Immerse Yourself in the Arts of L.A. and the Bay Area
The Los Angeles Arts Immersion trip takes place in September as part of the Arts Intensive program.
In this travel course, students will explore the dynamic histories of Black and Latino artists across the Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles. Students will visit museums, galleries, and community centers dedicated to nurturing, showcasing, and archiving the work of artists of color; meet artists, directors, curators, and collectors; participate in private tours to view historical sites and contemporary art; and engage in art-making workshops. The course is largely experiential in format with limited traditional classroom time. Nonetheless, students are expected to participate fully in daily activities, which are likely to require a lot of walking and/or standing. Past cohorts have visited ICA San Jose, MACLA, San Jose Museum of Art, LACMA, The Broad, The Getty Center, Watts Towers Arts Center, Charlie James Gallery, Crenshaw Dairy Mart, and the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture among other venues. Guest speakers and workshop hosts have also included award-winning and inspiring art professionals, including Autumn Breon (multidisciplinary artist), Def Sound (musician and writer), Jimeno Sarno (visual, sound, and installation artist), Rita Gonzalez (curator), and Dr. Joy Simmons (art collector). SFxLA students have gone on to enter the Inter-Arts Minor program, adopt majors and minors in art and art history, become research assistants, and have returned to the AI program as course assistants.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Must be enrolled in the Autumn Quarter after the program
- Must complete at least 36 units of academic work by the end of Spring Quarter in the year prior to applying to the AI Program.
- Frosh must complete at least three academic quarters
- Have good academic standing (not on provisional registration or University suspension).
- Must have an on-campus housing assignment for the fall quarter, or have arrangements for off campus housing.
- Students enrolled in Overseas Study for fall are eligible for the program. However, as AI students move into their fall housing assignments at the end of the second week, those students studying abroad in the fall quarter must arrange housing for the third week of the session.
The selection process is done by instructor review of the application materials submitted. Please keep in mind that a course may reach capacity quickly, and highly encourage students to apply for up to three courses. We will continue to accept applications until all courses are filled.
Students can apply through the Arts Intensive website.
Students are expected to participate in all course activities. Unexcused absences will result in no credit and a potential ban from other arts immersion programs. Medical or injury-related absences may result in no credit if the student is unable to participate in more than 50% of the course.
Meet the Instructor: Rose Salseda
Rose Salseda is an assistant professor in the Department of Art & Art History. Specializing in the fields of Black and Latinx art, Professor Salseda’s scholarship examines the politics of race, class, and representation. She is a first-generation college student and the fourth generation of her family to have been raised in South Los Angeles—lived experiences that have inspired her work as an art historian.
Program Details
Arts Intensive has a $750 all-inclusive program fee, which may be reduced by half or waived entirely for eligible students. The fee covers tuition, room, board, books, and class-required travel arranged by the program. ALL students receive a scholarship and AI offers need-based assistance as well, making it totally free for many students.
For more information, visit the Arts Intensive website.
Contact:
Stanford Arts Institute
artsinstitute@stanford.edu
