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

The exhibition was the result of a summer seminar in Jamaica where students explored art in all its forms including music, sculpture and photography.

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‘Home for artists’ marks 25 years of nurturing creativity

The Institute for Diversity in the Arts has spent a quarter century empowering talent through interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship. “What we all unite on is art and the different ways we express it.”

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Iris Nemani’s vision for centering the arts

Fresh from opening her first season, Stanford Live’s new director says fostering engagement between performers and the campus community is her job’s “special sauce.”

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amara tabor-smith, Photo by Jean Melesaine, Courtesy tabor-smith.
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At Stanford, amara tabor-smith Explores a More Expansive Vision of Dance Education

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Art installation inspires curiosity and creativity in education

At the newly remodeled Graduate School of Education, artist Jacob Hashimoto’s playful centerpiece represents the possibilities that come from teaching and learning.

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Adam Johnson | LiPo Ching
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Pulitzer-winning author returns with decade-in-the-making epic

A student checks out an interactive map at the David Rumsey Map Center. Understanding new data-driven methods for storing and accessing cultural records is among the new study options at Stanford that combine data science with the humanities and arts. | LiPo Ching for Stanford University
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New programs bridge data science with humanities and the arts

The blue pigment in Jackson Pollock’s painting 'Number 1A,” 1948, (right, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York) has resisted identification, until now. | Photograph by Thomas Griesel. Digital Image ©️ The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY.
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Unraveling the mystery of Jackson Pollock’s blue

Amara Tabor Smith and Ioanida Costache
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Faculty Seed Grants Bloom into Artistic Breakthroughs

For the third round of these seed grants in 2025, the OVPA announces two recipients: Ioanida Costache and amara tabor-smith

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Exhibition spotlights civic engagement of artists

The Cantor’s Archive Rooms series returns with the special collections of artists Ruth Asawa and Ester Hernandez, who shared a commitment to advocacy and activism.

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Meet Stanford Arts’ 2025-26 Visiting Artists

Stanford Arts is excited to introduce three remarkable artists joining us for the 2025-26 academic year. Each brings a bold perspective on how the arts can illuminate, provoke, and transform our understanding of the world around us. Hanif Abdurraqib Poet | Cultural CriticDenning Visiting Artist, 2025-26 Hanif Abdurraqib arrives at Stanford this fall as our…

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Art by Chiara Palillo
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Art history professor’s new book brings overlooked female painter to young audiences

A Groundbreaking Textbook, Conceived at Stanford Law School, Marks a New Chapter in Art Law
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A Groundbreaking Textbook, Conceived at Stanford Law School, Marks a New Chapter in Art Law

Maurice Ravel
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Maurice Ravel: A 150th Celebration

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Stanford’s 2025 Commencement Wacky Walk

Baccalaureate address by Alexander Nemerov
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Baccalaureate address by Alexander Nemerov