Arts @ Home
Community and student online resources to engage with the arts from wherever you are. See the Stanford events calendar for in-person events, exhibitions, and performances.
Virtual events and performances
- Through 9/8 @ 7 p.m. Stanford Global Studies Film Festival: Seven films from around the world that focus on the theme “Feeding Your Soul” are presented on Wednesdays. Watch on your own and join then join the post-screening discussion. RSVP required. Some films may require a fee to view.
- 8/4 @ noon Art Breaks with Student Guides: Stanford students present 30-minute virtual talks about how objects at Stanford’s museums relate to different disciplines that they are studying.
- 8/5 @ 5:30 p.m. Curator tour of Ian Cheng's Emissary Sunsets The Self: Maggie Dethloff provide an in-depth look into the Cantor's newest installation, an ever-changing "live simulation" of infinite duration exploring cognitive evolution and artificial intelligence.
- 8/5 @ 7 p.m. Camera as Witness presents Seed: the Untold Story: As part of the summer documentary film series Power of Empathy, this film is about the harrowing and heartening drama of seeds.
- 8/6 @ 6 p.m. Pedro Lopes in concert: CCRMA Live presents a livestream concert with Pedro Lopes performing turntable percussion, cymbals, and modified needles in Chicago, Illinois.
- 8/8 @ 11 a.m. The art museums present Second Sunday at Home: Inspired by Joan Brown’s painting A Family Portrait, education staff helps you create your own personal family portrait.
- 8/17 @ 11:30 a.m. Summer piano seminar kick off: Thomas Schultz performs a solo piano recital to launch this year's summer piano seminar. The program includes works by Bach/Busoni, Busoni, Na, and Rzewski.
- 8/19-21 @ 2 p.m. Summer piano seminar concerts: The Thomas Schultz Summer Piano Seminar presents three participants concerts featuring students performing works they have studied during the seminar.
- 8/26 @ noon Kamishibai (paper plays) and the Mobilization of Women in Wartime Japan: This talk is part of the Fanning the Flames speaker series by leading scholars of modern East Asian history, art, and propaganda presented in conjunction with the book and upcoming online and physical exhibitions at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Sundays @ noon through 8/29 Summer Sacred Music Series: Listen to curated sacred sounds of joy on Sundays at noon on KZSU 90.1 FM and YouTube.
- Ongoing for Stanford Live members and Stanford students: Stanford Live's digital season features exclusive films produced by Stanford Live, performance screenings, lectures, podcasts and more.
*all times are PST and all events are virtual unless described otherwise
All things visual art
- Between: Artist Books, Albums, and Portfolios from the Mark Ruwedel Photography Archive at Stanford: This exhibition presented by Stanford Libraries celebrates the Mark Ruwedel Photography Archive, recently acquired by Stanford Libraries’ Special Collections.
- Exquisite Reality: Photography and the Invention of Nationhood, 1851–1900: Photographs in this exhibition document the ideologies, biases, and aspirations of artists, patrons and audiences in the 19th century.
- When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art: This exhibition has closed, but you can still explore virtually.
- Formed and Fired: Contemporary American Ceramics: Explore this Anderson Collection exhibition virtually.
- The Melancholy Museum: Love, Death, and Mourning at Stanford: Explore this Mark Dion project virtually from the Cantor Arts Center website.
- Work and Social Justice: The David Bacon Photography Archive at Stanford: This exhibition at Stanford's Green Library celebrates the David Bacon Photography Archive. Accessible to Stanford ID holders only.
- Up Close: One Painting Tours With Artists: Hosted by art historian and the associate director of ITALIC at Stanford, Kim Beil, the micro-video series focuses on a single object in the Anderson Collection, sparking dialogue with a guest artist.
- Museums from Home: What to watch, read and explore to enjoy Stanford art museums from home.
- 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, 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
- Intersections: Where Theory and Practice Meet: Podcast host Michael Rau, Stanford assistant professor of theater and performance studies, interviews working artists on how their artistic theory manifests in their artistic practice.
- Engaging racism through audio: Stanford Storytelling Project playlist features pieces by Stanford students past and present.
- Racial justice stories: Stanford Storytelling Project playlist of audio stories that engage racism put together by SSP's professional staff, including stories from well-loved podcasts.
- 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.
- On the Shelf: Book recommendations by staff from the Cantor Arts Center and Anderson Collection.
- Paper Projects: The Anderson Collection brings you art-making projects to do off screen.
- 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,
- Mouse Cup coloring page: Inspired by Elizabeth Murray's, Mouse Cup, 1981-1982, oil on two canvases, Anderson Collection.
Makers in place: support and resources for art practice and research
- Free Stanford Live content for Stanford students: Stanford Live's digital season features exclusive films produced by Stanford Live, performance screenings, lectures, podcasts and more.
- Creative Agency in the Pandemic World: Samples of student work created for Professor Mark Applebaum's spring 2020 course MUSIC 154E are viewable online.
- Here and Elsewhere, the 2020 senior exhibition: The Department of Art and Art History presents the work of 16 graduating students of art practice.
- A Geography of Dreams, the 2020 undergraduate honors thesis exhibition and virtual tour: The Department of Art and Art History presents the culmination of the yearlong honors thesis program in art practice.
- Spring Art Fair 2020: The Professional Art Society of Stanford and the VPA present a virtual art experience.
- 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 "Learning from Home": A collection of digital resources for the academic community to explore Stanford’s art museums remotely.
- 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.
- 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 Redwood City Art
- Stanford Repertory Theater
- Stanford Storytelling Project
