As Stanford’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts celebrates its 25th year, directors A-lan Holt and Adam Banks look toward a future of nurturing student artists and deepening relationships with Bay Area communities.
Part of what makes Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA) Director A-lan Holt such an effective champion of the organization is that she benefited from its programming and support both as a student and visiting artist before taking the helm.
“IDA was my first artistic home as a student,” said Holt, BA ’11, who has helped lead IDA for the past 10 years as associate director and now director. “It was where I developed my earliest plays, where I met some of my earliest collaborators and friends, and it’s always been a place that’s been really special to me on campus.”
IDA supports student and local artists through courses, fellowships, and other programming, as well as presenting public programming open to all. Adam Banks, who co-leads with Holt as faculty director, says his motivation to push the institute forward came from a desire to build on the work being done, and engage with artists who would foster his own personal growth.
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