Posts by Grace Toleque
Congratulations to IDA! Recipient of an inaugural Office of Community Engagement (OCE) Award
Stanford’s Office of Community Engagement (OCE) has granted IDA one of its competitive awards to deepen community engagement with youth and arts in partnership with the EPACENTER for the arts. One of eight 2021 OCE funding awards IDA was recognize for its work with the center to expand opportunities for East Palo Alto youth through art…
Read MoreAnnouncing our IDA Annual Spring Class, Unlearning Racism, Redefining Identity with very special Guest Instructors
We are truly exciting to offer our IDA annual spring class looking at the arts and social justice. Entitled AAAS /CSRE 170A: Unlearning Racism, Redefining Identity – Culture Workers and the Frontlines of Change, this class will examine how the fabric of racism is inextricably woven and constructed into the founding principles of the United…
Read MoreCongratulations to Prof. Allyson Hobbs, Faculty Director of AAAS and former VPUE Harry Elam
Recipients of the Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and The Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching The Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching Professor Allyson Hobbs, an associate professor of history in the School of Humanities and Sciences, was awarded the Walter J. Gores Award which recognizes undergraduate and graduate…
Read MoreArtistic Director of CBPA and IDA Artist-in-Residence Amara Tabor-Smith, Inaugural recipient of the Rainin Fellowship
Amara Tabor-Smith was recently awarded an unrestricted $100,000 grant as well as supplemental support tailored to address specific artistic needs and goals. Administered by United States Artists, the Kenneth Rainin Fellowship recognizes artists working across Dance, Film, Public Space, and Theater who push the boundaries of creative expression, advance their field and are seen as cultural “anchors” for…
Read MoreProf. Adam Banks, Faculty Director of IDA, appointed Bass University Fellow
The Bass University Fellows in Undergraduate Education Program recognizes faculty members for their extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education. New and reappointed Bass Fellows Adam Banks, a professor in the Graduate School of Education and faculty director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric, was appointed The Hazy Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. Read the…
Read MoreAnnouncing The 2020 Lyric McHenry Community Arts Fellows
It was with great pride that we announced the Lyric McHenry Community Arts Fellowship, at the Institute for Diversity in the Arts this past January, a new fund that gives Stanford Undergraduates the opportunity to spend a summer working full time in the arts with a focus on racial/social justice. This program is named and…
Read MoreIDA Fellow Natalie Johnson awarded a VPA Senior Grant
We are so excited and proud of our IDA fellow Natalie Johnson on her VPA Senior Grant. She was awarded funding from a highly competitive pool of close to 30 selected applications to execute an art project in the year after graduation. Natalie will spend the summer writing a speculative fiction novella, extending her creative…
Read MoreUPDATE: Spring Class & COVID-19
To our IDA community During this time of change, we want to send you our love and solidarity. Today, as always, we take our cues from the most vulnerable of our communities. We send our support to BIPOC students, FLI students, Queer students, all those who might feel uprooted during this time. We send our…
Read MorePoetry Workshop with Safia Elhilo
In the last month, IDA has had the honor to host three rising and prominent poets of color for workshops with the community. We are so grateful to have been able to work with these amazing poets to foster a space for creativity and storytelling on campus. On January 24th, we shared space with Safia…
Read MoreAnnouncing The Lyric McHenry Community Arts Fellowship 2020
New fund gives Stanford Undergraduates the opportunity to spend a summer working full time in the arts with a focus on racial/social justice issues. January 16, 2020 It is with great pride that we announce the Lyric McHenry Community Arts Fellowship, at the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University. This program is…
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