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Stanford Architectural Design Program, Dhillon-Marty Foundation and Stanford Arts Institute to host Kengo Kuma of Japan
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Stanford Architectural Design Program, Dhillon-Marty Foundation and Stanford Arts Institute to host Kengo Kuma of Japan

World-renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma will be the guest of Stanford University’s Architectural Design Program, the Dhillon-Marty Foundation and the Stanford Arts Institute at a series of events the weekend of June 7-8. Kuma, a professor at Tokyo University and principal of Kengo Kuma and Associates, will address the AD class of 2013 at a…

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Sophomore Natasha Mmonatau stands in front of a work by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Art in the Metropolis

“Art in the Metropolis” is a sophomore seminar  offered in conjunction with the annual “Arts Immersion” trip to New York that takes place over spring break and is organized by the Stanford Arts Institute.  The trip, now in its fourth year, provides a group of students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the cultural…

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The Stanford Arts Timeline unearths a vital legacy of tradition and transformation
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The Stanford Arts Timeline unearths a vital legacy of tradition and transformation

On Friday, January 11, 2013 – nearly 121 years after Stanford convened its first class – Bing Concert Hall opened its doors. A culminating event for years of curricular and extracurricular arts activity on campus, this exciting moment has deep roots in over a century of Stanford arts – from one department focused on applied…

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Stanford students join weekend architectural challenge
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Stanford students join weekend architectural challenge

Nine student/architect teams assembled at a private residence in Portola Valley,  Calif., on Friday, Oct. 26, for dinner to launch a weekend of intense design and serious competition. The assignment is to design an artist’s cottage to be built on Sonia Dhillon-Marty’s property, Champ de Portola, by 2014. Nine architects from four countries paired with…

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[wpbb-if post:acf type="image" name="image" size="thumbnail" display="alt"]Mariel Lanas
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Design and mechanical engineering share a seat in Stanford’s Product Realization Lab

The signs on the chairs read, “Please do not sit,” but these chairs were in fact designed for sitting – or reclining, in one case. A selection of seven seats of distinction, products of the Stanford spring course ARTSTUDI 262, “The Chair,” are currently on view in Cummings Art Building. The temptation, of course, is…

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New building, new faculty demonstrate ambitious growth plans for Stanford’s Department of Art and Art History
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New building, new faculty demonstrate ambitious growth plans for Stanford’s Department of Art and Art History

Earlier this month, during their final meeting of the academic year, the Stanford Board of Trustees moved two significant building projects forward: the Anderson Collection at Stanford University and the McMurtry Building for the Department of Art and Art History. Ennead Architects’ renderings of the building to house the Anderson Collection of post-World War II American art…

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Architectural rendering of the main entry of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University building.
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Anderson Collection at Stanford University to be displayed in an elegant new home

The Anderson Collection at Stanford University has reached another on-schedule milestone in the trek toward beginning construction this summer and opening its doors in 2014. The Stanford Board of Trustees approved Ennead Architects‘ building design at their meeting this week. The Anderson Collection is one of the largest and most outstanding private collections of post-World War…

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Stanford’s distinguished outdoor art collection is on view 365 days a year
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Stanford’s distinguished outdoor art collection is on view 365 days a year

Viewing art is a personal thing.  Some like labels, some don’t.  Some want the backstory, some want to be surprised.  To be led, or not to be led? That is often the question, and for those who appreciate knowledgeable insight and conversation while viewing art, the answer is to be led. The next several months promise…

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Camille Utterback, center, conducts a critique of a project with her class.
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International interactive artist Camille Utterback delivers public lecture as part of the new Mohr Visiting Artist Program at Stanford

Pioneering artist Camille Utterback’s acclaimed interactive installations and reactive sculptures engage participants in a dynamic process of kinesthetic discovery and play. It is difficult to simply observe her work. It begs investigation and participation. To create her work, Utterback uses video tracking software and other sensors to react and respond to human movement and gesture. Her work…

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It’s all about the space at Stanford’s design school
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It’s all about the space at Stanford’s design school

The spaces within Stanford’s popular d.school are as creative as the furniture and fixtures are inventive, and every aspect of the space impacts behavior. In his foreword for Make Space, David Kelley, the founder of the design school as well as the design firm IDEO, writes, “Regardless of whether it’s a classroom or the offices…

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