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.
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.
Upcoming Events
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12Archive Room: Ester Hernandez |Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12Archive Room: Ruth Asawa | Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 9:00 AMWoven Narratives: Textiles as Living Archives
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 9:00 AMThe Amos Gitai Archive at Stanford
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 9:00 AMDoctor Syntax: A Regency Icon
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 11:00 AMAlteronce Gumby
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 11:00 AMCunning Folk: Witchcraft, Magic, and Occult Knowledge
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TourNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 12:00 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 12:00 PMUnearthed, Unbound: 2026 First-Year MFA Exhibition
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 12:00 PMEXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES
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TourNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 12:30 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Social Event / ReceptionThursday, February 12 @ 4:00 PMMIXERS FOR GRAD MAKERS
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 12 @ 4:30 PMWilson Bentley’s Army of Souls: A Photographic Requiem of the American Civil War
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 12 @ 6:00 PMEvening Curator Talk | Cunning Folk: Witchcraft, Magic, and Occult Knowledge
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WorkshopFriday, February 13 @ 10:00 AMSo Matcha Love
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TourNext: Friday, February 13 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Auguste Rodin
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Lecture / TalkFriday, February 13 @ 11:30 AMWelcoming the Lunar New Year with the Stanford Lion Dance Club
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OtherFriday, February 13 @ 12:00 PMDrop-In Drawing @ The Anderson
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TourNext: Friday, February 13 @ 1:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights: 1 PM
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WorkshopFriday, February 13 @ 2:00 PMWORKSHOP | Anna Deavere Smith
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PerformanceFriday, February 13 @ 5:30 PMLou Henry Hoover Carillon Performance
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Lecture / TalkFriday, February 13 @ 7:00 PMBetween Notation and Meaning: Making Interpretive Decisions in Classical-Era Repertoire
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PerformanceFriday, February 13 @ 7:30 PMCCRMA Presents: Marco Fusi – New Works by Stanford Graduate Composers
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TourNext: Saturday, February 14 @ 12:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Saturday, February 14 @ 2:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Saturday, February 14 @ 3:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights: 3 PM
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TourNext: Sunday, February 15 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Museum
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TourNext: Sunday, February 15 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights in Spanish
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, February 17 @ 9:00 AMGregory Rick: They Said No!!!
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, February 17 @ 1:00 PMYear of the Horse Pop-up at Bowes Art & Architecture Library
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OtherTuesday, February 17 @ 6:00 PMAUDITIONS | “Romeo & Juliet” (Spring 2026 Main Stage)
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PerformanceWednesday, February 18 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Flute Students of Melody Holmes
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 18 @ 5:30 PMOliver Enwonwu: “Ben Enwonwu and African Modernism”
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PerformanceWednesday, February 18 @ 5:30 PMThat’s Entertainment! – MUSIC 183C
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 18 @ 8:00 PMReading with C Pam Zhang, the Stein Visiting Writer
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Conference / SymposiumThursday, February 19 @ 9:00 AMJapan’s Global Content Industries: Innovations and Reinventions in Film, Animation, and Traditional Culture
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 19 @ 6:00 PMGUEST LECTURE | Harvey Young — How Anti-racism Lost the Popular Vote: Race, Performance and the Idea of America
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PerformanceThursday, February 19 @ 7:30 PMCCRMA Presents: MUGIC® Magic! – Music for Violin and Motion Sensor MUGIC®
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PerformanceFriday, February 20 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Flute Students of Alexandra Hawley
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WorkshopFriday, February 20 @ 2:00 PMWORKSHOP | Puppetry Masterclass with Blind Summit Theatre’s Mark Down
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PerformanceFriday, February 20 @ 7:30 PMStanford Jazz Orchestra with Sean Jones
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PerformanceFriday, February 20 @ 7:30 PMChamber Music of Felix Mendelssohn
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PerformanceSaturday, February 21 @ 3:00 PMGhadar Geet : Blood and Ink | A Dance Performance by Duniya Dance and Drum Company
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OtherSaturday, February 21 @ 5:00 PMSunnō Panjab Bolda: Listen—Punjab Is Speaking
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PerformanceSaturday, February 21 @ 7:30 PMCapstone Concert: Analiese Bancroft
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PerformanceSaturday, February 21 @ 7:30 PMSinger’s Choice Cabaret
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TourNext: Sunday, February 22 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Papua New Guinea Sculpture Walk
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PerformanceSunday, February 22 @ 2:30 PMBenjamin Liupaogo Voice Studio Recital
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Lecture / TalkMonday, February 23 @ 1:00 PMCurator Talk | Alteronce Gumby with Trisha Lagaso Goldberg
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WorkshopMonday, February 23 @ 2:00 PMIranian Music Workshops with Ali Akbar Moradi
