SiCa Announces "Art + Invention" for Inaugural Theme Year 2009-2010

SiCa is excited to announce "Art + Invention" as the campus-wide arts programming theme for the 2009-2010 academic year. The theme applies to public events and campus-based projects, courses, research, seminars and symposia... (view Art + Invention on the web)

Stanford Alums Receive Arts-Related Fulbright Scholarships for 09-10

Four Stanford alums received arts-related Fulbright scholarships for 09-10... (view press release)

Cantor: Rewired, Iterations of a Dance by Parijat Desai

As part of a visiting residency sponsored by the Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA) and SiCa last year, New York based choreographer Parijat Desai created the original Rewired piece which was re-configured as a site-specific dance at the Cantor Arts Center... (read more)

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Propositions: Devised Theater

Propositions, performed three nights in June 2009, was the result of a drama Introductory Seminar, "Devised Theater Project," taught by Kevin DiPirro (Program in Writing and Rhetoric) and Carl Weber (Drama Department), and was directed by Rachel Anderson and Matthew Moore, graduate students in the Drama Department... (read more)

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SLSQ Chamber Music Seminar

The St. Lawrence String Quartet hosted its summer Chamber Music Seminar this past June, providing a rigorous schedule of study and performance for advanced students and adult amateurs from around the world... (read more)

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Stanford Teaching Studio

Stanford hosted a cutting-edge Teaching Studio for teachers from SF Unified and Stanford's partner schools this summer, developing a cadre of teacher leaders to help improve instruction in literacy, humanities, and the arts in selected schools... (read more)

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Electra Festival, Stanford Summer Theater

Celebrating its 11th annual season, Stanford Summer Theater presented the Electra Festival, featuring a major production of Sophocles' Electra, as well as stagings of two earlier versions of the story, a weekly film series, and a symposium... (read more)

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SiCa Summer Internship Program

SiCa launched its Summer Arts Internship Program this past summer, placing five outstanding undergraduates behind the scenes at the Public Theater of New York, the San Francisco Exploratorium, Stanford Jazz Workshop, and 1stAct Silicon Valley in San Jose... (read more)

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Arts Intensive Program 2009

The inaugural Arts Intensive summer program took place during September. The three-week program consisted of 52 undergraduate students in six arts courses of various disciplines. During the program, students worked full-time on creative projects, working directly with Stanford arts faculty as well as visiting artist Ralph Lemon... (read more)

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