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Welcome back to Stanford, Cardinal Family! 🎉 W

Welcome back to Stanford, Cardinal Family! 🎉

We're excited to have you back on campus and to start a new year of learning, discovery, creativity and growth. Drop a comment and tell us what you're excited to explore through the arts this fall! 🎨✨

And if you haven't already signed up for ArtsUpdate, hit the link in bio to register so you don't miss out on the latest arts events and opportunities happening on campus 🔊

Time for a weekly dispatch from the amazing studen

Time for a weekly dispatch from the amazing students who have branched out all over the country for internships supported by the Stanford Internship Programs in the Arts (SIPA). Today, we’re hearing from from Osadolor Osawemwenze ‘24, who has been interning at creative studio Black Discourse (@blackdiscourse.co):

“This internship allowed me to synthesize my creative skills and research to further fuel creative projects and marketing for clients. My vision for the future of my creative journey is even more boundless.”

Time for a weekly dispatch from the amazing studen

Time for a weekly dispatch from the amazing students who have branched out all over the country for internships supported by the Stanford Internship Programs in the Arts (SIPA). Today, we’re hearing from Katie Smith ‘24 (@k8smith_), who has been interning at LGR Literary Agency:

“I have had a great time getting to know the publishing industry (and New York City!) this summer! The team @lgrlit has been so welcoming and supportive, and I can't wait to see all of the wonderful books I've had the chance to see in their infant stages make it to publication.”

This week’s intern spotlight takes us near Munic

This week’s intern spotlight takes us near Munich, Germany, where Stanford art history undergrad Abigail Schweizer ‘24 is interning at the Diözesanmuseum Freising aka DIMU (@dimu.gram).

“I’ve been researching one of light artist James Turrell's newest spaces, ‘A CHAPEL FOR LUKE and his scribe Lucius the Cyrene.’ The light space is really special because Turrell embedded his work in the history of the museum. He chose the museum’s old chapel as the installation’s location, which is situated directly across from the museum’s most important icon and the inspiration behind the title, the Freising icon of St. Luke.”

The research will support Abigail’s undergraduate thesis for Stanford's Art and Art History (@stanfordaah) Honors Program, for students developing original, advanced research and writing. Her internship, made possible through Stanford's Krupp Internship Program – one of the many opportunities Stanford offers students – allows her to work with the DIMU's extensive collection. That includes paintings, sculptures and other objects from ecclesiastical art and culture, from the Byzantine period through Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, modern art and more. The work of James Turrell is a major staple of the museum’s architecture and the contemporary collection.

#stanfordarts #dimugram #jamesturrell

Pictures: ©James Turrell, Photo by Florian Holzherr ©Diözesanmuseum Freising, Photo by Chris Schalasky

Did you know Stanford students can intern at our v

Did you know Stanford students can intern at our very own campus arts organizations through the summer Stanford Internship Programs in the Arts (SIPA)? Today, we’re getting a dispatch from Abby Matsumoto ‘24 (@abby.matsumoto):

“I’ve had an incredible time working as the @cantorarts European Art Curatorial Intern under [Associate Curator of European Art] Patch Crowley! I’ve learned so much about how museums work and operate, from the longer-term projects and exhibitions that require extensive forethought and planning, to the daily meetings and assignments that are also necessary for the museum to function.

I’ve always been fascinated by the role of the museum within society, and I’ve been able to really explore the complexities of that dynamic from a first-hand vantage point (as well as consider the Cantor Arts Center’s own unique history and position as a storied university museum).

Aside from doing research and helping Patch prepare for his upcoming exhibition, I also was given the incredible opportunity to write a label for one of the museum’s new acquisitions that is currently on display! Learning the specific mode of museum label writing was a fun but challenging task, and I’m honestly still ecstatic that I will have left a tangible mark on the museum even after the program is finished.”

This summer, amazing Stanford students have branch

This summer, amazing Stanford students have branched out all over the region and country for internships supported by the Stanford Internship Programs in the Arts (SIPA). Today, we’re getting a dispatch from Sky Walker ‘24 (@skvwalk):

“My summer has been full of fun! I've gotten to teach collage and other arts classes to people of all ages and backgrounds with ArtSeed in San Francisco (@artseed_sf). It's rewarding to see and inspire others to fall in love with creating, just like I do.”

Mid-August vibes are here, and you know what that

Mid-August vibes are here, and you know what that means—it's your time to shine, Cardinal artists! 🎨🌟Get ready to flex those creative muscles and show us what you've got in store for the school year ahead ↑

[Aileen Rubio ’26 @hyperfem.tulip, “Portrait of Queer Person” (2022), Acrylic paint on canvas; Mhar Tenorio ‘24 @mhar.t, “Internet Series #1” (2022), Interactive Digital Work, <Link to digital work in bio>]

This summer, amazing Stanford students have branch

This summer, amazing Stanford students have branched out all over the country for internships supported by the Stanford Internship Programs in the Arts (SIPA). Today, we’re getting a dispatch from Adi Garner ‘23 (@actual.adi):

“I have been working for a Portland-based arts nonprofit called Future Prairie/The Pacific Northwest Museum of Queer Art. My main project has been working on a book of interviews with queer Portland artists. I have also been conducting oral history interviews with some of Portland’s drag and burlesque performers.

Here is a picture from a work day having tea with Future Prairie’s founder over our manuscript, and a picture of with fellow drag performers onstage at the historic Darcelle XV club (@darcellexvshowplace), one of the oldest drag clubs in the world.”

Stanford Arts staff are accomplished in their vari

Stanford Arts staff are accomplished in their various fields – *and* many are artists themselves! @albert_harold_lewis, a preparator and framer at the Cantor Arts Center, and @edidai, a program associate supporting visiting artists and interdisciplinary initiatives, are two of the 34 artists featured in “Earth” at @paloaltoartcenter.

This exhibition is the last in the center’s year-long “Climate Connections” series highlighting the power of art to promote reflection, dialogue and action on climate change.

Hear from the artists below, and head on over to see this (free) show before it closes August 19!

Albert Harold Lewis shares: “I create paintings, drawings, and prints that investigate our relationship with the natural world. I create work that is often charged with a sense of animism or non-human energy. Drawing from life, I seek to capture not only how plants, trees, and landscapes exist in space but also how that state of being informs our relationship to them. I strive to connect with or understand the soul or essence of a plant to the extent that is possible from my vantage point as a human being.”

Edi Dai says: “I explore complexities hidden within objects often considered to be quotidian in nature… My current practice investigates the historical constructs hidden within the culture of painting. Through growing, spinning, and weaving cotton, I examine the material qualities of one of the most common painting substrates today.”

Images:
1. Albert Harold Lewis, Charcoal Bark Portrait 02, 2023. Charcoal on paper
2 & 3. Edi Dai, Thoroughfare Vessel, 2021. Handwoven canvas made of undyed natural colorgrown cotton

Closing out #PlasticFreeJuly, we highlight an init

Closing out #PlasticFreeJuly, we highlight an initiative by Global Health Faculty Fellow Desiree Labeaud & Denning Visiting Artist Jean Shin to raise awareness through art about the many negative health impacts of plastic and inspire individuals to reduce plastic use in their own lives. ⁠
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LaBeaud and Shin also collaborated with @Heri_Kenya, a nonprofit co-founded by LaBeaud tackling the plastic-health problem in #Kenya. ⁠
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The initiative led to the creation of two community-engaged art installations at #Stanford and in Kenya.⁠
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#endplasticpollution⁠
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@heri__kenya
@stanfordcigh
@jean.shin

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