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Constantinos Gallis, Expansion (2020); mixed media and digital media.
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Gunner Dongieux, Madeline Kahn (2021); acrylic, airbrush, spray paint, and stickers on canvas. |
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Upcoming Events
All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Series - During the first year of their fellowships, Stegner Fellows in fiction and poetry give public readings from their work:
Series - Stanford Under the Stars: Movie Nights at Frost brings a selection of movies featuring actors who attended Stanford, or various Stanford and Northern California filming locations:
5/7-9 - Check out the 50th Annual Stanford Powwow and Art Market, a virtual celebration of Native American cultures that includes dance, music, artist vendors, and more.
5/7 @ 2:30 p.m. - As part of the Haydn Festival, the St. Lawrence String Quartet livestreams String Quartet in C major, op. 76, no. 3, “Emperor."
5/8 @ 8 p.m. - Join international actor Naseeruddin Shah for An Evening of Ghazals, where he recites, translates, and discusses ghazals as they relate to the current political moment in South Asia and the world. A conversation with Jisha Menon, director of both the Center for South Asia and the Stanford Arts Institute, and a Q&A follow.
5/10 @ 5 p.m. - Artists on the Future: The Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg Artist Conversation Series pairs world-famous artists with cultural thought leaders from various fields to talk about issues vital to our society. These public events bring those working at the highest levels of human expression, creative thinking, and aesthetic impact into our deepest national conversations.
Series - The Arts + Justice Workshop Series continues:
- 5/13 @ 4:30 p.m. - Race, Consent, and Kink: Imagining Sexual Justice
- 5/27 @ 4:30 p.m. - Modes of Embodiment: Race, Praxis, and Environmental Justice
Series - Join Meeting the Moment for its virtual Story Exchanges, with storytelling focused on a theme:
- 5/13 @ 5 p.m. - Play, hosted by JJ Kapur ’22 and Emma Master ’19.
5/13 @ 5:30 p.m. - The Stanford Arts + Tech Salon spotlights Catie Cuan and Rashaad Newsome’s work on the aesthetics, ethics, and practice of dancing with robots.
5/13-15 - See Ram’s Head Theatrical Society’s production of Heathers: The Musical!
Series - Join Jones Lecturer Keith Ekiss for Poet’s House, a supportive writing studio for beginning and experienced poets. Come with nothing, leave with the start of a new poem.
5/19 @ noon - “War and Art” with Olivia Morello ’22, part of the Art Breaks with Student Guides series, explores artifacts of war through the lens of art to discover new perspectives on historical events.
5/20 @ 3 p.m. - REWIND, the Shenson Retrospective Film Series, presents writer and literary critic Adam Kirsch along with special guests to discuss L.A. Jews as seen through the eyes of Jewish women filmmakers.
5/20 @ 5:30 p.m. - STUCK@HOME: The Stanford Medicine Virtual Concert demonstrates the power of music to heal and unite, particularly during uncertain times. This month, Stuck@Home recognizes AAPI Health Awareness Month and honors Asian grandmothers.
Series - Join Meeting the Moment for its monthly virtual Movie Nite. Each month, two fellows screen a movie and host a short, post-film discussion on the theme, using the movie as a prompt:
- 5/24 @ 6 p.m. - Paris Is Burning, hosted by Kory Gaines ’21 and Allie Wollner, senior producer
5/27 @ 10 a.m. - New York University’s Mehdi Khorrami discusses sensory readings of Persian literature in the talk Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses.
5/27 @ 2:30 p.m. - In-Conversation: The Mark Ruwedel Photography Archive at Stanford features the photographer in conversation with photography curators Ann Thomas and Peter Blank, and emeritus professor of history Richard White.
5/27 @ 6 p.m. - Dramatic readings of Sophocles’s Philoctetes and Women of Trachis provide a catalyst for a discussion about the impact of COVID-19, in Theater of War Frontline.
Available 5/27-29 - SPLICE: 5 Dance Films features Stanford students in dance pieces for film choreographed by TAPS lecturers.
