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  Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

  Lomita Drive & Museum Way
  Stanford, CA 94305-5060

  Phone: 650-723-4177   |   Fax: 650-725-0464   |   Official Website

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  Parking along Museum Way is by permit only until 4:00 pm on weekdays, parking is free after 4:00 pm and on weekends. Metered parking is available along Lomita Drive in front of the Center, and a parking structure with both metered and permit parking is located on Roth Way near the Center. This parking is free after 4:00 pm weekdays and all day on weekends.

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• • Current Events

    05/16/12- Ongoing	Collection Highlights from Europe 1500–1800, Ancient Greece and Rome - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Collection Highlights from Europe 1500–1800, Ancient Greece and Rome - Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University May 16, 2012 - Ongoing The museum’s second-floor gallery devoted to European art is revitalized and now includes artworks from the ancient Mediterranean, in addition to 16th- through 18th-century art from western Europe. Divided into six sections, the gallery presents highlights from the collection as well as significant loans from private collections. Visitors can see important works from the Center’s collection of Greek, Roman, and Cypriote artifacts. This new display of ancient art offers...
    05/16/12- 10/14/12	Central Nigeria Unmasked... Arts of the Benue River Valley - Exhibtion Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Central Nigeria Unmasked... Arts of the Benue River Valley - Exhibtion Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University May 16-October 14, 2012 The Benue River Valley is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive art works in sub-Saharan Africa. This exhibition, organized by the Fowler Museum at UCLA, is the first major view of the spectacular sculpture, ceramic objects and video material representing the major artistic genres defining the Lower, Middle, and Upper sub-regions of the Benue River Valley, starting at its confluence with the Niger River and following eastward to its upper reaches around the Gongola...
    05/07/12- 10/14/12	Adventures in the Human Virosphere - Model Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Adventures in the Human Virosphere - Model Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University May 7-October 14, 2012 Demonstrating the beauty of the molecular world as well as the extraordinary creativity of Stanford students, models of herpes, papilloma, polio, rabies, smallpox, and other human viruses fill the Rowland K. Rebele Gallery in the Cantor Arts Center. Many of the models appear at first glance as bedazzled flights of fancy, but the accompanying labels reveal the science behind their creation. Viruses are sub-microscopic biological particles that infect cells and use them to reproduce many more...
    04/03/12- 12/31/13	Cantor Arts Center Public Tours Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Cantor Arts Center Public Tours Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University April 3, 2012-December 31, 2013 Free, public tours are offered many times throughout the week at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center. Tours meet in the main lobby unless otherwise specified. Every tour is different. Also, groups may take self-guided tours.  Introduction to the Cantor Arts Center This introductory tour features objects from a variety of cultures and historic periods. Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm. Contemporary Art This tour focuses on the...
    03/21/12- 07/08/12	Light Works... Dan Flavin and Robert Irwin - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Light Works... Dan Flavin and Robert Irwin - Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University March 21-July 8, 2012 Beginning in the 1920s, with the work of the Constructivists, electric light became a medium for art. With the advent of Minimalism in the late 1960s, artists found that using light as a medium could challenge perception and be impersonal as well as emotionally engaging. This installation features two large pieces. One by Dan Flavin is an example of the artist's use of mass-produced fluorescent light. The second work, an untitled disc by Robert Irwin, typifies the...
    02/29/12- 10/13/13	Wood, Metal, Paint - Sculpture from the Fisher Collection Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Wood, Metal, Paint - Sculpture from the Fisher Collection Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University February 29, 2012-October 13, 2013 Wood, Metal, Paint - Sculpture from the Fisher Collection includes pieces by John Chamberlain, Sol LeWitt Claes Oldenburg and Martin Puryear, together with Carl Andre's Copper-Zinc Plain, a floor piece comprised of 36 tiles, and John Chamberlain's Bijou, a large early work made of crushed automobiles and paint. The works on display are especially significant because they are examples of the innovations that established the reputations of these artists. Hilarie...
    02/22/12- 05/27/12	Memory and Markets... Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Memory and Markets... Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century - Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University February 22-May 27, 2012 In the early 20th century, a new movement of Native American painting emerged in the Pueblo communities of the Southwestern United States. Encouraged by local anthropologists and teachers to record past and current scenes of their daily life on paper, the artists found inspiration in the centuries-old tradition of Pueblo painting found in pottery, murals, and archaeological remains. The earliest Pueblo artists were self-taught and struggled for recognition from the local and...
    08/03/11- 12/30/12	Expanding Views of Africa - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Expanding Views of Africa - Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University August 3, 2011-December 30, 2012 The arts of Africa date from the beginning of humanity to the present and express universal and timeless ideas. The newly reinstalled African art galleries feature more than 200 objects and are designed to expand conventional ways of considering African art and culture. The galleries offer historical depth, geographic and chronological representation ranging from the contemporary times to ancient Egypt, and a diverse range of media.

