThursday, June 11 @ 7:30 PM
Student Recital: Jolie Huang, piano
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PerformanceThursday, June 11 @ 7:30 PMCCRMA Presents: Leila Abdul-Rauf – Architecture of Shadow
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PerformanceFriday, June 12 @ 7:30 PM2026 Stanford Commencement Organ Concert
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Film / ScreeningSaturday, June 13 @ 2:00 PM2026 MFA Thesis Documentary Film Screening
Designing Taste: Stanford’s Chef-in-Residence Program Explores Food as Art
What happens when the path from farm to table runs through the lab? In this profile, Vayu Hill-Maini and visiting artist-chef Ramon Perisé explore food as a creative and cultural medium shaped by experimentation, aesthetics, and human experience.
A home for artists who make change in the world
The Institute for Diversity in the Arts is celebrating 25 years of cultivating the next generation of artists and cultural leaders. Take a visit to Harmony House — a vibrant hub where art making, learning, and community come together — to see how IDA empowers students and artists through interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship.
Art installation inspires curiosity and creativity in education
At the newly remodeled Graduate School of Education, artist Jacob Hashimoto’s playful centerpiece represents the possibilities that come from teaching and learning.
A Visionary Approach to Legal Questions
55 years ago, Stanford Law School offered the country’s first-ever art law course. Now a new edition of the seminal textbook Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts reflects the field’s interdisciplinary nature while responding to shifts in the legal and cultural landscape, such as the rise of artificial intelligence.
Sensing the Unseen
Glass, data, and motion collide in Fathom, a stunning new public artwork by Camille Utterback that animates the five-story stairwell of Stanford’s CoDa building. With etched panels and interactive projections that shift from day to night, the piece turns passing movement into a living stream of information.
Music Meets Medicine
How can music inspire healing and community? Join acclaimed cellist and curator Joshua Roman as he shares his profound journey through long COVID, transforming personal challenge into artistic expression with "Immunity"—a performance intertwining art, resilience, and collective healing. During his immersive week at Stanford, experience Joshua Roman’s dynamic collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Orchestra as they rehearse for the show at Bing Concert Hall. Through reflective dialogues, discover how artistic expression transcends boundaries—melding music, medicine, and human connection to reimagine healing.
From Sea to Studio
Doerr School of Sustainability Visiting Artist collaborates with Oceans researchers at Hopkins Marine Station
In a stunning blend of art and oceans research, Stanford's interactive exhibit promises to ignite a wave of optimism for ocean conservation. The installation immersed viewers in a dynamic, sensory experience that highlighted the beauty and fragility of our marine ecosystems.
Encounters: Where Creative and Scientific Inquiry Meet
A new limited series podcast from Denning Visiting Artist Janani Balasubramanian
What happens when art meets science? Stanford alumni and host Janani Balasubramanian returns to campus to explore the dynamic intersection of these two disciplines throughout their residency in the Denning Visiting Artist Fund. Discover how interdisciplinarity drives breakthrough, from the physics of the interstellar medium to the myths of ancient times, featuring leading researchers and innovators.
Campus Stories
