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 WEDNESDAY

Gallery Talk

Summer Landscape by Asher B. Durand

Wednesday, May 6, noon. Meet in the Robert Mondavi Family Gallery

In this "Spotlight on Art," Caroline Culp, graduate student in the Department of Art & Art History, talks about this magnificent Hudson River School painting. Read more

 

 THURSDAY

Lecture

"Pool Parlors and Beat Cops: The Colorful Noise of a Jacob Lawrence Street Scene"

Thursday, May 7, 6:30 pm, Cantor auditorium
Nate Sloan, Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, discusses jazz music and the sounds and rhythms of the street in the context of the Harlem Renaissance. His talk draws connections to Jacob Lawrence's street and subway scenes from Promised Land: Jacob Lawrence at the Cantor, a Gift from the Kayden Family. Read more

 


 

 FRIDAY
Memorial Church Docent Tour
Friday, May 8, 2 pm. Meet at the church. 
This tour explores Stanford's stunning Memorial Church, replete with stained glass windows, mosaics, and stone carvings. Read more

 SATURDAY
Graduate Student Music Composers
Saturday, May 9, 7:30 pm. Meet in the main lobby.
The Department of Music presents an evening of works composed by graduate students and performed by two acclaimed visiting musicians, soprano Tony Arnold and tuba player Max Murray. The performance will move through several acoustically rich museum galleries and spaces. Read more
 EVERY SUNDAY

Family Sundays

- Docent-led Tours: 12:30, 1, 1:30, and 2 pm. Family-friendly gallery tours.
- Studio Art-Making: 1, 1:30, 2, and 2:30 pm. Experiment with art materials and techniques in sessions taught by professional art teachers. 
- Independent Sketching: 12:30 to 5 pm. Explore the galleries and sketch your favorite artworks. 
- Art Packs: Sign out an art pack from the main lobby desk.



Read about all of the Cantor's exhibitionscollections, events, art tours, and family activities

 HOURSDIRECTIONS & MEMBERSHIP  

OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK: 

Wednesday-Monday 11 am-5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm. Closed Tuesday.


Visitor parking is always free after 4 pm and all day on weekends. 

 
Location: intersection of Museum Way and Lomita Drive on the Stanford campus. The Cantor is just one block from Palm Drive, facing Bing Concert Hall. View a campus map
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Images, top to bottom:

- Asher B. Durand, U.S.A., 1854. Summer Landscape. Oil on canvas. Membership Art Acquisition Fund, Kazak Fund, the Landreth Family, Clumeck Fund, and an anonymous donor, 2006.78

- Jacob Lawrence (U.S.A., 1917-2000), At Times It Is Hard to Get a Table in a Pool Room, 1943. Gouache and graphite on paper. Gift of Dr. Herbert J. Kayden and Family in memory of Dr. Gabrielle H. Reem, 2013.92. � 2015 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

- Memorial Church at Stanford University

- Cantor docent giving a family tour

 

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