2026 IDA Summer Graduate Artist Residency at Sacatar in Bahia, Brazil
The Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University (IDA) is excited to host a summer artist residency for four Stanford Graduate Students at Sacatar Artist Residency in Bahia, Brazil from mid-July to mid-August 2026. IDA will cover the cost per resident, including lodging, food, studio space, and round-trip air travel for the program duration.
During this program, Stanford graduate student artists will travel as a cohort to the state of Bahia, Brazil a country with the largest African descendant population outside of the African continent. Stanford students will be joined in residency at Instituto Sacatar alongside Brazilian artists to be in cross-cultural dialogue during this time.
In addition to engaging with their individual projects and research, fellows will take part in weekly discussions, lectures and field trips to learn about African Bahian culture and experience how local artists, academics, and activists are addressing issues of race, gender, spirituality and environmental justice in their art and social practices.
Each graduate student will have their own artist studio to research and work on their proposed creative projects. This fellowship is geared toward artists who are interested in disrupting the isolation of their art practice to engage in a collaborative learning experience, ongoing dialogues, and possible artistic collaboration with other fellows, local artists, and arts organizations in Bahia.
- During this five-week program, Stanford graduate student artists will travel as a cohort to the state of Bahia, Brazil a country with the largest African descendant population outside of the African continent.
- Stanford students will be joined in residency at Instituto Sacatar alongside one Brazilian artist to be in cross-cultural dialogue during this time.
- In addition to engaging with their individual projects and research, fellows will take part in weekly discussions, lectures and field trips to learn about African Bahian culture, and experience how local artists, academics, and activists are addressing issues of race, gender and environmental justice in their art and social practices.
- Though each fellow will have their own studio to research and work on their proposed art projects, this fellowship is geared towards artists who are interested in disrupting the isolation of their art practice to engage in a collaborative learning experience, ongoing dialogues, and possible artistic collaboration with other fellows.
Graduate students selected for this fellowship should have experience in the disciplines of visual art, performance, film, creative writing/poetry, music, and/or sculpture.
Research interests for these students might also include a focus on one or more of the following:
- African Brazilian culture
- African Brazilian spiritual traditions
- African diasporic studies
- Community-engaged / Community-based art praxis
- Social & Environmental Justice
