IDA Undergraduate Fellowship
Applications for this school year (2024-2025) will open on Monday August 19th, 2024 at 5:00pm PST
IDA FELLOWSHIP
2024-2025
Applications for the IDA Fellowship with open on Monday 8/19
The IDA Undergraduate Fellowship is a year-long paid program for undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds, creative disciplines, and academic majors. This fellowship commissions new artwork from students, with the help of a creative community, time for generative art practice, professional and artistic mentorship, and a deepening of social justice principles. This is a three-quarter fellowship with weekly commitments.
IDA does not recommend this fellowship alongside overseas studies in the winter or spring, multiple quarters of major coursework, or multiple leadership commitments.
The IDA fellowship is 8 hours per week running from week 6, fall quarter through week 10, spring quarter.
A typical week:
2-hours Studio Time and Group Creative Practice
4-hours Independent Projects
Selection Process
Fellows are selected by a committee of staff, arts practice faculty, and IDA's Artist-in-Residence. The process includes a completed application form alongside an interview. Fellows will be announced by week 5 fall quarter and the fellowship begins week 6 fall quarter.
To get involved with IDA, students are strongly encouraged to enroll in:
- IDA's Annual Spring Course
- IDA Visiting Artist Courses
To learn more about IDA's upcoming courses click here.
IDA Student Staff Opportunities
2024-2025
In addition to the Undergraduate Fellowship, IDA also has student staff positions available.
The Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA) is hiring 4 students to join the IDA student staff: Community Engagement Assistant, Creative Assistant, Archival Intern, and Content Intern for the 2024-25 academic year. These are paid positions* for current Stanford Students, part-time (about 4-5 hours per week), and last through June 2025 with the option of continuing into the following year.
Community Engagement Assistant Description:
The IDA Community Engagement Assistant (or, for short, “IDA CEA” or "CEA") provides external-facing support to the general IDA student community. The CEA bring the spirit of IDA to the student arts experience everywhere at Stanford, online and in-person, liaising between the organization and our community. As IDA is an institution built upon creativity grounded in principles of social justice and service (especially for historically-marginalized communities, i.e. BIPOC, queer, gender-nonbinary, FLI, etc.), this means the CEA work in a long tradition of “peopling” spaces to be more inclusive and abundant for all – from our very home of Harmony House to spaces all across campus.
The CEA will work to support IDA staff in organizing a Special D in Spring Quarter that will bring together students, alumni, and the IDA community at large.
Creative Assistant Description:
The IDA Creative Assistant (or, for short, "IDA CA" or "CA") will serve as a key creative leader within the IDA community, overseeing and curating artistic projects and initiatives, including a year-long project with campus partners to create a student zine collection. This role involves managing the design and production of creative materials, curating content, commissioning work from artists, and leading outreach and publicity efforts. The CA will collaborate with the IDA team to program workshops and events that foster artistic expression and align with our values of community, social justice, and collaboration. This individual will contribute significantly to the creative vision of the IDA ecosystem, ensuring that our projects are innovative, inclusive, and impactful.
Archival Intern Description:
The IDA Archival Intern (or, for short, "IDA AI" or "AI") will support efforts in preserving and enriching the historical records of IDA, CBPA, and Harmony House. This position focuses on managing the Harmony House archives by digitizing posters and art, organizing and cataloging files systematically, and collaborating and liaising with stakeholders such as Stanford’s library system to find appropriate housing for parts of the archives. The AI will play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and accessibility of our archival materials as well as developing and implementing archival preservation strategies. This individual will be supporting the IDA ecosystem for future generations to enjoy.
Content Intern Description:
The IDA Content Intern (or, for short, "IDA CI" or “CI”) will play a crucial role in capturing and documenting the vibrant events and activities within the IDA community and its campus partners. This role involves attending various events, photographing, recording, and documenting them, and ensuring that the visual representation of our community is compelling and aligns with our mission. The CI will collaborate with the IDA team to produce high-quality visual content that supports our outreach, publicity, and archival efforts.
*The pay for these roles are at the top of Stanford's Undergraduate Pay Scale, which determines how undergraduate students are paid for work on campus.
The application for student staff positions are open from 9/17 - 10/1
Selection Process
General Qualifications:
- Strong values in, commitment to, and willingness to grow with regard to principles of accessibility and customer service;
- Strong values in, commitment to, and willingness to grow with regard to principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice;
- Willingness to attend student-facing Arts events for an average of 2-3 hours per week;
- Excitement for being part of and promoting the IDA ecosystem, which includes flagship events, courses, and offerings (e.g. Spring Class, big guest artist events, Fellows artwork showcases), a comprehensive understanding of this ecosystem being a huge plus;
- Excitement to support IDA’s marketing campaigns regularly through email channels like the diversityarts and su_artsmakers listservs, social media channels, and in-person means (e.g.personal channels, dorm bulletins and outdoor bulletin cylinders around campus);
- Passion for promoting student community in the IDA ecosystem students via the curation and creation of “soft” engagement opportunities (e.g. open houses, potlucks/picnics, jam sessions, lunch talks);
Specific qualifications relating to each role can be found below.