The Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA) is an interdisciplinary program in the humanities that involves students in the study of culture, identity and diversity through artistic expression. Our mission is to engage artists, students and the local community in a collaborative process to create visual and performing art.

 

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October 10, 2008
There's Still Room for YOU! Dance 110: Parijat Desai & Drama 110: Octavio Solis

You can enroll in IDA Winter Artists Workshops with the amazing artists pictured below!  Click on the Post It to View Our Courses and click the application form to submit ...  Read more...

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Aug. 05, 2008
Apply for Drama 110!

Are you an overwhelmed freshman or sophomore who still has not declared a major? Are you interested in taking an arts workshop before making the leap? Are you a jaded upperclassman ...  Read more...

visiting artists

winter 2009

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December 04, 2009 (1:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
A Creative Fabrication - Ralph Lemon in collaboration with the D-school

And student collaborators Erin, Cuauhtemoc, Virginia & Luke

Artist Ralph Lemon and students in his 2009 IDA...  Read more...

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IDA is a major course of study within the Center for Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CSRE) and African and African American Studies (AAAS). The IDA concentration in CSRE is designed to bring the artistic process of inquiry, discovery, and expression into the study of race, culture and identity. Now students can major in IDA, gain practical production and performance skills, and merge their creative and academic lives.