Stanford Arts
We are a constellation of institutions, departments, programs, and people that aims to unleash the full potential of the arts on campus and in our communities.
New Episodes Now Streaming
The latest installment of Art & is here. Dive into new episodes featuring artists and researchers working across gastronomy, cosmology, medicine, design, and more.
A home for artists who make change in the world
The Institute for Diversity in the Arts is celebrating 25 years of cultivating the next generation of artists and cultural leaders. Take a visit to Harmony House — a vibrant hub where art making, learning, and community come together — to see how IDA empowers students and artists through interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship.
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.
A Visionary Approach to Legal Questions
55 years ago, Stanford Law School offered the country’s first-ever art law course. Now a new edition of the seminal textbook Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts reflects the field’s interdisciplinary nature while responding to shifts in the legal and cultural landscape, such as the rise of artificial intelligence.
Sensing the Unseen
Glass, data, and motion collide in Fathom, a stunning new public artwork by Camille Utterback that animates the five-story stairwell of Stanford’s CoDa building. With etched panels and interactive projections that shift from day to night, the piece turns passing movement into a living stream of information.
Music Meets Medicine
How can music inspire healing and community? Join acclaimed cellist and curator Joshua Roman as he shares his profound journey through long COVID, transforming personal challenge into artistic expression with "Immunity"—a performance intertwining art, resilience, and collective healing. During his immersive week at Stanford, experience Joshua Roman’s dynamic collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Orchestra as they rehearse for the show at Bing Concert Hall. Through reflective dialogues, discover how artistic expression transcends boundaries—melding music, medicine, and human connection to reimagine healing.
From Sea to Studio
Doerr School of Sustainability Visiting Artist collaborates with Oceans researchers at Hopkins Marine Station
In a stunning blend of art and oceans research, Stanford's interactive exhibit promises to ignite a wave of optimism for ocean conservation. The installation immersed viewers in a dynamic, sensory experience that highlighted the beauty and fragility of our marine ecosystems.
Encounters: Where Creative and Scientific Inquiry Meet
A new limited series podcast from Denning Visiting Artist Janani Balasubramanian
What happens when art meets science? Stanford alumni and host Janani Balasubramanian returns to campus to explore the dynamic intersection of these two disciplines throughout their residency in the Denning Visiting Artist Fund. Discover how interdisciplinarity drives breakthrough, from the physics of the interstellar medium to the myths of ancient times, featuring leading researchers and innovators.
Upcoming Events
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 15Archive Room: Ester Hernandez |Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 15Archive Room: Ruth Asawa | Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 15Essential Engagement: The Works of Joseph DeLappe
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 15 @ 9:00 AMWoven Narratives: Textiles as Living Archives
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 15 @ 9:00 AMDoctor Syntax: A Regency Icon
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 15 @ 11:00 AMShahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 15 @ 11:00 AMAlteronce Gumby
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 15 @ 11:00 AMCunning Folk: Witchcraft, Magic, and Occult Knowledge
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TourNext: Thursday, January 15 @ 12:00 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Thursday, January 15 @ 12:30 PMSpotlight Tours Thursdays | Anderson Collection
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 15 @ 1:00 PMCurator Talk | Spotlights with Trisha Lagaso Goldberg
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 15 @ 6:00 PMTransformed by Intention: Rose B. Simpson in Conversation
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 15 @ 6:30 PM[Postponed] – Funny Times: Drawing Cartoons from Fatherhood to Fatherland
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WorkshopFriday, January 16 @ 10:00 AMHistoric US Land Record Search
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TourNext: Friday, January 16 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Auguste Rodin
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TourNext: Friday, January 16 @ 1:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights: 1 PM
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, January 16 @ 1:45 PMRAISE Meet and Greet
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TourNext: Friday, January 16 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior
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ExhibitionNext: Friday, January 16 @ 4:00 PMShahzia Sikander: Exhibition Tour with the Artist, in Conversation with Patricia Blessing
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TourNext: Saturday, January 17 @ 12:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Saturday, January 17 @ 2:30 PMHighlights Tour | Anderson Collection
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TourNext: Saturday, January 17 @ 3:00 PMPublic Tour | Cantor Highlights: 3 PM
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TourNext: Sunday, January 18 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour | Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Museum
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PerformanceSunday, January 18 @ 4:00 PMStella Cole
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WorkshopTuesday, January 20 @ 11:30 AM1,000 Ways to Hold: Conversation and Clay Workshop at Stanford Redwood City
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, January 20 @ 2:00 PMNew & Notable Maps at Branner Library
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OtherTuesday, January 20 @ 6:00 PMAUDITIONS | “Moonchild” (Spring 2026 Developmental Stage)
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, January 21 @ 9:00 AMThe Amos Gitai Archive at Stanford
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PerformanceWednesday, January 21 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Flute Students of Melody Holmes
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Class / SeminarWednesday, January 21 @ 5:30 PMFour L.A.S.E.R. talks: Astrophysics, Conceptual Art, Psychology, Avantgarde Music
