ATLANTA — Georgia Tech Arts has announced the recipients of its Spring 2026 Microgrants, supporting student-led, cross-disciplinary artistic projects that enliven Georgia Tech’s campus with creativity.

These grants of up to $1,000 provide undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, support for individual and collaborative projects. All six colleges with on-campus students are represented among the primary proposers, with collaborators ranging from registered student organizations and faculty mentors to Atlanta-based artists.

College of Design

Anthony Cammarota, a musician and Ph.D. candidate in music technology (School of Music), received funding for Guitar Picking Device: Technique as Embodiment of Performance Practice. The project designs a musician-focused guitar performance technology to improve technique through techno-mediated learning, reducing physical strain and inefficient gestural habits.

Rafael Collado, a graduate student in music technology (School of Music), received funding for Bravo, Director. This staged one-man musical showcase uses generative AI to satirically comment on the role of AI in music creation and contemporary creative expression. The performance will take place April 20 in the Black Box Theatre.

Aleksandra Ma, a graduate student in music technology (School of Music), in collaboration with Anthony Cammarota and Jeff Albert, received funding for Human to Human Jazz Improv. The project explores how musicians communicate during improvisation and how those insights can inform new forms of artistic collaboration between human performers and AI.

TeAiris Majors, a Ph.D. candidate in music technology (School of Music), in collaboration with Thais Alvarenga, will create Just Chill, a portable interactive installation inviting students to explore emotional well-being through sound and visual design.

John Parrack, a third-year architecture student (School of Architecture), in collaboration with Molly Pentecost and Nour Khalifa, received funding to support Sandbox, an emerging student-run publication. Exhibitions are scheduled for late April and early May.

Ryan Yin, a third-year architecture student (School of Architecture), will produce two installations: What Makes Something Home and Informality, both designed for high-traffic campus spaces to encourage interaction and reflection on housing disparity and community-driven architecture.

Peyman Salimi, a graduate student in music technology (School of Music), will present Self + Apolide: A Multilingual Spatial Audio Performance, an immersive show using a 12-speaker ambisonics setup.

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Inha Cha, a Ph.D. candidate in digital media (School of Literature, Media, and Communication), will lead AI-Non Use Tool Kit, a tangible resource for creative professionals exploring the social and ethical implications of AI usage and non-usage.

Chelsi Cocking, a Ph.D. candidate in digital media (School of Literature, Media, and Communication), in collaboration with Raianna Brown, Ta Nycia Wooden and Okorie Johnson, will create Everything Sings, an audio-reactive sculpture visualizing ambient vibrations in performance space.

Olamma Oparah, a Ph.D. candidate in digital media (School of Literature, Media, and Communication), received support for Anyanwu Patterns. The film and textile installation adapts Octavia E. Butler’s Wild Seed and will be showcased at the Butler Symposium at Atlanta Contemporary on Feb. 26.

Allie Riggs, a Ph.D. candidate in digital media (School of Literature, Media, and Communication), in collaboration with Shelly Boehm, received funding for Lichen Meditations: Materializing Queer Entanglements in Sonic Environments. Riggs will present the work at the Atlanta Science Festival on March 14 and Georgia Tech’s Digital Media Demo Day.

Cecile Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate in digital media (School of Literature, Media, and Communication), leads Feminist Mixed Media Photography: Counter Archive x Algorithm, examining the patriarchal history of photography and how emerging technologies can challenge established norms.

College of Computing

Sylvia Janicki, a postdoctoral researcher in interactive computing, will produce Rest Against the Machine, a sonic-textile installation examining AI data centers through a critical disability lens. The work will be featured June 5 and 6 at the Atlanta Public Art Futures Lab.

Catherine Wieczorek-Berkes, a Ph.D. candidate in human-centered computing, leads Materializing Critical Temporalities, which will be presented at the SPARK Lab in TSRB in April.

Ethan Zhao, a graduate student in human-computer interaction, in collaboration with Allen Cai and Emily Zhou, received funding for Sustainability in the DIY Music Community, a community-engaged research initiative supporting Atlanta’s DIY music spaces.

College of Sciences

Ryan Clark, a third-year neuroscience student, received support for Collective Effervescence, an interactive light installation using DMX and motion capture equipment. Clark plans to showcase the work at the Atlanta Science Festival and ImmerseGT.

Scheller College of Business

Srihitha Joginapally, a third-year business administration student, received support for GT AfroDance’s Unity Dey. The grant will fund materials for a tie-dye workshop allowing dancers to design their own costumes.

College of Engineering

Lukas Kassatly, a mechanical engineering student and vice president of DramaTech Theatre (School of Mechanical Engineering), will use funds to support DramaTech’s production of Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. The performance runs Feb. 20–28 in the Black Box Theatre.

Alexandra Wnuk, a Ph.D. candidate in materials science and engineering (School of Materials Science and Engineering), in collaboration with Ashley Burton and Lucia Lammers, received support for the Textiles Team’s Fashion of the Future on April 17 in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building.

Naugle Writing and Communication Center

Jenessa Kenway, a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, in collaboration with Jacqueline Kari, will lead Tender Buttons, Moving Pictures, a course integrating modernism, visual literacy and experimental filmmaking.

For more information about these programs, contact Kailey Albus, student support specialist for Georgia Tech Arts.