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Public Tour: Painting Nature in the American Gilded Age
Public Tour: Painting Nature in the American Gilded Age Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday at 12:30pm Drawing from the Cantor’s permanent collection, this exhibition considers how nature was depicted by American artists from the 1880s to 1910, an era of unprecedented industrialization and urban development. Through landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, the exhibition highlights the importance of nature for artists and the public, both of whom increasingly were affected by machines, cities, and crowds.
Find out more »Charles Lloyd and the Marvels with special guest Lucinda Williams
Honored for his contributions to jazz worldwide, including awards from the Monterey Jazz Festival and the National Endowment for the Arts, saxophonist Charles Lloyd brings his 80th birthday celebration to the Bing. Lloyd’s shows, “full of momentum and intuition, perfectly represent that the best jazz needs to be experienced live,” said the New York Times. At the Bing, singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams, whose work embraces folk, country, rock, and blues, joins Lloyd and his group, the Marvels.
Find out more »Public Tour: Painting Nature in the American Gilded Age
Public Tour: Painting Nature in the American Gilded Age Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday at 12:30pm Drawing from the Cantor’s permanent collection, this exhibition considers how nature was depicted by American artists from the 1880s to 1910, an era of unprecedented industrialization and urban development. Through landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, the exhibition highlights the importance of nature for artists and the public, both of whom increasingly were affected by machines, cities, and crowds.
Find out more »Jon Cleary
The piano player and songwriter is one of the great heirs to New Orleans’ world-changing music heritage—an outsider from Kent, England, Cleary has become a beloved personality in his adopted hometown. NPR calls him “pure New Orleans,” and he’s made the city proud with his 2016 Grammy Award for his album GoGo Juice. Jon Cleary has not only ascended into the pantheon of New Orleans musical greats, but established a groove and a style that’s unmistakably his own.
Find out more »TAPS | NSO SHOWCASE 2018!
Stanford TAPS welcomes the Class of 2022! Join us for our NSO showcase, featuring theater, dance, improv, musical performances, and more by Stanford students. Learn about our upcoming auditions and events, and more ways you can get involved in the performing arts on campus!
Find out more »Public Tour: Painting Nature in the American Gilded Age
Public Tour: Painting Nature in the American Gilded Age Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday at 12:30pm Drawing from the Cantor’s permanent collection, this exhibition considers how nature was depicted by American artists from the 1880s to 1910, an era of unprecedented industrialization and urban development. Through landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, the exhibition highlights the importance of nature for artists and the public, both of whom increasingly were affected by machines, cities, and crowds.
Find out more »The Baylor Project
A husband. A wife. An astonishing debut. Two-time Grammy-nominated The Baylor Project is steeped in the heart and soul of jazz. As the children of pastors, Marcus and Jean’s musical roots were planted deep within the church, and it was there that the road was paved for the influence of gospel, blues, soul, and jazz to make its mark. Their debut CD, The Journey, topped the Billboard Jazz Chart and garnered two Grammy Award nominations, solidifying The Baylor Project as an undeniable force. Join them…
Find out more »Case Studies: Damien Hirst’s The Void
Focusing on one particular object on view, Case Studies is a series of public conversations between art historians and faculty from other disciplines. Case Studies is the first of several new programs designed to heighten the Cantor’s role as a campus hub for critical inquiry and cross-disciplinary discourse on the visual arts. Damien Hirst’s The VoidDuring fall quarter 2018, Case Studies will be devoted to Damien Hirst’s The Void. Filled with thousands of colorful pills fabricated by the artist, The Void resembles a gigantic, mirrored medicine…
Find out more »Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous September 2018
The LASERs are a national program of evening gatherings that bring artists and scientists together for informal presentations and conversation with an audience. This event will present four artists, scientists, thinkers, inventors, and scholars who are working on paradigm shifts. The schedule also allows time for the audience to socialize and encourages people in the audience to briefly introduce their own work. Chaired by Piero Scaruffi. Speakers: Hank Greely, Director of the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, on “The End…
Find out more »Wynton Marsalis in Conversation
Internationally acclaimed musician, composer, and bandleader Wynton Marsalis is one of America’s most beloved advocates for culture and the arts in public life. He joins Stanford Professor of Education Adam Banks for a conversation about jazz, the relationship between the arts and community, and the irrepressible spirit of New Orleans—that singular blend of civic performance and cultural memory that has sustained the Big Easy through three centuries of adversities and triumphs.
Find out more »Videographic Frankenstein
An Exhibition of Creative and Scholarly VideoCurated by Shane Denson, Assistant Professor of Film & Media Studies Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in 1818, Videographic Frankenstein reflects on the novel’s visual legacy across more than a century of adaptation in film, television, and other media. The exhibition foregrounds scholarly and creative work that utilizes digital video for a self-reflexive analysis of moving-image media. This self-reflexive methodology is particularly appropriate for the study of Frankenstein and its many cinematic adaptations: the cinema itself works by stitching together “dead” photographic traces of the past…
Find out more »Cien Años de Alegría: Celebrating Fernando Alegría’s Centennial
Fernando Alegría (1918-2005), Stanford Professor of Latin American Literature, award-winning novelist, poet, and literary critic, spent much of his life away from his native Chile, living and teaching in the United States. Special screening of Viva Chile M…! The film follows Alegria’s life through his poetry,with testimonials from those who knew him best. Followed by Q & A with the film producer Marcia Campos Free and open to the public but MUST reserve HERE.
Find out more »Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Spaces with dancers Lil Buck and Jared Grimes Jazz at Lincoln Center founder/ director Wynton Marsalis conceived his composition Spaces as an “animal ballet,” played by his own Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and starring two extraordinary dancers: Lil Buck, creator of a novel dance vocabulary combining aspects of tap and ballet, and Jared Grimes, a Broadway dance maker and tapper, winner of the 2014 Astaire Award. Noted choreographer Damian Woetzel helped meld dance, music, and bestiary into a seamless,…
Find out more »TAPS | Kick Off BBQ!