5/28 @ 2:30 p.m. - As another contribution to the Haydn Festival, the St. Lawrence String Quartet livestreams String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76, no. 4, “Sunrise."
Ongoing - Stanford Live’s digital season features exclusive films produced by Stanford Live, performance screenings, lectures, podcasts, and more.
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Opportunities in the Arts
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Auditions / Calls for Art
Due 5/7 - INERTIA is a multi-artist collaboration that invites audiences to reflect on the intergenerational performances shaping our past by engaging in the cocreation of a space where participants support each other in grief, ritual, and healing. Participants are encouraged to engage by responding to prompts.
Due 5/9 - The Multiracial Identified Community at Stanford (MICS) is accepting submissions for its first-ever digital zine! The theme is Exploring Identity. Submissions can include but are not limited to poetry, digital art, songs, photographs, drawings, and stories. You do not have to identify as multiracial to submit a piece! All perspectives of identity are welcome.
Due 5/9 - The second annual Spring Arts Fair is accepting submissions! Acceptable media include paintings, drawings, sketches, written word, digital works, crafts, and decorative arts.
5/11 - Submit a film to the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF). This year’s theme, Moving Forward, continues the two-decade-long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing the readiness to resume resolute strides toward lasting solutions.
5/31 - The Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area is looking for film submissions of under 10 minutes each for its first-ever film festival, highlighting the theme of cancer and community.
Rolling - We Won’t Move: A Living Archive, a Kearny Street Workshop podcast, is seeking volunteers! The series interviews Asian Pacific American artists of the past, present, and future whose stories shape the movements and dreams of San Francisco.
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Grants/Funding
Rolling - Apply for a VPA Student Arts Grant to support materials for arts projects. Grants are available for individual students and VSOs.
Ongoing - The Basic Needs Coalition is a student-led initiative to provide resources for the Stanford community when institutional resources are not enough.
Ongoing - Review this comprehensive list of on-campus arts funding sources for your student-driven project.
Ongoing - VPUE Undergraduate Research offers small and major grants for independent projects.
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Jobs/Internships/Fellowships
Due 5/7 - Apply to be a Student Guide or a Cantor Scholar for Stanford’s art museums!
Rolling - The Edit is looking for interns to work a couple of days during the week during the summer. This internship is geared toward arts/design students who may be interested in doing some fun client work and research. For more information, please contact info@editmediagroup.com.
Rolling - San Francisco Opera’s Department of Diversity, Equity, and Community (DEC) is currently looking for a community engagement coordinator, who will oversee select community engagement programs and support the research, planning, and development of equitable policies and practices.
Rolling - Rashaad Newsome Studio is looking for musicians, game developers, computer programmers, software engineers, and researchers interested in joining the team to create Being 2.0. The successful applicant(s) may be hired for a more extended stint to work on Being 1.5 and other related projects.
Rolling - HAI Visiting Artist Rashaad Newsome is seeking a student who is proficient in web design and/or management, particularly in setting up the email list function, for his project being-app.com. For more information, please contact Ellen Oh at ellenoh@stanford.edu.
Rolling - The Palo Alto Art Center is looking for six undergraduate interns and two graduate fellows this summer. Available positions include children’s fine art intern, ceramics intern, exhibitions intern, Working Together fellow, and development fellow.
Ongoing - Build knowledge, skills, and networks while making meaningful contributions to communities locally, nationally, and across the globe through Cardinal Quarter fellowships and internships.
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Workshops, Programs, & Classes
Series - Study the art of writing in intensive, fun, hands-on workshops with dynamic faculty from the Creative Writing program, the Stanford Storytelling Project, and other arts programs at Stanford in the Writer’s Studio. Each week focuses on a specific craft element or process, with opportunities to experiment and practice:
5/11-19 @ 6 p.m. - Join a series of (virtual) spring RAG workshops that celebrate the season by exploring the wonders around us. Each workshop focuses on a different subject, from landscape to portraiture; art kits with supplies for the workshops are available to the first 40 students to sign up.
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