• • Upcoming Events

    05/31/12

    Medicine... Conundrums and Mysteries - Stanford Med Writers Forum Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Medicine... Conundrums and Mysteries - Stanford Med Writers Forum Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University May 31, 2012 Stanford physician-writers, all members of Pegasus--a working group for Stanford faculty members who are medical doctors and creative writers--will read from their works. This event, part of the Arts, Humanities and Medicine Program, celebrates the creative intersections between the arts and medicine.

    06/09/12

    Nollywood Film Festival - Nigerian Cinema Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Nollywood Film Festival - Nigerian Cinema Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University June 9, 2012 Join the Cantor Arts Center for a daylong festival of films from Nigeria, the second-largest film producer in the world. This event is presented in conjuntion with the Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley exhibition.

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• Current Events

  05/16/12- Ongoing	Collection Highlights from Europe 1500–1800, Ancient Greece and Rome - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Collection Highlights from Europe 1500–1800, Ancient Greece and Rome - Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University May 16, 2012 - Ongoing The museum’s second-floor gallery devoted to European art is revitalized and now includes artworks from the ancient Mediterranean, in addition to 16th- through 18th-century art from western Europe. Divided into six sections, the gallery presents highlights from the collection as well as significant loans from private collections. Visitors can see important works from the Center’s collection of Greek, Roman, and Cypriote artifacts. This new display of ancient art offers...
  05/16/12- 10/14/12	Central Nigeria Unmasked... Arts of the Benue River Valley - Exhibtion Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Central Nigeria Unmasked... Arts of the Benue River Valley - Exhibtion Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University May 16-October 14, 2012 The Benue River Valley is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive art works in sub-Saharan Africa. This exhibition, organized by the Fowler Museum at UCLA, is the first major view of the spectacular sculpture, ceramic objects and video material representing the major artistic genres defining the Lower, Middle, and Upper sub-regions of the Benue River Valley, starting at its confluence with the Niger River and following eastward to its upper reaches around the Gongola...
  05/07/12- 10/14/12	Adventures in the Human Virosphere - Model Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Adventures in the Human Virosphere - Model Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University May 7-October 14, 2012 Demonstrating the beauty of the molecular world as well as the extraordinary creativity of Stanford students, models of herpes, papilloma, polio, rabies, smallpox, and other human viruses fill the Rowland K. Rebele Gallery in the Cantor Arts Center. Many of the models appear at first glance as bedazzled flights of fancy, but the accompanying labels reveal the science behind their creation. Viruses are sub-microscopic biological particles that infect cells and use them to reproduce many more...
  04/03/12- 12/31/13	Cantor Arts Center Public Tours Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Cantor Arts Center Public Tours Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University April 3, 2012-December 31, 2013 Free, public tours are offered many times throughout the week at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center. Tours meet in the main lobby unless otherwise specified. Every tour is different. Also, groups may take self-guided tours.  Introduction to the Cantor Arts Center This introductory tour features objects from a variety of cultures and historic periods. Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm. Contemporary Art This tour focuses on the...
  03/21/12- 07/08/12	Light Works... Dan Flavin and Robert Irwin - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Light Works... Dan Flavin and Robert Irwin - Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University March 21-July 8, 2012 Beginning in the 1920s, with the work of the Constructivists, electric light became a medium for art. With the advent of Minimalism in the late 1960s, artists found that using light as a medium could challenge perception and be impersonal as well as emotionally engaging. This installation features two large pieces. One by Dan Flavin is an example of the artist's use of mass-produced fluorescent light. The second work, an untitled disc by Robert Irwin, typifies the...
  02/29/12- 10/13/13	Wood, Metal, Paint - Sculpture from the Fisher Collection Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Wood, Metal, Paint - Sculpture from the Fisher Collection Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University February 29, 2012-October 13, 2013 Wood, Metal, Paint - Sculpture from the Fisher Collection includes pieces by John Chamberlain, Sol LeWitt Claes Oldenburg and Martin Puryear, together with Carl Andre's Copper-Zinc Plain, a floor piece comprised of 36 tiles, and John Chamberlain's Bijou, a large early work made of crushed automobiles and paint. The works on display are especially significant because they are examples of the innovations that established the reputations of these artists. Hilarie...
  02/22/12- 05/27/12	Memory and Markets... Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Memory and Markets... Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century - Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University February 22-May 27, 2012 In the early 20th century, a new movement of Native American painting emerged in the Pueblo communities of the Southwestern United States. Encouraged by local anthropologists and teachers to record past and current scenes of their daily life on paper, the artists found inspiration in the centuries-old tradition of Pueblo painting found in pottery, murals, and archaeological remains. The earliest Pueblo artists were self-taught and struggled for recognition from the local and...
  08/03/11- 12/30/12	Expanding Views of Africa - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Expanding Views of Africa - Exhibition Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University August 3, 2011-December 30, 2012 The arts of Africa date from the beginning of humanity to the present and express universal and timeless ideas. The newly reinstalled African art galleries feature more than 200 objects and are designed to expand conventional ways of considering African art and culture. The galleries offer historical depth, geographic and chronological representation ranging from the contemporary times to ancient Egypt, and a diverse range of media.

