Where artists thrive at Stanford.
Celebrating 25 years of cultivating the next generation of artists and cultural leaders.
The Institute for Diversity in the Arts supports visionary arts leadership by stewarding the power of the arts toward social action.
What We Do
![[STANFORD, CA] — October 25, 2025: ALOK brings their stand-up comedy show ‘Hysterical: Hairy Situation’ to Stanford Live’s Bing Concert Hall. The evening also included performances by the Stanford Spoken Word Collective and a talkback with Alok moderated by IDA A-lan Holt. (Photo by Nikolas Liepins/Ethography for Stanford IDA.)](https://ida.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/2025.10.25_StanfordIDA_ALOKatBing-NikolasLiepins-60-portrait-740283047dc532d548d0666aa5f4a2ae-d89suc0k7e6x.jpg "ALOK at Bing")
Public Programs
Conversations, performances and seminars rooted in community and open to all.
Upcoming Events
Our Creative Community
amara tabor-smith
Artist-in-Residence, Committee on Black Performing Arts
Chinaka Hodge
TV Showrunner + Poet, IDA Visiting Artist
Adam Banks
Professor of Education, IDA Faculty Director
Transformative Stories
amara tabor-smith, Creative Power Award Winner
IDA congratulates Artist-in-Residence amara tabor smith, who was recently named a Creative Power Award Winner by theWalter & Elise Haas Fund. Founded on the belief that art and culture is essential to a connected Bay Area, Creative Power Awards recognize the leadership and contributions of individual artists working in the arts ecosystem for both the…
![[STANFORD, CA] — May 1, 2026: Stanford’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts hosts a gala to celebrate its 25th Anniversary, at Roble Arts Gym. (Photo by Nikolas Liepins/Ethography for Stanford IDA)](https://ida.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/2026.05.01_StanfordIDA_25thAnniversary-245-600x400-landscape-74746b8ded0f91ec5704d19135e3e8ca-po7k2diu6we1.jpg "IDA 25th Anniversary")
Thank you for joining us at IDA’s 25th Anniversary!
On May 1, 2025, we welcomed our community back to campus to celebrate our first gala in support of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts Hosted by the IDA Champions: Yvette Lee Bowser ’87, Jan Barker Alexander, Jeff Chang, and Alex Fialho ’11. Performances by Grammy Award Winners Tank and the Bangas, Bay Area…
IDA Participates in the 2027 Further Triennial
Class of 2100 runs from April 2 – June 11 2027 at the Harmony House at Stanford University.
Chinaka Hodge | From Hollywood to Harmony House
From our Friends at Stanford Live! “Every Wednesday during her 25–26 Stanford residency, Chinaka Hodge hopped off a plane from a Hollywood writer’s room to teach at Harmony House. As a Visiting Artist with the Institute for Diversity in the Arts, her course Hella Cinematic taught students that the best art comes from total authenticity…
Partnerships and Collaborations
