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Carly Steyer, a 2020 graduate of Stanford’s Film and Media Studies program, brought her hit monologue show Crushing to San Francisco in February 2025 following a sold-out run in New York in 2023. The 80-minute production, staged at Fort Mason,…

Photo by Ramon San Pablo

Hailed as a "dancer of distinction" by the New York Times, Stanford alumna Marina Elana launches Flamenco Arts International (FAI)— a women-founded, San Francisco-based nonprofit revolutionizing the way audiences experience flamenco. Tickets for…

Portrait of Chris Nickel

On December 8th, 2024, Chris Nickel passed away peacefully with family by his side and surrounded by love. He had fought bravely for the past four years against an unrelenting cancer that ultimately took his life. He was buried under a canopy of…

A still from the film Death Education, directed by second-year MFA student Yuxuan Ethan Wu.

In a milestone for the School of Humanities and Sciences’ master of fine arts in documentary film and video program, in the Department of Art and Art History, five films with significant contributions from current students and alumni have…

Yulia Pinkusevich, associate professor in the College of Arts, Media and Design, with a collage of her own paintings and historic photos. Photo by Ruby Wallau...

Yulia Pinkusevich, a 2012 MFA Art Practice alum and current associate professor at Northeastern University's College of Arts, Media and Design, explores themes of military conflict and its societal impacts, drawing from her personal experience…