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Wednesday, January 21 @ 6:30 PMStegner Fellow Reading with Prairie Moon Dalton and Daniel Sutter
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PerformanceWednesday, January 21 @ 7:30 PMFaculty Recital: Robert Huw Morgan, Organ
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WorkshopThursday, January 22 @ 2:00 PM[Postponed] – When Crafting Meets Data Visualization: Field Trip to the YarnLab
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TourNext: Thursday, January 22 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Film / ScreeningThursday, January 22 @ 5:00 PMAmos Gitai Film Festival Part 1: House Screening and Panel Discussion
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ExhibitionNext: Thursday, January 22 @ 5:00 PMEXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES
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OtherFriday, January 23 @ 12:00 PMDrop-In Drawing @ The Anderson
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Lecture / TalkFriday, January 23 @ 4:30 PMThe Lure of Origins: Sexology and the Trans Autobiographical Mandate | Writing the Life Process Research Workshop
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PerformanceFriday, January 23 @ 7:00 PMFaculty Recital: Sandra Wright Shen, piano
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PerformanceFriday, January 23 @ 7:30 PMShe Loves Me
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Lecture / TalkFriday, January 23 @ 8:15 PMA conversation with Hasan Minhaj
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PerformanceSaturday, January 24 @ 2:30 PMShe Loves Me
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PerformanceSaturday, January 24 @ 7:30 PMShe Loves Me
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TourNext: Sunday, January 25 @ 11:30 AMPublic Tour | Papua New Guinea Sculpture Walk
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PerformanceSunday, January 25 @ 2:30 PMShe Loves Me
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PerformanceSunday, January 25 @ 7:30 PMCCRMA Presents: Ensemble Mosaik – New Works by Stanford Graduate Composers
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Lecture / TalkMonday, January 26 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology: Gabrielle Cornish, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Lecture / TalkMonday, January 26 @ 7:00 PMOne Nation Under Bars: Poetry, Witness, and the Possibility of Freedom featuring the Forced N2 Greatness Collective with Hanif Abdurraqib and Antonio Lopez
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Film / ScreeningTuesday, January 27 @ 5:00 PMAmos Gitai Film Festival Part 2: Rabin The Last Day Screening and Panel Discussion
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, January 27 @ 5:00 PMMatthew D. Morrison | The Ontology of IP and Race in Music
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, January 28 @ 12:00 PMAI-assisted Archives of West African History: Access, Ethics, and Data Sovereignty – Dr Trevor Getz
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PerformanceWednesday, January 28 @ 12:15 PMLunchtime Recitals & Communi-Tea
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PerformanceWednesday, January 28 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Violin Students of Debra Fong
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Class / SeminarWednesday, January 28 @ 5:30 PMHella Cinematic | Bay Area Documentary Filmmakers
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 29 @ 12:00 PMEchoes of Dedication: Beethoven and the Women Who Shaped His Art
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OtherThursday, January 29 @ 4:00 PMRAISE Doctoral Fellowship Zoom Info Session
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Lecture / TalkThursday, January 29 @ 5:30 PMWeintz Art Lecture Series: Elizabeth Dospěl Williams
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PerformanceThursday, January 29 @ 8:00 PMDEVELOPMENTAL STAGE | GRAD REP 2026 [Weekend 1]
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MeetingFriday, January 30 @ 4:00 PM
TABLEREAD | “Romeo & Juliet” (Spring 2026 Main Stage)
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Lecture / TalkFriday, January 30 @ 4:30 PMPark Dae Sung, Ink Reimagined
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Lecture / TalkFriday, January 30 @ 7:00 PMBetween Notation and Meaning: Making Interpretive Decisions in Classical-Era Repertoire
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PerformanceFriday, January 30 @ 7:30 PMCCRMA Presents: The Silence of the Amps
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PerformanceSaturday, January 31 @ 7:30 PMCCRMA Presents: The Silence of the Amps
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TourNext: Sunday, February 01 @ 2:00 PMPublic Tour: Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Campus
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PerformanceSunday, February 01 @ 7:00 PMPianist & Composer Cristiana Pegoraro: Armonie di Pace
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, February 03 @ 5:30 PMBehind the author/agent process with Hanif Abdurraqib and Alia Hanna Habib
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PerformanceWednesday, February 04 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Voice Students of Nova Jiménez
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WorkshopWednesday, February 04 @ 1:00 PM1,000 Ways to Hold: Conversation and Clay Pop-up Workshop
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Wednesday, February 04 @ 6:30 PMStegner Fellow Reading with David Hutcheson and Daniel Finkel
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 05 @ 5:00 PMInterPlay Salon with Shane Denson, Michele Elam, and Charlotte McCurdy
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 05 @ 5:00 PMTechnology, Culture, and Power Speaker Series: Daniel Kreiss
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 05 @ 6:00 PMDušan Makavejev’s “Murderers on the Yugoslavia Express” (Speculative Archival Reconstruction of a Latent Film)
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PerformanceThursday, February 05 @ 8:00 PM
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE | GRAD REP 2026 [Weekend 2]
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PerformanceFriday, February 06 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Ory Shihor
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WorkshopFriday, February 06 @ 2:00 PMWORKSHOP | Batshit — Creating a Solo Show with Leah Shelton
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, February 06 @ 5:00 PMFirst Fridays at IDA (Social)
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Lecture / TalkFriday, February 06 @ 7:30 PMSongs in the Key of Life with Hanif Abdurraqib and Nate Sloan
