Posts by Robert D.
Seniors
With the end of the 2013-2014 academic year fast approaching, this month is all about our graduating Stanford seniors.On April 23 the senior class put on the second annual Senior Arts Gala in Bing Concert Hall. This new Stanford tradition is a great occasion. The students get a chance to celebrate their time at Stanford, take a step into the next phase of their lives (with a very sophisticated cocktail party)—and enjoy the…
Read MoreStanford inaugurates new academic arts program in Washington, D.C.
During winter quarter, the Bing Stanford in Washington Program offered its first quarter dedicated to the arts, with a new course, Art and the First Amendment: Testing the Freedom of Expression, taught by art history Professor Richard Meyer, and full-time internships in arts organizations.After meeting Kale Futterman, an arts practice major at Stanford, the chief curator of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., entrusted her with an important task – writing short art history essays, known as “wall text,” to mount next to some of the gallery’s paintings. Futterman created wall text for artists ranging from…
Read MoreStanford alumnus Josh Haner wins Pulitzer Prize for photography
Haner, '02, studied photography and earned a BA in studio art and a BS in symbolic systems.Josh Haner ’02, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, almost didn’t accept the assignment that would ultimately earn him that prize. In fact, the first time he was offered the assignment, he politely declined. Haner was at The New York Times’ offices, where he was a photographer, celebrating with one of his…
Read MoreStanford photography instructor Robert Dawson named Guggenheim Fellow
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has named three Stanford faculty members Guggenheim Fellows: ROBERT DAWSON for photography, JONATHAN LEVIN for economics and MONIKA PIAZZESI for economics. “It’s exciting to name 178 new Guggenheim Fellows,” Edward Hirsch, foundation president, said in a press release. “These artists and writers, scholars and scientists, represent the best of…
Read MoreCantor Arts Center presents an exhibition in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant
Carleton Watkins: The Stanford Albums is on view April 23 to August 17, 2014.As the nation celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant, Cantor Arts Center presents an exhibition featuring more than 80 original mammoth prints from three unique albums of Carleton Watkins’s work: Photographs of the Yosemite Valley (1861 and 1865–66), Photographs of the Pacific Coast (1862–76), and Photographs of the Columbia River and Oregon (1867…
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Rodin’s hand sculptures diagnosed as part of exhibit
Eight of the 10 Rodin hand sculptures on display in a new exhibit have been diagnosed for malformations and diseases by a School of Medicine hand surgeon.One of the sculptures has been “repaired” using virtual surgery by the techies in the school’s Division of Clinical Anatomy. And with the help of more digital wizardry, viewers can see virtual blood and bone in the bronze hands. Inside Rodin’s Hands: Art, Technology and Surgery, which runs April 9 through Aug. 3 at Stanford’s…
Read MoreStanford exhibit spotlights medieval ‘world of words’
The Circle of the Sun exhibit draws on Stanford's medieval and early modern manuscript holdings, including a number of recent acquisitions, to show how secular learning was shared and spread throughout the Middle Ages.Open a book, and you discover a whole new world – especially if that book is several centuries old. That is the case with The Circle of the Sun, a new Stanford University Libraries exhibit on display through June 14 in the Peterson Gallery and Munger Rotunda of Green Library. It features the secular works…
Read MoreStanford lecturer and artist leads ‘drawing orchestra’ through assembly of frustrated icosahedron to strains of Vivaldi
Physics faculty members and graduate students use tetrahedra to create a less-than-perfect structure that explores the connection between shape and sound.Before the full Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra takes the stage tonight at Bing Concert Hall to perform Antonio Vivaldi’s oratorio Juditha triumphans, four of its members will participate in something completely different. Stanford design lecturer and artist Pamela Davis Kivelson will lead her Drawing Orchestra, accompanied by the PBO foursome, in a choreographed construction performance titled…
Read MoreAeolus Quartet Goes Pro
Championed by Stanford’s own St. Lawrence String Quartet, the Aeolus belongs to the best of the new generation of string quartetsWhen members of the Aeolus Quartet arrive at Stanford in April for a performance at Bing Concert Hall, they might as well be coming home. Starting with their first visit to campus in 2010, their mentors, the musicians of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, have welcomed them back for an alphabet of programs—ESQP, EPGY and…
Read MoreImmersion
For a group of Stanford students last week, spring break meant plunging into the arts—in New York City.Eighteen lucky students went to museums, galleries and performances. They danced with members of the Mark Morris Dance Group, met with art experts at Christie’s, attended a rehearsal of the New York Philharmonic—and much, much more. Throughout the week, students gathered their thoughts and impressions about the trip on tumblr. The students were participating in…
Read MoreArt students showcase creative works during Stanford’s Open Studios
After working in relative privacy for most of the quarter, Art and Art History students throw open their studio doors and invite in the Stanford community. Open Studios, an event at the end of every quarter, allows undergraduates to exhibit their work in a variety of settings. Galleries across campus showcase the students’ drawings, paintings,…
Read MoreStanford’s string quartet course warrants an encore
Stanford Continuing Studies music history course integrates musicology with performance and will return as a freshman seminar next year.Stanford’s winter Continuing Studies course “Quartet Conversations” was more than just talk. In addition to the musicological insights of Professor Stephen Hinton’s lectures on the history of the string quartet, students were treated to live illustrations and performance of the highest caliber. Hinton co-taught the course with Stanford’s ensemble in residence, the St. Lawrence String…
Read MoreStanford’s Pan-Asian Music Festival marks a 10-year milestone, and keeps going
Founder and artistic director Jindong Cai brings people and traditions from East and West together through music.The Pan-Asian Music Festival has been a musical odyssey for founder and artistic director Jindong Cai, and 10 years in, the journey continues. He sees endless possibilities for future festivals built around Asian countries, regions and artistic forms. With the 2014 festival a few days behind him, Cai is already thinking of 2015 and beyond…
Read MoreStanford Libraries online archive expands access to French Revolution treasures
Images and textual documentation of the French Revolution's early years are available for the first time to anyone with an Internet connection.Participants, spectators and critics produced scores of historical documents during the French Revolution. These items are now available in the French Revolution Digital Archive, a digital collection recently released by Stanford Libraries. FRDA brings together two foundational sources for French Revolution research: the Archives parlementaires, a day-to-day record of parliamentary debates and discussions held between…
Read MoreStanford to offer new undergraduate majors integrating humanities, computer science
Faculty Senate approves two "joint majors" on a pilot basis, bringing computer science together with English and music. More joint proposals are expected.In a new experiment aimed at integrating the humanities and computer science while providing students with unique educational experiences, Stanford will offer undergraduates the opportunity to pursue a new “joint major” in computer science and either English or music starting in fall 2014. The Faculty Senate approved the new joint majors on Thursday. English Professor…
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