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Lecture / TalkMonday, February 23 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Brian Kane, Yale University
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Lecture / TalkMonday, February 23 @ 5:00 PMArtist Panel: EXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES
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WorkshopTuesday, February 24 @ 12:00 PMSCRIPTA: Prof. CJ Jones: Thinking Medieval Manuscripts Through Design
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, February 24 @ 7:00 PM“I AM”: Poetry reading with Seema Kohli
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, February 25New & Notable Maps at Branner Library
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 25 @ 12:00 PMRisk Imaginaries in Morocco’s Pursuit of Development – Dr. Salah Hamdoun
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PerformanceWednesday, February 25 @ 12:15 PMLunchtime Recitals & Communi-Tea
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PerformanceWednesday, February 25 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Kumaran Arul
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 25 @ 3:00 PMLiu Lecture: Lucy McRae
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 25 @ 4:30 PMResearch & the Artistic (Im)pulse 2026: What will happen | What to do
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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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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, February 26 @ 9:00 AMFinely Printed Books: Albert Bender and the Birth of Stanford Special Collections
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TourNext: Thursday, February 26 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 26 @ 6:00 PMMel Chin: A trace that will not fade
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PerformanceThursday, February 26 @ 8:00 PMMAIN STAGE | “The Arsonists”
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PerformanceFriday, February 27 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Cello Students of Christopher Costanza
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PerformanceFriday, February 27 @ 6:00 PMThe Democracy of Sound
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PerformanceFriday, February 27 @ 7:00 PMPERFORMANCE | Young Choreographers Festival
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PerformanceFriday, February 27 @ 7:30 PMStanford Philharmonia
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PerformanceSaturday, February 28 @ 7:00 PMLamentations and Dance: Songs for the Children of Kaveh Ahangar
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PerformanceSaturday, February 28 @ 7:30 PMStanford Wind Symphony
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PerformanceSaturday, February 28 @ 7:30 PM
Student Recital: Ali Akbar Moradi
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WorkshopSunday, March 01 @ 11:30 AMAbstraction as Agency: Salt and Resist Watercolor Painting with Rachelle Reichert – STUDENTS ONLY
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TourNext: Sunday, March 01 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour: Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Campus
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PerformanceSunday, March 01 @ 2:30 PMStanford Chamber Chorale: Changing Chapters
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WorkshopSunday, March 01 @ 2:30 PMAbstraction as Agency: Salt and Resist Watercolor Painting with Rachelle Reichert
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PerformanceSunday, March 01 @ 7:00 PMStanford Cello Choir Winter Concert
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PerformanceSunday, March 01 @ 7:30 PM
Undergraduate Composers Winter Concert
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Film / ScreeningTuesday, March 03 @ 6:00 PMFilm Screening: Animals in War and Q&A with the producer Adam Sigel
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PerformanceWednesday, March 04 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Sandra Shen
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WorkshopWednesday, March 04 @ 2:00 PMDrop-In Samizdat* Workshop (*DIY Unofficial, Unsanctioned, Limited Edition Publication)
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, March 04 @ 5:30 PMThe phallic lives of statues: notes from a Hindutva heartland
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Conference / SymposiumThursday, March 05 @ 7:00 AM2026 Women’s Leadership Summit
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 05 @ 12:00 PMHonors in the Arts – Proposal Workshop
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 05 @ 4:30 PMDaniel Shapiro Piano Masterclass
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 05 @ 5:30 PMStudio Lecture Series: Auriea Harvey
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Film / ScreeningThursday, March 05 @ 7:00 PMHome Videos: An Evening of Student Films — STANFORD STUDENTS ONLY
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Conference / SymposiumFriday, March 06 @ 10:00 AM2025 The William & Louise Greaves Filmmaker Seminar
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PerformanceFriday, March 06 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Melinda Lee Masur
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PerformanceFriday, March 06 @ 7:30 PMStanford Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Chorus, and University Singers
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PerformanceSaturday, March 07 @ 2:30 PM
Senior Recital: Donovan Jasper, bass-baritone
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Social Event / ReceptionSaturday, March 07 @ 5:00 PMFirst Fridays at IDA (Social)
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PerformanceSaturday, March 07 @ 7:30 PMStanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble – “Tribute to the Mambo” with guest Mitch Frohman
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PerformanceSaturday, March 07 @ 7:30 PMStanford Guzheng Ensemble Concert
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PerformanceSaturday, March 07 @ 7:30 PMStanford Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Chorus, and University Singers
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TourNext: Sunday, March 08 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights in Chinese
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PerformanceSunday, March 08 @ 2:30 PMHarp Students of Dan Levitan
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PerformanceSunday, March 08 @ 2:30 PMThe Variety 73
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PerformanceSunday, March 08 @ 7:30 PMThe Voice Studio of Kathryne Jennings – Sing On!
