Discover Your Inner Artist
Build on your existing passions for art, music, or design by attending an intensive course that stresses academic excellence and creative expression. Stanford Summer Arts Institute expands the boundaries of traditional disciplines, allowing you to grow as an artist and scholar.
Explore new fields of artistic inquiry on the beautiful Stanford campus this summer.
Explore new fields of artistic inquiry on the beautiful Stanford campus this summer.
Interdisciplinary Study
Beyond just traditional disciplines, study the interconnectedness of art with other fields of study, like urban planning or product design.
Expert Instructors
Attend courses designed, created, and taught by instructors who are experts in their fields and passionate about teaching cutting-edge work.
Passionate Peers
Live and study in a community of participants eager to study art, design thinking, urban design, and culture in a top research and arts university.
Critical Creative Exploration
Explore the arts at a college level, learning to identify social or aesthetic problems and then gaining the skills to better make and build creative products.
Application Open
Stanford Summer Arts Institute is now accepting applications for Summer 2019.
The beauty of having such a short intensive three-week program is that they really get to be invested and immersed in the material, and I try to create experiences and opportunities where they're incredibly hands-on.
Amy Larimer, Past Stanford Summer Arts Institute Instructor
Assistant Director of Stanford Architecture
Hear From Our Students
A Community of Creatives
During the summer, participants have a chance to join a group of brilliant peers and instructors dedicated to the arts. In addition to lectures and individual work, each course emphasizes the importance of collaboration and teamwork for creative work.
