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.
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.
Upcoming Events
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TourNext: Thursday, November 13Public Tour | Cantor Highlights: 3 PM
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13The Colonial Gulf: How Empires Documented a Region
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13Alteronce Gumby
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13Archive Room: Ester Hernandez |Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13Archive Room: Ruth Asawa | Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13To the World: China’s Multimedia Campaign during the Cold War
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13Essential Engagement: The Works of Joseph DeLappe
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 8:00 AMDiaspora in Focus Photography Exhibition
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 9:00 AMWoven Narratives: Textiles as Living Archives
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 9:00 AMLavinia’s Wondrous Portraits: The Making of a Children’s Book
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 11:00 AMShahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 11:00 AMEdmonia Lewis: Indelible Impressions
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 11:00 AMCunning Folk: Witchcraft, Magic, and Occult Knowledge
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 12:00 PMJeannie Simms: Nuovi Arrivi
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 12:00 PM11th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition: My Playground, My Dreams…
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TourNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 12:00 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 12:30 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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Conference / SymposiumThursday, November 13 @ 1:00 PMShahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior Convening
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 13 @ 1:00 PMCurator Talk | Spotlights with Jason Linetzky
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TourNext: Thursday, November 13 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 13 @ 4:30 PMLiu Lecture: Jason Chatfield’s Creative Process, Award-winning Cartoonist for The New Yorker
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 13 @ 5:00 PMDAAAS Ujamaa Guest Speaker Series
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 13 @ 5:30 PMChristensen Distinguished Lecture: Nora N. Khan
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Conference / SymposiumThursday, November 13 @ 6:00 PMShahzia Sikander | Distinguished Lecture in Asian Art in Honor of the Lijin Collection
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PerformanceThursday, November 13 @ 7:00 PMBurnout Paradise by Pony Cam
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PerformanceThursday, November 13 @ 8:00 PMMAIN STAGE | “Fun Home” The Musical
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TourNext: Friday, November 14 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Auguste Rodin
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OtherFriday, November 14 @ 12:00 PMDrop-In Drawing @ The Anderson
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PerformanceFriday, November 14 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Melinda Lee Masur
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Lecture / TalkFriday, November 14 @ 12:30 PMFIRST FRIDAY | Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters: Black Women, Voice, and the Musical Stage
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TourNext: Friday, November 14 @ 1:00 PM
Public Tour | Cantor Highlights: 1 PM
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TourNext: Friday, November 14 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior
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WorkshopFriday, November 14 @ 2:00 PMMASTERCLASS | Burnout Paradise — Physical Theater Workshop with Pony Cam
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PerformanceFriday, November 14 @ 5:30 PMLou Henry Hoover Carillon Performance
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, November 14 @ 7:00 PMCozy Craft Night
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PerformanceFriday, November 14 @ 7:30 PMStanford Jazz Orchestra with Dave Eshelman’s Jazz Garden Big Band
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PerformanceFriday, November 14 @ 7:30 PMStanford Symphony Orchestra: A Premiere, An Anniversary, and Spanish Favorites
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PerformanceFriday, November 14 @ 8:00 PMČiurlionis in Glass with Gleb Pyšniak and Rokas Zubovas
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ExhibitionNext: Saturday, November 15 @ 9:00 AMThe Amos Gitai Archive at Stanford
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TourNext: Saturday, November 15 @ 12:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Saturday, November 15 @ 2:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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PerformanceSaturday, November 15 @ 2:30 PMStanford Cello Choir Fall Concert
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PerformanceSaturday, November 15 @ 7:30 PMStanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble
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PerformanceSaturday, November 15 @ 7:30 PMStanford Wind Symphony
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PerformanceSaturday, November 15 @ 7:30 PMThe Variety 73
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PerformanceSaturday, November 15 @ 8:00 PMStanford Chamber Chorale: A Choral Tapestry
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PerformanceSunday, November 16 @ 2:30 PMStanford Symphony Orchestra: A Premiere, An Anniversary, and Spanish Favorites
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PerformanceSunday, November 16 @ 2:30 PMThe Voice Studio of Kathryne Jennings – Sing On!
