{"687899":{"#nid":"687899","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Arts Announces 2025\u201326 Catalyst and Einstein Grant Awardees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATLANTA\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Georgia Tech Arts has announced the recipients of its 2025\u201326 Catalyst Grants and Einstein Grants, an initiative led \u0026nbsp; that supports interdisciplinary projects connecting artistic practice with research, education, well-being, and public engagement across campus and the broader community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual grants advance Georgia Tech\u2019s commitment to creativity as a driver of innovation, bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community partners from across disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECatalyst Grant Awardees\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2025\u201326 Catalyst Grant recipients represent a wide range of academic units and professional areas, reflecting the many ways the arts intersect with teaching, research, and everyday campus life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVictoria Chang\u003C\/strong\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poetry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPoetry@Tech\u003C\/a\u003E) received funding for \u003Cem\u003EPoetry Everywhere\u003C\/em\u003E, an initiative expanding access to poetry through translation-focused programming and public engagement. Building on collaborations with Modern Languages and Atlanta Global Studies, the project will bring poets and translators to campus and explore placing poetry in public spaces, inviting moments of reflection amid daily routines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/paper.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ERobert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAnna Doll\u003C\/strong\u003E will lead \u003Cem\u003EPaper and Nature Dye Exhibition\u003C\/em\u003E, establishing a dedicated garden space that allows students and faculty to engage directly with the raw materials used in papermaking and natural dyes. The project integrates plant cultivation with artistic practice, bridging scientific inquiry and creative exploration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Lux\u003C\/strong\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EScheller College of Business\u003C\/a\u003E) and \u003Cstrong\u003EDanielle Willkens\u003C\/strong\u003E (School of Architecture) received support for \u003Cem\u003EPenn Center Alternative Spring Break\u003C\/em\u003E, a multidisciplinary arts initiative rooted in community engagement. In partnership with the Gullah\/Geechee Nation, participants will travel to the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District in South Carolina, creating artistic responses while learning from a site central to African American history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBiophilia\u003C\/em\u003E, led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/belinda-belab-431279102\/\u0022\u003EBelinda Person\u003C\/a\u003E (Administrative Services Center) in collaboration with \u003Cstrong\u003EKrystian Ramlogan\u003C\/strong\u003E, is an immersive installation exploring human relationships with the natural world through painting, sound, and spatial design. Inspired by Indigenous ecological knowledge, the project emphasizes reflection, sensory experience, and reconnection with place.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERamlogan, a faculty member in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, also leads \u003Cem\u003ESpaces: A Pilot Sensory Arts Installation\u003C\/em\u003E in collaboration with \u003Cstrong\u003EJillann Hertel\u003C\/strong\u003E. The project explores how light, sound, and media can function as forms of care, offering moments of presence and regulation within the intensity of campus life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephanie-selvick-phd,%20www.linkedin.com\/in\/atriggs\u0022\u003EStephanie Selvick\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/support.belonging.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EBelonging and Student Support\u003C\/a\u003E), in collaboration with \u003Cstrong\u003EAlexandra Teixeira Riggs\u003C\/strong\u003E, received funding for \u003Cem\u003EPhotovoice for Graduate Student Belonging\u003C\/em\u003E. The arts-based research project engages graduate students as co-researchers, using photography and storytelling to examine experiences of belonging and to inform future student support initiatives through public exhibition and dialogue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Music\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexandria-smith-music\/\u0022\u003EAlexandria Smith\u003C\/a\u003E, in collaboration\u0026nbsp;with Full Radius Dance, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/douglas-scott\u0022\u003EDouglas Scott\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/noahposner\/\u0022\u003ENoah Posner\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Ewill lead \u003Cem\u003EResonant Bodies\u003C\/em\u003E, a community-based learning project connecting music technology and industrial design students with the Atlanta-based Full Radius Dance. Through collaborative design and experimentation, students will create compositions and wearable technologies while engaging with accessibility, disability, and performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexander-vlahos-phd\/\u0022\u003EAlexander Vlahos\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/schools\/biomedical-engineering\u0022\u003EDepartment of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E), in collaboration with \u003Cstrong\u003EMark Wentzel\u003C\/strong\u003E, received funding for \u003Cem\u003EBridging Art and Engineering: An Artist-Led Creativity Intervention for Biomedical Engineering Education\u003C\/em\u003E. The project integrates drawing and sculptural practices into engineering coursework to strengthen spatial reasoning, creativity, and conceptual understanding.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEinstein Grant Awardees\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Arts also announced the recipients of its 2025\u201326 Einstein Grants, which support experimental projects connecting artistic inquiry with research, technology, and public imagination.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hyojin-kwon\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHyojin Kwon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E, received funding for \u003Cem\u003EFrom Campus Waste to Civic Architecture\u003C\/em\u003E. The project builds on Kwon\u2019s research into computational media, advanced fabrication, and material reuse, transforming campus waste into architectural prototypes and civic-scale installations. Through cross-campus collaboration, the work examines sustainability, sensory perception, and material agency while reimagining discarded materials as public-facing design artifacts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA second Einstein Grant was awarded to \u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Silverman\u003C\/strong\u003E, an Atlanta-based community artist, for \u003Cem\u003EAlbert Einstein Ghostphone\u003C\/em\u003E. The interactive sound installation imagines a conversation between present-day Georgia Tech scholars and the voice of Albert Einstein as he might have sounded in 1955. The work will invite participants to reflect on scientific discovery, ethics, and the evolving relationship between human knowledge and artificial intelligence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing an AI-driven speech model trained within the limits of Einstein\u2019s lifetime knowledge, the project blends history, technology, and performance to provoke curiosity about physics, democracy, and the responsibilities that accompany innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETogether, the 2025\u201326 Catalyst and Einstein Grant projects advance Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Cem\u003ETransforming Tomorrow\u003C\/em\u003E vision by leveraging creativity as a catalyst for innovation, connection, and public impact. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and community-engaged work, these projects demonstrate how the arts help solve complex challenges, enrich campus life, and shape a more inclusive and imaginative future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about these programs, contact Director of Arts Integration and Innovation Avital Shira for Georgia Tech Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Arts has announced the recipients of its 2025\u201326 Catalyst Grants and Einstein Grants, an initiative, that supports interdisciplinary projects connecting artistic practice with research, education, well-being, and public engagement across campus and the broader community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese grants advance Georgia Tech\u2019s commitment to creativity as a driver of innovation, bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community partners across disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Arts has announced the recipients of its 2025\u201326 Catalyst Grants and Einstein Grants"}],"uid":"36758","created_gmt":"2026-02-02 18:32:54","changed_gmt":"2026-02-03 17:46:30","author":"LaKenya Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679159":{"id":"679159","type":"image","title":"2025-2026 GT Arts Grantees","body":null,"created":"1770059482","gmt_created":"2026-02-02 19:11:22","changed":"1770059482","gmt_changed":"2026-02-02 19:11:22","alt":"2025-2026 GT Arts Grantees","file":{"fid":"263282","name":"GridArt_20260202_140956130.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/02\/GridArt_20260202_140956130.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/02\/GridArt_20260202_140956130.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":503752,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/02\/02\/GridArt_20260202_140956130.jpg?itok=9OIkwAwU"}}},"media_ids":["679159"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/funding-opportunities","title":"Funding Opportunities"}],"groups":[{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"660380","name":"GT Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaKenya Norris\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lakenya.norris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}