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  • ART AS MOVEMENT | IDA Journal Winter 2026

    Welcome to the first-ever IDA Journal. Born from a desire to bridge the gap between practice and community, this quarterly publication serves as a home for artists and culture workers to share their vision. We begin our journey with the theme “Art as Movement.” Within these pages, students investigate the kinetic power of creativity: its…

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  • A Screening with Director Vincent Martell

    Students gathered in community for Vincent Martell’s Artist Talk on Friday, February 22nd. Martell, a black, Chicago-based film director and creative, came to campus to screen the pilot episode of his upcoming web series Damaged Goods. The series itself revolves around four creatives of color in the Chicago queer, poc, art scene. The group was…

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  • Fall Quarter with IDA

    At IDA, we’ve had a beautiful beginning to our year. This quarter we’ve welcomed a new team of 11 student fellows, who have shared with us their artistic crafts and visions for the program. We opened the year with our annual Open House, where we shared music and joy with musician Calina Lawrence, whose music…

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  • CBPA’s Healing in the Afro-Present

    On Sunday, March 4th, the Committee on Black Performing Arts (CBPA) hosted our debut event as a renewed collective: “Healing in the Afro-Present*: A Divinity Salon.” Our day together started with a land acknowledgment ceremony by Amara Tabor Smith. We then moved into rose water making and guided meditation with A-lan Holt. Jade A. Fair…

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  • An Evening with Fatimah Asghar

    On February 27th, 2019, students and community members gathered at the Stanford Humanities Center to welcome poet Fatimah Asghar. Asghar read from her new collection, “If They Come for Us” which Roxane Gay described as “An outstanding collection of poetry . . . wonderful play with form . . . These poems cover so much—identity,…

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  • Concert and talkback with tïna-hanäé and Sabine Holler

    We were blessed to host the artists of tïna-hanäé and Sabine Holler during the first week of winter quarter 2018. A four-piece Shinto-futurist band from Queens, NY,  the Asian American femme artists of tïna-hanäé combine strings, electronics, and taiko drum to explore the intersections of ecological and social realms in their work. Sabine Holler is a…

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