Cantor Arts Center & Anderson Collection Magazine | Spring - Summer 2023

WELCOME
Welcome to a new year at the Cantor! After more than half
a year at the helm of the museum, I am mindful of how all of
us here strive to create spaces for joy, respite, and critical
thinking for students and the community.
Please bring your friends and family to the museum to enjoy our
latest exhibitions. The major spring show, Reality Makes Them Dream: American
Photography, 1929–1941, continues the series of exhibitions around the
generous gift from the Capital Group Foundation of photographs by Ansel
Adams, John Gutmann, Helen Levitt, Wright Morris, and Edward Weston.
Our Capital Group Foundation Curatorial Fellow for Photography, Josie R.
Johnson, PhD, organized this exhibition of imaginative imagery. We are
delighted to also present A Change of Scenery: Photographs of Leisure in the
Landscape featuring photographs from the collection that examine how we
interact with nature and how this informs our collective identity. A young Yu:
Mourning Rituals is a captivating performance-based video that is part of the
Asian American Art Initiative. The film, set in various locations such as, the
Hudson Valley of New York, Hawaii, and the Korean Demilitarized Zone, is an
opportunity to engage visually with Korean folklore, ritual, and dance. These
two lens-based exhibitions are curated by Maggie Dethloff, PhD, assistant
curator of photography and new media.
As we head into 2023, I’d like to thank our members and visitors, as
well as our dedicated staff and loyal volunteers, for creating an incredible arts
community here at the Cantor and at Stanford.
—Veronica Roberts, John and Jill Freidenrich Director
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Photo: Andrew Brodhead