• Upcoming Events

  05/31/12

  Medicine... Conundrums and Mysteries - Stanford Med Writers Forum Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Medicine... Conundrums and Mysteries - Stanford Med Writers Forum Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University May 31, 2012 Stanford physician-writers, all members of Pegasus--a working group for Stanford faculty members who are medical doctors and creative writers--will read from their works. This event, part of the Arts, Humanities and Medicine Program, celebrates the creative intersections between the arts and medicine.

  06/09/12

  Nollywood Film Festival - Nigerian Cinema Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Nollywood Film Festival - Nigerian Cinema Presented by Cantor Arts Center at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University June 9, 2012 Join the Cantor Arts Center for a daylong festival of films from Nigeria, the second-largest film producer in the world. This event is presented in conjuntion with the Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley exhibition.

• Upcoming Events (Stanford University )

  06/17/12- 06/30/12	Stanford Jazz Festival - June Lineup Stanford University
  07/01/12- 07/31/12	Stanford Jazz Festival - July Lineup Stanford University
  08/01/12- 08/04/12	Stanford Jazz Festival - August Lineup Stanford University

Past
Events

• Past Events

  05/10/12	Surviving Paradise... The Art of Enrique Chagoya - Art Focus Lecture Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  05/03/12	Soul Project - Dance Production Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  04/26/12	Voices in the Gallery... Putting Art into Words - Readings and Discussions Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  04/04/12	Jazz at the Cantor Arts Center - Lecture and Demonstration Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  03/09/12- 03/11/12	Picture Jasper Ridge - A Performance Hike by Ann Carlson Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  03/01/12	Rafael Campo, Poet - Lecture and Reading Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/25/12	Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - Book Discussion Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/16/12	Jazz at the Cantor Arts Center - Lecture and Demonstration Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/09/12	Walker Evans, Photographer - Lecture Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/01/12- 04/08/12	Walker Evans - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  01/26/12	Medicine as Narrative, Narrative as Medicine - Stanford Med Writers Forum Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  01/21/12	The Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - Symposium Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  11/09/11- 02/26/12	The Legend of Rex Slinkard - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  10/05/11	Rodin and His American Admirers - Lecture Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  10/05/11- 01/01/12	Rodin and America... Influence and Adaptation 1876-1936 - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  10/05/11- 01/01/12	Rodin and the Dancing Body - Multimedia Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  09/15/11	Expanding Views of Africa - Meet the Curator Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  07/30/11	Perusing the Printed Page - Arts Lecture Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  07/29/11	Charlotte's Web (1972) - Family Films on the Lawn Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  07/15/11	The Wizard of Oz - Family Films on the Lawn Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  06/01/11- 08/28/11	The Art of the Book in California... Five Contemporary Presses - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  05/12/11	The Book as a Work of Art - Peter Koch, Art Focus Lecture Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  04/13/11- 10/16/11	Illustrated Title Pages, 1500-1900 - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  04/10/11	Mingus on Film with Loren Schoenberg Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  03/02/11- 05/29/11	A Rediscovered Masterpiece...Twelve Drawings from Domenico Tiepolo's New Testament - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  03/02/11	Ruth K. Franklin Lecture on the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/06/11- 02/29/12	Outdoor Sculpture Walk and Tour - 1st Sundays Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/03/11	Leo Rubinfien - Artist's Lecture Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/02/11- 05/01/11	In a New York Minute.... Photographs by Helen Levitt - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/02/11- 05/01/11	Paths Through the Global City... Photographs by Leo Rubinfien - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/02/11- 05/01/11	True Colors - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  