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Lecture / TalkMonday, March 09 @ 1:00 PMCurator Talk | Spotlights with Jason Linetzky
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Lecture / TalkMonday, March 09 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Nicholas Mathew, University of California Berkeley
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, March 10 @ 12:00 PMHonors in the Arts Info Session
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PerformanceWednesday, March 11 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Elizabeth Schumann
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PerformanceWednesday, March 11 @ 6:00 PMHow Do We Dance with Legacy?
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PerformanceWednesday, March 11 @ 7:30 PMEarly Music Singers – Imperial Polyphonies: Renaissance Music from Guatemala and Mexico
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PerformanceWednesday, March 11 @ 7:30 PMStanford New Ensemble
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PerformanceThursday, March 12 @ 1:00 PMBaroque Solo & Ensemble Recital
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TourNext: Thursday, March 12 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Social Event / ReceptionThursday, March 12 @ 4:00 PMMIXERS FOR GRAD MAKERS
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 12 @ 5:00 PMTechnology, Culture, and Power Speaker Series: John Durham Peters
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 12 @ 6:00 PMLevinthal Reading
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PerformanceFriday, March 13 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Laura Dahl
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, March 13 @ 3:00 PMWinter 2026 Open Studios
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PerformanceFriday, March 13 @ 7:30 PM
Ensemble OH?: Cosmicomics
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OtherSunday, March 15 @ 11:00 AMStudy in Still Life | Finals Week: Winter 2026 — STANFORD STUDENTS ONLY
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PerformanceMonday, March 16 @ 7:30 PMChamber Music Showcase 1
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, March 18 @ 9:30 AMMeet the Makers!
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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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PerformanceWednesday, March 18 @ 7:30 PMChamber Music Showcase 2
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Lecture / TalkMonday, March 23 @ 1:00 PMCurator Talk | Spotlights with Trisha Lagaso Goldberg
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 26 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
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TourNext: Thursday, March 26 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, April 02 @ 5:30 PMStudio Lecture Series: Niloufar Emamifar
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Lecture / TalkThursday, April 02 @ 6:00 PMJeremy Frey: Woven
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Lecture / TalkThursday, April 09 @ 1:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Jeremy Frey: Woven
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TourNext: Thursday, April 09 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, April 09 @ 4:40 PMPoetry & Science as Arts of Attention
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Lecture / TalkThursday, April 09 @ 6:00 PMMaia Nuku | Ruth K. Franklin Lecture
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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 / TalkMonday, April 13 @ 1:00 PMCurator Talk | Spotlights with Jason Linetzky
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, April 14 @ 12:00 PM2026 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Exhibition
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, April 15 @ 9:00 AMThe Botanical Afterlife of Indenture: Indian Women’s Labour and Imaginative Phyto-Archives (2-day Exhibition)
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, April 15 @ 5:30 PMNachorious: The Nach Gyal as Post Indenture Caribbean Feminist Jouvay Mas
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Wednesday, April 15 @ 6:30 PMStegner Fellow Reading with Ladan Khoddam-Khorasani, Kanak Kapur, and Bhion Achimba
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, April 22 @ 4:00 PMThe Arts of Africa: A Living Archive – Natasha Becker
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, April 22 @ 5:30 PMBehind the Book: Historian Jessica Riskin on “The Power of Life ”
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Wednesday, April 29 @ 8:00 PMReading with D. A. Powell, the Mohr Visiting Poet
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Lecture / TalkThursday, April 30 @ 6:00 PMEvening Curator Talk | Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
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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 PMMijohn Ruperto & Candice Lin: Putrefaction
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, May 12 @ 12:00 PM2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition
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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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Film / ScreeningThursday, May 14 @ 7:00 PMPoetry Into Film Festival
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PerformanceSaturday, May 16 @ 7:00 PMBTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ IN STANFORD
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 21 @ 5:30 PMWeintz Art Lecture Series: Maggie Cao
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, May 26 @ 12:00 PM2026 Senior Exhibition
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 28 @ 4:00 PMUndergraduate Prize Reading
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 28 @ 6:00 PMEvening Curator Talk | Jeremy Frey: Woven
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Lecture / TalkThursday, June 11 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
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.
