Arnold J. Kemp

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2023-2024 Newsletter

This annual publication captures the dynamic year we've had in the department, highlighting key moments, achievements, and events that shaped our community.

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The Department of Art & Art History is an interdisciplinary department offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in art history, art practice, film and media studies, and documentary film. 

Art History

Art History is a discipline that strives to understand works of art, architecture, and design from a variety of perspectives, including the original context of their making and reception as well as their subsequent circulation, collection, conservation, and display. As culturally embedded expressions, works of art may yield multiple meanings depending on the kinds of research and interpretive strategies that art historians bring into play. 

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Art History undergraduate program

Art History graduate program

Art Practice

The Art Practice program on both undergraduate and graduate levels offers production-based curriculum to prepare students for creative careers in the visual arts and to hone their creative capabilities. Access to diverse courses and faculty, cross-disciplinary interaction, and well-equipped labs are among the strengths of this flexible program.

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Art Practice undergraduate program

Art Practice graduate program

Documentary Film and Video

Students in the Documentary Film and Video Program become conversant with the documentary tradition as well as with alternative media and new directions in documentary.  In addition to the training in documentary production, graduates gain substantive research skills in film criticism and film analysis. The MFA degree is designed to prepare students for professional careers in film, video, and digital media, with the qualifications to teach at the university level.

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Film and Media Studies

The Bachelor of Arts in Film & Media Studies provides students with knowledge of film aesthetics, national cinematic traditions, modes of production in narrative, documentary, and experimental films, the incorporation of moving image media by contemporary artists, and the proliferation of new forms of digital media.

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Upcoming Events

October
6
Date
Sunday, October 6, 2024. 7:00pm
Location
McMurtry Building
355 Roth Way, Stanford, CA 94305
115
October
8
Date
Tuesday, October 8, 2024. 5:00pm
Location
McMurtry Building
355 Roth Way, Stanford, CA 94305
115
October
10
Date
Thursday, October 10, 2024. 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
McMurtry Building
355 Roth Way, Stanford, CA 94305
370

Current Exhibitions

Date
Saturday, October 5, 2024. 9:00am - Wednesday, November 27, 2024. 7:00pm
Location
McMurtry Building
355 Roth Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Bowes Art & Architecture Library

Bowes Library’s Autumn 2024 exhibition, SCRABrrRrraaNNG! The Explosion of Futurist Poetry, explores the unique history of Italian Futurist poetry during…

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