01/27/11	Extreme Makeover - Meet the Curator Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  01/13/11	The Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - Lecture Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  01/05/11- 01/12/12	Extreme Makeover... A Fresh Look at the Contemporary Collection - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  12/02/10	Woumble pou Simbi - A Gathering for Simbi Dance Performance Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  11/18/10	Mammy Water... In Search of the Water Spirits in Nigeria - Film and Discussion Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  11/11/10	The Price of Forgiveness (Ndeysaan) - Film and Discussion Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  11/11/10	Loren Schoenberg in Conversation with Trumpeter Jack Walrath Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  11/04/10	Legacy of the Spirits - Film and Discussion Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  11/03/10- 02/27/11	Chiaroscuro Woodcuts from the Age of Vasari - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  10/13/10	Kalfou Legba Atibon - Haitian Ceremonial Blessing Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  10/13/10- 03/20/11	Vodoun/Voudounon... Portraits of Initiates - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  09/01/10- 01/21/11	Go Figure! - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  08/04/10- 01/02/11	Mami Wata - Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  07/30/10	Wall-E - Family Films on the Lawn Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  07/16/10	Earth - Family Films on the Lawn Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  06/24/10	True to Nature... The Art of William Trost Richards - Lecture Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  06/23/10- 09/26/10	True to Nature... Works of William Trost Richards - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  05/27/10	Cultivating the Self... Poetry, Painting, and Music - Elegant Gatherings Series Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  05/19/10- 10/31/10	Rural and Urban Structures... Artists Attracted to Architecture - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  05/12/10- 10/17/10	Art from Nature - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  04/25/10	Family Day at the Cantor Arts Center Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  04/08/10	Healing... Mind, Body and Music - Elegant Gatherings Musical Performance Series Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  03/17/10- 05/30/10	The Eye of the Beholder - Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  03/17/10- 05/30/10	Buildings on Paper - Architectural Drawings Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  02/17/10- 07/04/10	Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future - Master Ink Painters in 20th Century China Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  01/21/10	The Electric Louis Armstrong - Jazz/Tech Talks Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  11/11/09- 02/21/10	Frank Lobdell Figure Drawings Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  10/07/09- 06/26/11	Longing for Sea-Change - Video Exhibition Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  09/16/09- 01/03/10	From Their Studios Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  07/29/09- 10/18/09	From the Bronze Age of China to Japan’s Floating World Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  04/03/09- 03/28/10	The Metaphysics of Notation Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  03/18/09- 08/16/09	Pop to Present Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
  10/18/08- 02/29/12	Introduction to the Cantor Arts Center - Public Tour Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

• Past Events (Stanford University )

  05/14/12	A Conversation with Author Thomas Hare - How I Write Series Stanford University
  05/10/12	Life at the Frontier with Poet David Whyte Stanford University
  05/09/12	Star-Crossed Lovers - Stanford Opera Workshop Stanford University
  05/08/12	Reykjavik... History and a New Vision for Our World's Future - One-Act Play Stanford University
  05/05/12	Philosophy as the Art of Living - Lessons from Emperor Marcus Aurelius' Meditations Stanford University
  04/25/12	A Conversation with Author Susan Krieger - How I Write Series Stanford University
  04/17/12	An Evening with Filmmaker and Author Peter Guber Stanford University
  01/26/12	Ms. Magazine at Forty and the Future of Feminism - Gloria Steinem, Keynote Speaker Stanford University
  01/25/12	The Education of Shelby Knox (2005) - Film Screening and Discussion Stanford University
  10/25/11- 10/30/11	United Nations Association Film Festival (Stanford) Stanford University
  06/18/11- 08/06/11	2011 Stanford Jazz Festival Stanford University
  05/11/11- 05/15/11	As You Like It - Outdoor, Free Production Stanford University