Reimagining the arts at Stanford

Since 2006, the Arts Initiative and the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts, (SiCa), have initiated a wide range of programs designed to bring Stanford’s rich culture of arts and creativity to the fore.

SiCa has just released a report titled “2006-2011: Celebrating Five Years of the Stanford Arts Initiative.” The multimedia report includes a timeline of highlights in the arts on campus from its launch as part of The Stanford Challenge to the visit by musician and artist Yoko Ono; the groundbreaking for the Bing Concert Hall; and the announcement of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University.

According to the report, the initiative has made possible six endowed faculty positions and 18 graduate fellowships, hundreds of visiting artists and more than $1 million in grants to faculty and departments for arts events, programs and symposia.

The report also includes videos, many of which emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the arts at Stanford. The video below, for instance, features JULIE RALPH, ’10, a math and computational science major. There is footage of Ralph in the Stanford Ceramics Studio, which opened in 2008, and at Hopkins Marine Station, where the marine life inspired a ceramic collection she created called “Colonies.”

View the full report at https://arts.stanford.edu/5years/.

Colonies, Ceramics Inspired by Marine Life - Julie Ralph ’10 from SiCa on Vimeo.