Arts @ Home
Community and student resources to engage with the arts from wherever you are.
Virtual events
- Postponed Arts Alumni: Live From Their Living Room: A panel discussion with the writers behind Hidden Figures and the live-action Mulan, and co-chairs of the Women's Writers Committee of WGA, Allison Schroeder, Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek.
- 6/4 @ 4 p.m. Author event with Kelly Yang: New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang talks about her new book Parachutes.
- Tuesdays @ noonish. Design: Soul & Body: Matt Kahn’s classic Stanford design lectures from 2004. A new one arrives every Tuesday around noon. May 5 to June 9.
- Wednesdays @ 12:15 p.m. Lunchtime Music from MemChu: Virtual organ concerts featuring music performed by University Organist Robert Huw Morgan at Stanford Memorial Church.
- Wednesdays @ 1 p.m. Artful Design Television (COVID-19 Edition): Ge Wang, Stanford associate professor of music and, by courtesy, of computer science, discusses design, music, coding, history and philosophy.
- Thursdays @ 5:30 p.m. Stuck@Home: Stanford Medicine & the Muse presents musical performances by Stanford Medicine faculty, residents, staff, students and friends.
- Fridays @ 4 p.m. Digital open mic: Darnell "DeeSoul" Carson '21 hosts a digital open mic night for everyone.
- Stanford Live digital season: A curated selection of performances by many of the artists who were scheduled to perform at Stanford.
- Stanford Binge-Watching Guide: Stream the latest and greatest from your fellow alumni. View at your convenience.
- Mark Applebaum's Flashlight: Kronos Quartet recorded and published Stanford Professor Mark Applebaum's commission Flashlight as part of Fifty for the Future.
- Additional remote arts experiences: A collection Stanford podcasts, videos, slideshows, digital showcases and online courses.
*all times are PST
All things visual art
- Undergraduate honors thesis exhibition and virtual tour: A Geography of Dreams is the culmination of the yearlong honors thesis program in art practice.
- Stanford art museums "Learning from Home": A collection of digital resources for the academic community to explore Stanford’s art museums remotely.
- "Museums from Home": What to watch, read and explore to enjoy Stanford art museums from home. New videos, book shelf and puzzles added in May.
- Cantor Arts Center publications: Explore Cantor publications, including books, catalogues and an archive of the Cantor Magazine.
- Virtual backgrounds: Customize your video conference background, set your computer or phone wallpaper and step inside the Stanford museums' galleries -- virtually.
- The McMurtry Lectures: Watch the the Burt and Deedee McMurtry Lectures, a program of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, presented in partnership with Stanford Live.
- Layer Cake at the Coulter Art Gallery: A group exhibition from winter quarter 2020 of works by five Stanford first-year MFA students in art practice.
- Terry Berlier exhibition at the Stanford Art Gallery: I am what I am not yet brings together Stanford Associate Professor Terry Berlier's interests in queerness and ecologies.
- Enrique Chagoya exhibition at the Coulter Art Gallery: A 2019 survey of paintings, drawings and prints, titled Detention at the Border of Language, spans two decades in Stanford Professor Enrique Chagoya’s career.
- !Women Art Revolution: Stanford Libraries presents a collection of artists’ and critics’ interviews chronicling the founding years of the feminist art movement in the 1970s.
- Stanford Redwood City art: An eclectic collection of indoor and outdoor art has transformed the Stanford Redwood City campus.
- Additional remote arts experiences: A collection of Stanford podcasts, videos, slideshows, digital showcases and online courses.
Off screen
- KZSU: Stanford's FM radio station, broadcasting across the Bay Area on 90.1 FM and across the world at kzsulive.stanford.edu.
- A good read: Stanford Creative Writing Program book recommendations.
- Stanford coloring page: Print the PDF of this Stanford scene, grab your favorite Crayola shade and get to work.
- Girl on the Beach coloring page: Inspired by Richard Diebenkorn's, Girl on the Beach, 1957, oil on canvas, Anderson Collection at Stanford University,
- Mouse Cup coloring page: Inspired by Elizabeth Murray's, Mouse Cup, 1981-1982, oil on two canvases, Anderson Collection at Stanford University.
Makers in place: support resources for art practice and research
- 6/5 @ 8:30 p.m. The World According to Sound: Outside In: This communal, surround sound listening event is for Stanford students, faculty and staff only. Register by 6/3.
- Student arts community listserv: Share artwork, resources, updates from your student groups, deals on artmaking supplies, upcoming local performances and exhibitions, news in the art world and entertainment industry, etc. This is an informal list in a “for students, by students” fashion.
- For students resource page: Artist or audience member, beginner or expert, explore these pages for clubs, classes, internships, grants, and more.
- Stanford art museums student programs: Engage with the museums—jobs, internships, and social events are open to students of all levels and majors.
- For faculty resource page: Resources for Stanford faculty to participate and engage with the arts on campus.
- Stanford art museums faculty support: Museums programs offer substantive opportunities for students and faculty to engage with our encyclopedic collection.
- Submit student artwork: Submit artwork (image, video, sound) for consideration in Stanford print and digital publications and social channels.
- Stanford Storytelling Project: The Writer's Studio: Free spring quarter workshop series open to all Stanford students from all majors.
- Music Library and Archive of Recorded Sound (ARS): Check out the many ways that students can connect online.
- Piano roll archive: Stanford's piano roll archive provides digital access to the piano roll collections of the Archive of Recorded Sound and is comprised of digital scans in the form of full-color and monochrome image files, MIDI files and audio files.
Stay connected
- Anderson Collection at Stanford University
- Architectural Design Program
- ArtsUpdate
- ArtsWest
- Cantor Arts Center
- CCRMA
- Creative Writing Program
- Department of Art & Art History
- Department of Music
- Department of Theater & Performance Studies
- Humanities Center
- Institute for Diversity in the Arts
- Medicine & the Muse
- Roble Arts Gym
- Stanford Arts Institute
- Stanford Live/Bing Concert Hall/Frost Amphitheater
- Stanford Repertory Theater
- Stanford Storytelling Project