You’re Invited!This social event is an informal and fun opportunity for new students to meet TAPS students, faculty, and staff, as well as leaders in the arts and student theater. Learn about what’s planned around campus this year and discuss ways to get involved!
Find out more »Art21: Art in the 21st Century Season 9 Premiere: Berlin
The only series on television in the U.S. to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists, Art in the Twenty-First Century is a Peabody Award-winning biennial program that allows viewers to observe the artists at work, watch as they transform inspiration into art, and hear how they struggle with both the physical and visual challenges of achieving their visions.
Find out more »Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History—A Conversation Between Steven J. Zipperstein and Ari Y. Kelman
Pogrom is a splendid book that pinpoints the moment at the start of the 20th century when exile in Europe turned deadly in a way that foretold the end of everything. It tells us the horror that occurred street by street, butchery by butchery—with gripping clarity and an admirable brevity. —Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize–winning Author of American Pastoral In his most recent book, Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History, historian Steven Zipperstein describes how the provincial city of Kishinev, located at the edge…
Find out more »Tord Gustavsen Trio
With Sigurd Hole and Jarle Vespestad For his soon to be released album The Other Side, jazz pianist and composer Tord Gustavsen returns to the piano trio setting, expanding its repertoire with bluesy new compositions and unique arrangements of J.S. Bach chorales and traditional Scandinavian hymns. Joining him are bassist Sigurd Hole and his long-standing collaborator, drummer Jarle Vespestad. The elements of Gustavsen’s work reflects a paradoxical blend of simplicity, quietude, and sensuality built on the hymns of his youth, a…
Find out more »Contact Warhol: Photography Without End
See the first public display of images from the Cantor’s remarkable archive of Andy Warhol’s photographic contact sheets, along with other examples of the artist’s iconic work. This exhibition and accompanying catalogue are organized by the Cantor Arts Center. We gratefully acknowledge support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Office of the President, Stanford University. Please be advised that some images in this exhibition may not be appropriate for young viewers. IMAGE: Andy Warhol (U.S.A.,…
Find out more »Nick Thune
Comedy Night at the Bing Nick Thune’s absurdist view and deadpan wit have distinguished his unique style of storytelling mixed with one-liners. The Seattle-born comedian and actor has appeared on The Tonight Show, Conan, and Late Night. He performs comedy to sold out crowds around the world, and has been featured at the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival, South By Southwest, Bonnaroo, The Moontower Comedy Festival, The Dublin Comedy Festival, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and many more. Nick has also…
Find out more »Nitin Sawhney: A Musical Life
Acclaimed artist Nitin Sawhney presents an evening of music and memories featuring Aref Durvesh on tabla and vocalist Eva Stone. From coincidences that are barely explicable by conventional Western thought or logic, to an array of events which include working with some of the world’s most famous artists, A Musical Life is delivered through Sawhney’s unique prism, performance, and perspective of music as a universal language.
Find out more »Delgres
Contemporary Creole Blues with an African Flair From Guadeloupe to Louisiana…to the Mississippi Delta. The missing link of the Blues. Delgres, a 2018 Globalfest performer, makes music rooted in a historical moment: 1802, when slavery returned to Guadeloupe and some islanders escaped to New Orleans. It is from this perspective that Delgres—made up of Pascal Danaë (guitar and vocals), Rafgee (sousaphone), and Baptiste Brondy (drums and vocals)—revisits the blended songs, dances, and tears of the long-lost, drifting souls of New…
Find out more »Book Launch – Money Well Spent: A Strategic Guide to Smart Philanthropy
Co-authors Paul Brest and Hal Harvey sit down with Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen to discuss the new second edition of Money Well Spent: A Strategic Guide to Smart Philanthropy. Philanthropy is a booming business, with hundreds of billions of dollars committed to the social sector each year. Money Well Spent, an award-winning guide on how to structure philanthropy so that it really makes a difference, offers a comprehensive and crucial resource for individual donors, foundations, non-profits, and scholars who focus on and…
Find out more »Designing Your Personal Thrive Map: How to Pursue A Lifetime of Entrepreneurship
Join STVP for “Designing Your Personal Thrive Map: How to Pursue A Lifetime of Entrepreneurship,” led by global entrepreneurial marketing expert, Victoria Woo. Dinner, refreshments and networking to follow. Free and open to the Stanford community. Reserve your seat at bit.ly/STVPsparks. Victoria Woo is the founder of Human Catalyst, Chief Thriving Officer at Kissaah and a lecturer in the Department of Management Science & Engineering at Stanford. Woo has broad experience in start-ups, global marketing, business development and executive education. She…
Find out more »Presence: The 5th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
The Department of Art & Art History presents Presence, The 5th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, on view in the Stanford Art Gallery from October 2 through December 2, 2018, with a reception on Thursday, October 11, 2018, from 5-7 PM. The extraordinary creativity found throughout the Stanford student body can be witnessed once again in our fifth annual juried exhibition. The works of art in this exhibit come from across campus, from students studying in a wide range of fields and from recent…
Find out more »Dohee Lee: Singing Body Workshop
Born on Jeju Island in South Korea, Dohee Lee studied Korean dance, music, percussion and vocals at the master level. Dohee’s work focuses on integration of traditional forms and contemporary arts through music, movement, images, costumes and installations. Dohee will lead her singing body workshop: Through breath and rhythm, we tune our body instrument and free our voices to explore sounds, songs and movement. This workshop expands participants’ vocabularies with feelings, energies, memories and stories to create new art.
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