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Lecture / TalkSunday, February 08 @ 7:00 PMLecture & Concert: Satoshi Yamaguchi – The Past Can Be Changed
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PerformanceSunday, February 08 @ 7:30 PMStanford Alumni Recital
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Lecture / TalkMonday, February 09 @ 4:30 PMMuseum as Muse: Poetry at the Anderson Collection
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Lecture / TalkMonday, February 09 @ 4:30 PMRon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Birgit Lodes, University of Vienna
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, February 10 @ 12:00 PM2026 First-Year MFA Exhibition
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Social Event / ReceptionTuesday, February 10 @ 1:30 PMK-Pop Data Hunters
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PerformanceTuesday, February 10 @ 4:00 PMCCRMA Data Sonification Ensemble Performance at Hoover Tower
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OtherWednesday, February 11 @ 12:00 PMRAISE Doctoral Fellowship Info Session
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PerformanceWednesday, February 11 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Cello Students of Stephen Harrison
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TourNext: Thursday, February 12 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 12 @ 6:00 PMEvening Curator Talk | Cunning Folk: Witchcraft, Magic, and Occult Knowledge
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, February 17 @ 9:00 AMGregory Rick: They Said No!!!
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OtherTuesday, February 17 @ 6:00 PM
AUDITIONS | “Romeo & Juliet” (Spring 2026 Main Stage)
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PerformanceWednesday, February 18 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Flute Students of Melody Holmes
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 18 @ 8:00 PMReading with C Pam Zhang, the Stein Visiting Writer
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PerformanceFriday, February 20 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Flute Students of Alexandra Hawley
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PerformanceFriday, February 20 @ 7:30 PMStanford Jazz Orchestra with Sean Jones
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PerformanceFriday, February 20 @ 7:30 PMChamber Music of Felix Mendelssohn
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PerformanceSaturday, February 21 @ 3:00 PMGhadar Geet : Blood and Ink | A Dance Performance by Duniya Dance and Drum Company
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PerformanceSaturday, February 21 @ 7:30 PMCapstone Concert: Analiese Bancroft
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PerformanceSaturday, February 21 @ 7:30 PMSinger’s Choice Cabaret
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PerformanceSunday, February 22 @ 2:30 PMBenjamin Liupaogo Voice Studio Recital
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, February 24 @ 7:00 PM“I AM”: Poetry reading with Seema Kohli
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 25 @ 12:00 PMRisk Imaginaries in Morocco’s Pursuit of Development – Dr. Salah Hamdoun
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PerformanceWednesday, February 25 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Kumaran Arul
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 25 @ 4:30 PMResearch & the Artistic (Im)pulse 2026: What will happen | What to do
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, February 25 @ 7:30 PMReading with Viet Thanh Nguyen, part of the Lane Lecture Series
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TourNext: Thursday, February 26 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, February 26 @ 6:00 PMMel Chin: A trace that will not fade
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PerformanceFriday, February 27 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Cello Students of Christopher Costanza
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PerformanceFriday, February 27 @ 7:00 PM
PERFORMANCE | Young Choreographers Festival
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PerformanceFriday, February 27 @ 7:30 PMStanford Philharmonia
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PerformanceSaturday, February 28 @ 7:30 PMStanford Wind Symphony
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PerformanceSaturday, February 28 @ 7:30 PM
Student Recital: Ali Akbar Moradi
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PerformanceSunday, March 01 @ 2:30 PMStanford Chamber Chorale: Gabriel Fauré & Eric Tuan
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PerformanceSunday, March 01 @ 7:00 PMStanford Cello Choir Winter Concert
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PerformanceSunday, March 01 @ 7:30 PM
Undergraduate Composers Winter Concert
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PerformanceWednesday, March 04 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Sandra Shen
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, March 04 @ 5:30 PMThe phallic lives of statues: notes from a Hindutva heartland
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 05 @ 12:00 PMHonors in the Arts – Proposal Workshop
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 05 @ 4:30 PMDaniel Shapiro Piano Masterclass
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 05 @ 5:30 PMStudio Lecture Series: Auriea Harvey
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Conference / SymposiumFriday, March 06 @ 10:00 AM2025 The William & Louise Greaves Filmmaker Seminar
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PerformanceFriday, March 06 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Melinda Lee Masur
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PerformanceFriday, March 06 @ 7:30 PMStanford Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Chorus, and University Singers
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PerformanceSaturday, March 07 @ 2:30 PM
Senior Recital: Donovan Jasper, bass-baritone
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PerformanceSaturday, March 07 @ 7:30 PMStanford Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Chorus, and University Singers
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PerformanceSaturday, March 07 @ 7:30 PMStanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble – “Tribute to the Mambo”
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PerformanceSaturday, March 07 @ 7:30 PMStanford Guzheng Ensemble Concert
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PerformanceSunday, March 08 @ 2:30 PMThe Variety 73
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PerformanceSunday, March 08 @ 7:30 PMThe Voice Studio of Kathryne Jennings – Sing On!
