Stanford Arts Institute

Stanford Arts Institute offers interdisciplinary programs that center the arts in research and education.

SAI News

a pattern of three colored triangles with text arranged along the angle of one: "Making & Creative Praxis"

A new graduate certificate program in Making and Creative Praxis supports students committed to integrating abstract and embodied forms of knowledge, expertise, and artistry. 

A joint initiative of the Program in Modern Thought and Literature and the Stanford Arts Institute.

Student photo exhibition showcases art’s role in culture and community

The course, which took place over 25 days in summer 2025 and was the first BOSP seminar in the Caribbean, explored art in all its forms including drum workshops, music recording sessions, art gallery visits and photography lessons, among other activities.

Visitors view the exhibition made up of photos contributed by students.

SAI Spotlight

Hideo Mabuchi, wearing a blue and white striped button up, stands in a wooded grove, hands clasped behind his back

"I’m trying to move away from hybridizing art and science and toward resurrecting their last common ancestor"

In an interview with the Stanford Report, artist and applied physicist Hideo Mabuchi discusses his goals as the Denning Family Faculty Director of SAI.

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