ATLANTA – Georgia Tech hosted the TechArts Festival, a two-day annual event showcasing the creative spirit through student and faculty projects, on April 12-13, 2013. Music, dance, theatre, digital, literary and visual arts flourish at the technological research university, inspiring and reflecting research and education.  The 2013 Festival included works that showcased the convergence of art and technology, and also works that were solely artistic in nature.  The Festival was free and held at both indoor and outdoor venues on the Georgia Tech campus.

TechArts Festival 2013 Schedule

Performances:

Friday, April 12

• GT Student Government Association presents Friday Buzz featuring: Infinite Harmony, Sympvibes, Taal Tadka, Nothing But Treble, Dance Tech,GT Salsa Club, Tekstyles, Tufaan
  4:30-6:30 p.m.
  Tech Green
  
  
• Bit Dome interactive art installation
  5:00-8:00 p.m.
  Ferst Center Stage
  
  
• Festival Kickoff and Gallery Reception Three Exhibits: Student View, Have A Seat and Poetry@Tech; also Digital Media video Subway
  5:30 p.m.
  Ferst Center Galleries and Lobby
  
  
• Georgia Tech Student Poetry Reading
  6:30 p.m.
  Ferst Center Richards Gallery
  
  
• Guthman Musical Instrument Competition
  7:00 p.m.
  Klaus Advanced Computing Building
  
  
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – musical theatre by Drama Tech
  8:00 p.m.
  Dean Dull Theatre
  
  

Saturday, April 13

• Information Booth Open
  2:30 – 7:00 p.m.
  Walkway near Tech Green
  
  
• “Sneak Preview” How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  3:00 p.m.
  Clough Commons 2nd Floor Atrium
  
  
• Shimi – Musical companion robot demo     
  3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
  West Architecture Building Atrium
  
  
• The Tides student rock band    
  3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
  Ferst Amphitheater  
  
  
• Meet the Author of Destiny's Flower: Linda Harley
  3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
  Clough Commons patio
  
  
• Violinist Ashutosh Singh, winner Best of the Art Crawl Music/Performance Category  
  3:30 p.m.
  Clough Commons 2nd Floor Atrium
  
  
• Student performance from the Georgia Tech Chamber Ensemble
  Program: Viola & Cello duets
  4:00 p.m.
  West Architecture Building Atrium
  
  
• Georgia Tech Jazz Combos
  4:00 p.m.
  Ferst Amphitheater
  
  
• Transmorphic Messagings by Thom Jordan
  4:00 p.m.
  Clough Commons Lower Level
  
  
• Four Poets, One Hour Poetry Reading by GT Faculty and widely-published poets Karen Head, Black Leland, JC Reilly and Bob Wood of the School of Literature, Media and Communication
  4:30-5:30
  West Architecture Building Atrium
  
  
• Poet Alex Duncan, winner Best of the Art Crawl Poetry/Prose Category
  4:45 p.m.
  Clough Commons Lower Level
  
  
• Good Golly Svengali
  5:00 p.m.
  Ferst Amphitheater
  
  
• Automaton dance performance with live dancers and robot choreographed by Amy Laviers with faculty advisor Magnus Egerstedt
  5:00 p.m.
  Clough Commons Lower Level
  
  
• Listening Machines performance
  5:00 p.m.
  Klaus Advanced Computing Building
  
  
• Ralph Farris--violinist and founding member of ARTech artist in residence ETHEL
  5:30 p.m.
  West Architecture Building Atrium
  
  
• The Tides
  6:00 p.m.
  Ferst Amphiteheater
  
  
• Student performance from the Georgia Tech Chamber Ensemble
  Program: Woodwind Quartet
  6:00 p.m.
  West Architecture Building Atrium
  
  
• Student performance from the Georgia Tech Chamber Ensemble
  Program: Piano Quartet
  6:00 p.m.
  Clough Commons Lower Level
  
  
• Student performance from the Georgia Tech Chamber Ensemble
  Program: Brass Quintet
  6:30 p.m.
  Architecture Building Outdoor Plaza
  
  
• Georgia Tech Jazz Ensemble with guest Artists Dimitri Vassilakis and Dan Wall
  7:00 p.m.
  Ferst Center stage
  
  

• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – musical theatre by Drama Tech
  8:00 p.m.
  Dean Dull Theatre

Visual Arts Exhibition Schedule and Locations:
Visual Art Exhibits are open Friday, April 12 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Design, Think, Do, Make
  Professors David Rosen, Sabir Khan, Ali Mazalek and 16 students from ME, ID, and CM
  West Architecture Building Atrium
  
  
• Poetry@Tech
  Georgia Tech Poetry Club
  Ferst Center Lobby
  
  
• Public Power
  Professor Tristan Al-Haddad and GT Architecture students
  West Architecture Building Atrium
  
  
• Student View
  Professor Rebecca Burnett and first-year LMC Students
  Ferst Center Westbrook Gallery
  
  
• Augmented Reality Mural
  GT Graduate Students Nettrice Gaskins and Laurie Marion with youth participants
  Ferst Center Richards Gallery
  
  
• Have A Seat
  GT Industrial Design Students
  Ferst Center Richards Gallery
  
  
• Subway
  Professor Michael Nitsche with Andrew Quitmeyer (Tech DM program) and Ava Ansari (NYU)
  Ferst Center Lobby
  
  
• The Best of Art Crawl  
  GT Student Art Winners
  Clough Commons, 2nd Floor
  
  
• Japan, Age and Gender
  Photography by Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Colin Potts
  Clough, 3rd Floor
  
  
• Explorations in Type
  GT Visual Design Student Art
  Clough Commons, 2nd Floor
  
  
• Stitchtures
  Professors Claudia B. Rebola and Patricio A. Vela with Gbolabo Ogunmakin and Leo Keselman
  Clough Matos Lounge, 2nd Floor
  
  
• Museum Studies Expo
  GT Museum Studies Students
  Clough Gallery, 3rd Floor
  
  
• Technologies of Representation
  Visiting Professor Krystina Madej and students
  Clough Gallery, 3rd Floor
  
  
• Women's Alumni Exhibit
  College of Architecture
  Architecture Library
  
  
• 1952-2012 Alumni Exhibit
  College of Architecture
  East Architecture Building, Stubbins Gallery

Please Note: Artists, exhibits, times and locations are subject to change. Please see www.arts.gatech.edu for updates.

All exhibitions and performances were free and open to the public. 

The TechArts Festival is coordinated by the Office of the Arts at Georgia Tech, a department in the Division of Student Affairs, in conjunction with the Georgia Tech Council of the Arts.  Exploring the arts through events and activities, academic instruction, research, community partnerships and outreach demonstrates Georgia Tech’s commitment to the arts as an important part of its strategic plan.

For more information contact the Georgia Tech Office of the Arts at 404-894-2787.