We support student well-being through opportunities for expression and artistic experiences.

We nurture connections with student organizations as well as schools, colleges, departments, and individual students to provide them outlets for their creativity through events, classes, workshops, and more.

An exquisite example of this support took place in September 2022. As part of the Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’s Diversity Summit, Georgia Tech Arts worked with Sohe Solutions to bring local Atlanta artist Charity “Cake” Hamidullah and art therapist Deanna Barton to collaborate with Summit participants in a creative reflection entitled The Humble Chair. Participants were invited to create the structural elements of a chair that represented their social location and lived experiences, and to share their chair with someone whose identity/intersectionality, position(s) of power, or privilege differed from theirs.

Two people sit at either end of a table with multi colored lights between them

Empathy For Two by Tim Min at the Arts Plaza Pop-Up.

A woman stands outside holding a note card in front of her that reads Be Kind Be Strong Be You

A Note From Me to You, for the Campaign to Connect.

People crowd around a table filled with art supplies

Making the Humble Chair at the Diversity Summit.

In April 2022, Georgia Tech Arts launched the Arts Plaza Pop-Up (APP) to give students a month-long festival of creativity. APP brought an abundance of student and faculty artistic expression to the Arts Plaza in front of the Ferst Center, ranging from yarnbombing to a silent disco, an Earth Day Cypher to a salsa lesson, and much more. Student organizations including SMILE and GT Salsa, graduate student Tim Min, faculty member Noura Howell, and students just passing through the Plaza all were eager participants.

EVENTS

Upcoming

Wednesday Wind Down
Wed, Oct 16 2024, 4 - 6pm
Every 4 days, 4 - 6pm for 4 times
Campaign to Connect
Thu, Oct 17 2024, 11am - 1pm
Every 6 days, 11am - 1pm until Thu, Oct 17 2024
Uplift fellow Yellow Jackets through anonymous words of encouragement.
ARTumn Visual Arts Showcase
Mon, Nov 4 2024, All day
Daily All day until Thu, Nov 21 2024
Black Nativity
Thu, Dec 12 2024, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Daily, 7:30 - 9:30pm until Sun, Dec 22 2024

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Campaign to Connect
Thu, Sep 12 2024
Thu, Sep 19 2024
Thu, Sep 26 2024
Thu, Oct 3 2024
Thu, Oct 10 2024
Thu, Oct 17 2024
Uplift fellow Yellow Jackets through anonymous words of encouragement.
Wednesday Wind Down
Wed, Sep 18 2024
Wed, Oct 2 2024
Wed, Oct 16 2024
Wed, Oct 30 2024
Celtic Throne—The Royal Journey of Irish Dance
Thu, Jun 6 2024
Celtic Throne follows the journey of a music-and-dance-loving people as they migrate from the ancient Near East to…
Decatur School of Ballet Annual Performance presented by Decatur City Dance
Sat, May 18 2024
Sat, May 18 2024
Sat, May 18 2024
Sat, May 18 2024
Decatur City Dance presents Decatur School of Ballet's 76th Annual Performances
Alice in Wonderland
Sat, May 11 2024
Sat, May 11 2024
Atlanta’s own Rise City Dance and Neighborhood Ballet will return to the stage this May with an all-new production of…
Kinnik Sky’s Peace Be Still
Sat, Apr 20 2024
From eleven-time nominated and seven-time NAACP Theatre Award winning Writer and Producer Kinnik Sky, comes her new…
Tech Arts Festival 2024
Mon, Apr 15 2024
Tue, Apr 16 2024
Wed, Apr 17 2024
Thu, Apr 18 2024
Fri, Apr 19 2024