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.
Art &: Podcast Series
Listen to Season 2 now
Art & is a podcast exploring how artists and researchers are teaming up across Stanford to reimagine what’s possible. Hosted by Ellen Oh, the second installment of Season 2 is releasing May 2026.
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.
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: Tuesday, May 26 @ 9:00 AMLiterature of the Middle East–Book Display
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, May 26 @ 9:00 AMRemembering
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, May 26 @ 12:00 PMSECOND HOLE SECOND WAVE: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, May 26 @ 12:00 PMCome Straight Home: 2026 Senior Undergraduate Exhibition
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, May 26 @ 5:30 PMArtist Talk | Whisper: Cyberdeck Diary
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, May 26 @ 5:30 PMJournalists on the Frontlines of Immigration News
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, May 27Archive Room: Ester Hernandez |Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, May 27Archive Room: Ruth Asawa | Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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Conference / SymposiumWednesday, May 27 @ 8:00 AMATypI
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, May 27 @ 11:30 AMAANHPI Heritage Month Lunch 2026
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PerformanceWednesday, May 27 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Melinda Lee Masur
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, May 27 @ 1:00 PMNew & Notable Maps at Branner Library
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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 @ 6:15 PMLou Henry Hoover Carillon Performance
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PerformanceWednesday, May 27 @ 7:30 PMUniversity Singers – The Glory of the French Baroque
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PerformanceWednesday, May 27 @ 7:30 PMStudent Recital: Kaitlyn Leitherer, harp
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, May 28Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, May 28Jeremy Frey: Woven
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, May 28 @ 11:00 AM1,000 Ways to Hold: A New Work By Erika Chong Shuch
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TourNext: Thursday, May 28 @ 12:00 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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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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TourNext: Thursday, May 28 @ 12:30 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Thursday, May 28 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, May 28 @ 4:00 PMUndergraduate Prize Reading
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, May 28 @ 4:30 PMThe Shape of Suffering: Votive Intermediaries of Pain
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, May 28 @ 4:30 PMCelebrating Honors theses and independent arts-related work across disciplines
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PerformanceThursday, May 28 @ 5:30 PMGraduation 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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PerformanceThursday, May 28 @ 7:30 PMCCRMA Presents: Leila Abdul-Rauf – Architecture of Shadow
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TourNext: Friday, May 29 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Auguste Rodin
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PerformanceFriday, May 29 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Laura Dahl
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TourNext: Friday, May 29 @ 1:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights: 1 PM
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, May 29 @ 1:00 PMCraft & Chill
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TourNext: Friday, May 29 @ 2:00 PMGallery Conversations | Jeremy Frey: Woven
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 11:00 AM
Piano Trios of Brahms & Chausson
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TourNext: Saturday, May 30 @ 12:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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ExhibitionNext: Saturday, May 30 @ 1:00 PMCoordinates: performance mapping poems
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TourNext: Saturday, May 30 @ 2:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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PerformanceSaturday, May 30 @ 2:30 PMSenior Recital: Aliya Alsafa, piano
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TourNext: Saturday, May 30 @ 3:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights: 3 PM
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ExhibitionNext: Saturday, May 30 @ 3:00 PMInhabited: A fog installation by Evelyn Song
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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 PMSunset in Paris: A Senior Quartet Recital
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ExhibitionNext: Sunday, May 31 @ 6:30 PMWEATHER ANY STORM
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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 PMViolin Students of Joo-Mee Lee
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, June 02 @ 5:30 PMocean to me
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PerformanceWednesday, June 03 @ 12:15 PMLunchtime Recitals & Communi-Tea
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PerformanceWednesday, June 03 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Elizabeth Schumann
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WorkshopWednesday, June 03 @ 3:00 PMTerman Library Presents: Textile Destress
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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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OtherThursday, June 04 @ 12:00 PMStudy in Still Life | Finals Week: Spring 2026 — STANFORD STUDENTS ONLY
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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 PM
Ensemble OH?: Midnight Sun
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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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ExhibitionNext: Friday, June 05 @ 10:00 AMGinsberg at 100: Selections from the Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, June 05 @ 12:00 PMInter-Arts Public Exhibition
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Lecture / TalkFriday, June 05 @ 12:30 PMFIRST FRIDAY | Imagining the Choreo-Jurisgenerative Body
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, June 05 @ 5:00 PMFirst Fridays at IDA (Social)
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PerformanceSaturday, June 06 @ 2:30 PM
Junior Recital: Oscar Paz-Suaznabar, piano
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ExhibitionNext: Saturday, June 06 @ 5:00 PMWatchers: The End
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PerformanceSaturday, June 06 @ 7:30 PMJunior Recital: Rishubh Thaper, piano
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PerformanceSaturday, June 06 @ 7:30 PM
Senior Recital: Karthik Seetharaman, piano
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TourNext: Sunday, June 07 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour: Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Campus
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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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ExhibitionNext: Monday, June 08 @ 8:00 PMMeet the Makers!