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PerformanceSunday, November 16 @ 3:00 PMThe Korean Experimental Music Festival at Stanford – Featuring the National Gugak Center
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PerformanceSunday, November 16 @ 7:00 PMStanford Flute Ensemble – 2025 Fall Concert
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Lecture / TalkMonday, November 17 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology: Birgit Lodes, University of Vienna
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WorkshopMonday, November 17 @ 4:30 PMWind-down with Watercolors
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, November 18 @ 5:30 PMJelena Vesić | Trajectories of Solidarity in Time: The Week of Latin America, Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, 1977
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PerformanceWednesday, November 19 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Sandra Shen
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PerformanceWednesday, November 19 @ 7:30 PMMorgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience
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PerformanceWednesday, November 19 @ 7:30 PMUniversity Singers
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 20 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior with Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 20 @ 5:00 PMInterPlay Salon | CAMPUS COMMUNITY EVENT
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 20 @ 5:30 PMWeintz Art Lecture Series: Jeremi Szaniawski
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 20 @ 6:00 PMEvening Curator Talk | Cunning Folk: Witchcraft, Magic, and Occult Knowledge
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Lecture / TalkThursday, November 20 @ 6:30 PMA Sound Power of Presence: Women, Voice, and the Performance of New Futures
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PerformanceFriday, November 21 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Harpsichord Students of JungHae Kim
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Lecture / TalkFriday, November 21 @ 3:30 PMRunning through Life: An Interview with Nicholas Thompson
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PerformanceSaturday, November 22 @ 7:30 PMStanford Symphonic Chorus & Peninsula Symphony Orchestra
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TourNext: Sunday, November 23 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Papua New Guinea Sculpture Walk
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PerformanceSunday, November 23 @ 2:30 PMStanford Symphonic Chorus & Peninsula Symphony Orchestra
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Lecture / TalkMonday, December 01 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology: Michael Veal, Yale University
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Film / ScreeningTuesday, December 02Through the Black Lens: A Curated Film & Discussion Series
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WorkshopTuesday, December 02 @ 3:00 PMTerman Presents: Embroidery & De-Stress
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, December 03 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior with Kathryn Rose Cua
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PerformanceWednesday, December 03 @ 12:15 PMLunchtime Recitals & Communi-Tea
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PerformanceWednesday, December 03 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Kumaran Arul
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PerformanceWednesday, December 03 @ 7:30 PMEarly Music Singers – Christmas with Byrd
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Conference / SymposiumThursday, December 04 @ 10:00 AMNorms in the Age of Intelligent Machines: Bodies, Knowledge, Governmentality
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Lecture / TalkThursday, December 04 @ 1:00 PMCurator Talk | Alteronce Gumby with Jason Linetzky
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PerformanceThursday, December 04 @ 6:00 PMForms & Frequencies | Sheherazaad
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PerformanceFriday, December 05 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Elizabeth Schumann
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, December 05 @ 3:00 PMFall 2025 Open Studios
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, December 05 @ 5:00 PMFirst Fridays at IDA (Social)
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Religious / SpiritualFriday, December 05 @ 7:00 PMFestival of Lessons & Carols
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PerformanceSaturday, December 06 @ 2:30 PM2025 Holiday Musicale
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PerformanceSaturday, December 06 @ 2:30 PMAnnual Azure Family Holiday Concert
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PerformanceSaturday, December 06 @ 7:30 PMSenior Recital: Ellen Li, piano
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TourNext: Sunday, December 07 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour: Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Campus
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TourNext: Sunday, December 07 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights (Chinese Language)
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PerformanceSunday, December 07 @ 2:30 PMOld-Time Music Ensemble Fall Concert
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PerformanceMonday, December 08 @ 7:30 PMFall 2025 Chamber Music Showcase 1
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Film / ScreeningTuesday, December 09 @ 6:00 PM2025 Fall MFA Documentary Film Screening
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PerformanceWednesday, December 10 @ 7:30 PMFall 2025 Chamber Music Showcase 2
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, December 10 @ 8:00 PMMeet the Makers!
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TourNext: Thursday, December 11 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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PerformanceFriday, December 12 @ 7:30 PMAnnual Sing/Play Along Messiah
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PerformanceSunday, December 14 @ 1:30 PMDr. Robert Huw Morgan: Holiday Organ Concert
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Religious / SpiritualWednesday, December 24 @ 4:00 PMEcumenical Christmas Eve Family Service
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 08 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior with Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 15 @ 1:00 PMCurator Talk | Spotlights with Trisha Lagaso Goldberg
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 15 @ 6:00 PMTransformed by Intention: Rose B. Simpson in Conversation
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 15 @ 6:30 PMFunny Times: Drawing Cartoons from Fatherhood to Fatherland
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WorkshopFriday, January 16 @ 10:00 AMHistoric US Land Record Search
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PerformanceSunday, January 18 @ 4:00 PMStella Cole
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Wednesday, January 21 @ 6:30 PMStegner Fellow Reading with Prairie Moon Dalton and Daniel Sutter
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Lecture / TalkMonday, January 26 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology: Gabrielle Cornish, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, January 28 @ 12:00 PMAI-assisted Archives of West African History: Access, Ethics, and Data Sovereignty – Dr Trevor Getz
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 29 @ 5:30 PMWeintz Art Lecture Series: Elizabeth Dospěl Williams
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Wednesday, February 04 @ 6:30 PMStegner Fellow Reading with David Hutcheson and Daniel Finkel
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 18 @ 8:00 PMReading with C Pam Zhang, the Stein Visiting Writer
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 25 @ 7:30 PMReading with Viet Thanh Nguyen, part of the Lane Lecture Series
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, March 04 @ 5:00 PMThe phallic lives of statues: notes from a Hindutva heartland
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Class / SeminarThursday, March 05 @ 10:00 AMHAI Vodcast Episode 5 | Interactive AI Systems for Live Audiovisual Performance
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 05 @ 12:00 PMHonors in the Arts – Proposal Workshop
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Conference / SymposiumFriday, March 06 @ 10:00 AM2025 The William & Louise Greaves Filmmaker Seminar
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, March 10 @ 12:00 PMHonors in the Arts Info Session
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 12 @ 6:00 PMLevinthal Reading
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, March 18 @ 12:00 PMMicrohistory and Researching the African Past: The Heretic of Cacheu and Historical Methods – Dr. Toby Green
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PerformanceSunday, April 12 @ 2:00 PMWhat We Sang Then: A Historic Recital of Favorites from the Stanford Songbook
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, April 15The Botanical Afterlife of Indenture: Indian Women’s Labour and Imaginative Phyto-Archives
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Wednesday, April 15 @ 6:30 PMStegner Fellow Reading with Ladan Khoddam-Khorasani and Kanak Kapur
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Lecture / TalkMonday, April 20 @ 5:00 PMMuseum as Muse: Poetry at the Anderson Collection
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Wednesday, April 29 @ 8:00 PMReading with D. A. Powell, the Mohr Visiting Poet
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, May 13 @ 7:30 PM
Reading with Amaud Jamaul Johnson, part of the Lane Lecture Series
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Film / ScreeningThursday, May 14 @ 7:00 PM
Poetry Into Film Festival
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 28 @ 4:00 PMUndergraduate Prize Reading
Meet Artists
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.
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