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Stanford photography instructor’s work in national spotlight

Robert Dawson, instructor of photography in the Department of Art & Art History, spent 21 years photographing public libraries across the United States.

ROBERT DAWSON, instructor of photography in the Department of Art & Art History, spent 21 years photographing public libraries across the United States. Now, his photos will get a national spotlight. The Library of Congress recently announced the acquisition of Dawson’s entire archive from the project “Public Library: An American Commons.” The archive, acquired through…

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Pianos everywhere

The remarkable number of accessible pianos on campus inspire pickup jam sessions, support student group rehearsals and provide an important creative outlet for music and non-music students.

Have you played a piano recently? If you are on the Stanford campus, there is no excuse not to be practicing your Chopin or plunking out Chopsticks year-round, because there are more than 200 acoustic pianos on campus and more than half of them are found outside of the classroom, ready to be played. Stanford…

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Miwok, Stanford’s monumental outdoor sculpture by di Suvero, moves to a new home

Mark di Suvero's large-scale sculpture settles in on the School of Medicine Dean's Lawn.

Moving art can get complicated very quickly. Frames aren’t always stable, wires fray, pastels and old paint don’t like movement. Sculptural elements become loose or detached, doorways and halls that were adequately high and wide when moving a piece in are inexplicably smaller when moving out. Large-scale outdoor sculpture often takes complicated to a whole…

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