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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 PMAVOID EYE CONTACT: 2026 Spring MFA Documentary Film Screening
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PerformanceThursday, June 11 @ 7:30 PM
Student Recital: Jolie Huang, piano
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OtherFriday, June 12 @ 12:00 PMDrop-In Drawing @ The Anderson
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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
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TourNext: Sunday, June 14 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights in Chinese
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PerformanceSunday, June 14 @ 4:00 PM2026 Commencement Family & Friends Concert
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Social Event / ReceptionMonday, June 15 @ 11:15 AMMuseum Minis: Storytime with Maria R.
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Social Event / ReceptionWednesday, June 17 @ 3:00 PMBoard Game Afternoon
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TourNext: Sunday, June 21 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Museum
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PerformanceSunday, June 21 @ 4:00 PMSJW Presents: Indian Jazz Journey ft. Mahesh Kale & George Brooks
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ExhibitionNext: Monday, June 22 @ 9:00 AMSummer Escape at Bowes Library
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TourNext: Monday, June 22 @ 1:00 PMCurator Led Talk | 1,000 Ways to Hold
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Lecture / TalkThursday, June 25 @ 12:00 PMSOLD OUT – Lunchtime Curator Talk | Jeremy Frey: Woven
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TourNext: Thursday, June 25 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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PerformanceFriday, June 26 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Branford Marsalis Quartet
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PerformanceSaturday, June 27 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Billy Childs Quartet
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PerformanceSunday, June 28 @ 11:00 AMSJW Presents: Early Bird Jazz for Kids with Dr. Dave Hart and the Zookeepers
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TourNext: Sunday, June 28 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Papua New Guinea Sculpture Walk
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PerformanceSunday, June 28 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Luciana Souza and Marcel Camargo – New Moon with string quartet
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, July 02JANE! An intimate exploration of Gilded Age excess and the enigmatic life and death of Jane Stanford
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TourNext: Monday, July 06 @ 1:00 PM1,000 Ways to Hold | Exhibition Tour by Erika Chong Shuch
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TourNext: Thursday, July 09 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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PerformanceFriday, July 10 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: The Music of Duke Ellington with Nick Rossi’s Jazzopaters
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PerformanceSaturday, July 11 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Nicolas Bearde Quintet
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PerformanceSunday, July 12 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Marcus Shelby Sextet Conversation – The Language of Charles Mingus
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PerformanceMonday, July 13 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Christina Galisatus Quintet plays Joni Mitchell
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PerformanceTuesday, July 14 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Jimmy Heath Centennial Celebration with Jeb Patton & David Wong
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PerformanceWednesday, July 15 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Victor Lin: Gershwin Reimagined
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Lecture / TalkThursday, July 16 @ 6:00 PMSOLD OUT – Evening Curator Talk | Jeremy Frey: Woven
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PerformanceThursday, July 16 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Michael Mayo Quartet
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PerformanceSaturday, July 18 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Anat Cohen
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PerformanceSunday, July 19 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: The Westerlies
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PerformanceMonday, July 20 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Anisha Rush Quartet & Ben Flocks – Moonshades
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PerformanceTuesday, July 21 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Miles Davis Centennial Celebration featuring Jeremy Pelt
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PerformanceWednesday, July 22 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Ruth Davies’ Blues Night featuring Sean “Mack” McDonald
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Lecture / TalkThursday, July 23 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Jane!
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PerformanceThursday, July 23 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Stefon Harris & Blackout
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PerformanceSaturday, July 25 @ 7:30 PMSJW Presents: Yilian Cañizares Trio
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PerformanceSunday, July 26 @ 8:00 PMSJW Presents: Sasha Berliner
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PerformanceMonday, July 27 @ 8:00 PMSJW Presents: Guitar Night featuring Camila Meza & Dan Wilson
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PerformanceTuesday, July 28 @ 8:00 PMSJW Presents: George Cables and Friends
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PerformanceWednesday, July 29 @ 8:00 PMSJW Presents: Aldo López-Gavilán
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PerformanceThursday, July 30 @ 8:00 PMSJW Presents: Taylor Eigsti Group feat. Gretchen Parlato and Zack Grooves
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PerformanceFriday, July 31 @ 8:00 PMSJW Presents: SJW All-Star Jam
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, August 06Carolyn Lazard: Long Take
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Lecture / TalkThursday, August 06 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Jane!
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Conference / SymposiumFriday, August 07 @ 9:00 AMThe 4th Global Piano Roll Meeting – Day 1
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Conference / SymposiumSaturday, August 08 @ 9:00 AMThe 4th Global Piano Roll Meeting – Day 2
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Conference / SymposiumSunday, August 09 @ 9:00 AMThe 4th Global Piano Roll Meeting – Day 3
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TourNext: Monday, August 10 @ 1:00 PMCurator Led Talk | 1,000 Ways to Hold
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TourNext: Thursday, August 13 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, September 17Solid Pictures: Photosculpture and the Making of Modern Likeness
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TourNext: Thursday, October 08 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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PerformanceSunday, October 11 @ 2:30 PMKronos Quartet with Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat: Placeless
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Lecture / TalkThursday, October 15 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Solid Pictures
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TourNext: Thursday, October 22 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, October 29 @ 5:30 PMWeintz Art Lecture Series: Elizabeth Dospěl Williams
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Lecture / TalkThursday, December 10 @ 12:00 PMLunchtime Curator Talk | Solid Pictures
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.
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