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Lecture / TalkTuesday, March 10 @ 12:00 PMHonors in the Arts Info Session
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PerformanceWednesday, March 11 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Elizabeth Schumann
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PerformanceWednesday, March 11 @ 7:30 PMEarly Music Singers – Imperial Polyphonies: Renaissance Music from Guatemala and Mexico
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PerformanceWednesday, March 11 @ 7:30 PMStanford New Ensemble
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TourNext: Thursday, March 12 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 12 @ 5:00 PMTechnology, Culture, and Power Speaker Series: John Durham Peters
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Lecture / TalkThursday, March 12 @ 6:00 PMLevinthal Reading
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PerformanceFriday, March 13 @ 12:30 PMNoon Concert: Piano Students of Laura Dahl
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Social Event / ReceptionFriday, March 13 @ 3:00 PMWinter 2026 Open Studios
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PerformanceMonday, March 16 @ 7:30 PMChamber Music Showcase 1
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, March 18 @ 12:00 PMMicrohistory and Researching the African Past: The Heretic of Cacheu and Historical Methods – Dr. Toby Green
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PerformanceWednesday, March 18 @ 7:30 PMChamber Music Showcase 2
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TourNext: Thursday, March 26 @ 4:00 PMTour Denning House, home to Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Lecture / TalkThursday, April 02 @ 5:30 PMStudio Lecture Series: Niloufar Emamifar
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Lecture / TalkThursday, April 02 @ 6:00 PMJeremy Frey: Woven
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PerformanceSunday, April 12 @ 2:00 PMWhat We Sang Then: A Historic Recital of Favorites from the Stanford Songbook
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PerformanceSunday, April 12 @ 3:30 PMLou Henry Hoover Carillon Performance
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ExhibitionNext: Tuesday, April 14 @ 12:00 PM2026 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Exhibition
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ExhibitionNext: Wednesday, April 15 @ 9:00 AMThe Botanical Afterlife of Indenture: Indian Women’s Labour and Imaginative Phyto-Archives (2-day Exhibition)
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Lecture / TalkWednesday, April 15 @ 5:30 PMThe Botanical Afterlife of Indenture: Indian Women’s Labour and Imaginative Phyto-Archives (Lecture)
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Wednesday, April 15 @ 6:30 PMStegner Fellow Reading with Ladan Khoddam-Khorasani, Kanak Kapur, and Bhion Achimba
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Wednesday, April 29 @ 8:00 PMReading with D. A. Powell, the Mohr Visiting Poet
Meet Artists
Stanford Arts’ 2025-26 Visiting Artists
Each brings a bold perspective on how the arts can illuminate, provoke, and transform our understanding of the world around us.
Maybe something new can emerge in the ruins.
As he graduates, Bhu Kongtaveelert (’25) reflects on memory, climate, and home. Read the full profile on his interdisciplinary art practice below.
Art &: Podcast Series
Art & is a new podcast exploring how artists and researchers are teaming up across Stanford to reimagine what’s possible—from sculpture and oceanography to music and sociology. Hosted by Ellen Oh, the series kicks off with Stanford Arts VP Deborah Cullinan on why art is essential to innovation and institutional transformation.
Scarlett Kim
Step into the virtual world of theater-maker and Royal Shakespeare Company Interdisciplinary Fellow Scarlett Kim, where motion capture meets imaginative performance. From embodying a rat to rethinking what theater can be, Scarlett brings bold, tech-infused creativity to Stanford.
Ali Namayandeh
Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability is integrating theater and environmental justice with the premiere of “Hidden Strawberries,” a play by Ali Namayandeh. The production focuses on the experiences of California farmworkers affected by escalating wildfires.
