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SAI Programs & Initiatives for Grad Students

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Micro-Community Grants

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for grad students & postdocs

The deadline for submissions is rolling through October 31, 2026.
Apply by October 9, 2026 for preferential consideration.

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Making & Creative Praxis

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Grad Certificate

A new graduate certificate program in Making and Creative Praxis supports students committed to integrating abstract and embodied forms of knowledge, expertise, and artistry. 

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Data Artists

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Grad Student Group

If you work with data and you’re interested in how it can become art, or you’re interested in bringing data into your artistic practice, Stanford Data Artists is the place for you.

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Creative Writing

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Grad Student Group

If you're a creative writer looking for community among fellow grad students, join us for casual writing sessions and meetups.

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Grad Student Mentors

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for Inter-Arts Projects

Grad Mentors provide feedback and guidance for undergrads working on interdisciplinary arts projects.

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In a knife fight, two versions of me grapple and wrestle for control, but both end up symmetrically and simultaneously triumphant and defeated.

2018

Oil paint on found wood

By Cairo Mo '20
Post-Election Blues

Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.

2024

Acrylic on Canvas

By Bryan Defjan '24
City

An abstract perspective of a cityscape.

2021

Water Color on Paper

By Dayeeta Pal '27
Lightbulb of the Lightning Bugs

I catch lightning bugs, flitting moments often overlooked, and bring attention to them, so that they might spark a lightbulb in the minds of others.

2021

MultiMedia(Charcoal and Colored Pencil)

By Janice Li '24
Stanford: a-map-without-borders

A mixed-media interactive piece installed at Stanford’s annual “Frost Festival”. The piece embodies Stanford’s goals of inclusion and diversity.

Link to Website

2018

Acrylic, Spray Paint, Vinyl, Sticker on Canvas

By Nick Love '20
Self-portrait

While at SFMOMA with Stanford’s ITALIC program, I created this self-portrait to explore the merging of technology with my image of self.

2017

Photograph

By Julianna Yonis '21
a flower book

February is a gray month, but these flowers bloomed anyway.
Link to Artwork

2024

sublimation print on synthetic blue satin

By Alison Cao '26
Moss Landing

Inspired by a trip to explore the nature preserves in Mass Landing, CA, this art showcases two curlew birds looking for food in the shallow waters.

2017

Watercolor and Pencil

By Alberto Arvayo '18
Forsaken

Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an

2022

Oil Paint on Canvas

By Apoorva Panidapu '27
Storytime

I spent 26 days backpacking through Death Valley. When water is scarce, life harder yet more simple, what matters most becomes evident.

Link to Website

2020

song / soundscape

By Elias Feierabend-Peters '20
Death of Chaos

A portrayal of the death of Chaos as depicted in the Zhuangzi, who expired after Shu and Hu bored a new hole into him each day for seven days.

2015

Digital Visual Art

By Andrew Lesh '19
Cattle Soul

I made this piece as an exploration of how cows are perceived in different cultures, and society’s relationship to animals as a whole.

2015

Mixed Media

By Noah DeWald '20
Swimming

A contrast between the cold, grayish tones of the subject and the warmer ones of the koi around her as they mesh together following the fish’s flow.

2021

Oil Paint on Canvas

By Christina Ba '26
Joshua Tree

A Joshua Tree, with its grotesque appearance, instantly demands attention.

2018

Photograph of Landscape

By Brian Nguyen '21
Self Portrait

A self portrait done in the style of the Old Masters.

2014

Oil Paint on Canvas

By Francesca Colombo Colombo '19
Ocean Beach Poppies

Bright orange poppies burst into the foreground framed by cool blue houses behind.

2022

Oil paint on panel

By Christina Kent '22
Nino

A portrait of a good dog who has traveled a very long way.

2020

Acrylic Paint on Canvas

By Anneke Claypool '21
Lake Nakuru

My mom took a great photo of these skulls hanging on a tree during my trip to Kenya with my family, and wanted to recreate the image in a painting.

2017

Acrylic Paint on Canvas

By Angela Liu '23
Focus

Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.

2019

Photograph

By Yifei He '22
Arches by Picasso

A sense of colorful peace

2018

painting on computer

By Lining Sun '18

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