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…

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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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  • 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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