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Science Technology Arts + Creativity

Science Technology Arts + Creativity (STAC) showcases Gallatin’s groundbreaking, interdisciplinary engagements at the intersection of science, technology, arts, and the humanities.

Gallatin encourages hands-on, immersive learning, both inside and outside of the classroom. STAC gives space, materials, and support to members of the Gallatin community—students, alumni, faculty, and staff—who are working at the intersection of making, doing, and thinking, as well as creating inclusive communities, academic support, curricular and co-curricular programming for students interested in all forms of science and technology.

Interested? Email the STAC team or visit our website to see our current programs, interest clusters, fellowships, and access to our creativity space on the 7th floor of Gallatin. Past events include computer-aided design workshops and STEAM talks.

 

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Cyd Cipolla tinkering at Gallatin

Cyd Cipolla, Associate Director of STAC, holds a PhD in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Emory University, where they concentrated in the intersection of science and law with categories of sexuality. Since coming to Gallatin in 2013, Cyd has been furthering their work in intersectional feminist science studies, cognitive and computational science, and critical maker pedagogy. They are particularly interested in teaching at the intersection of science and the humanities, experimental uses of technology in the classroom, and the creation of radically inclusive spaces for new technological knowledge.

Ri Chang is the STAC Graduate Assistant. Ri is an experience artist dedicated to exploring and sharing the value of Quotidian Aesthetics, aka the Beauty in Everyday Life. As an extension of their practice, Ri’s concentration at Gallatin revolves around exploring the experience of quotidian aesthetics through the lens of storytelling, play, taste and space. Artistically, Ri prefers working in tangible, sensorial mediums, with many of their works manifesting themselves as events, installations, and physical artefacts. Ri’s current body of work revolves around designing and facilitating intentional gustatory experiences that shed light on the stories and delight hidden in everyday life.

Outside of their art, Ri is a curious soul who enjoys cooking, crafting, and tinkering, often with mischievous and chaotic intent. They believe that creativity and delight are often found when we look outside the ‘intended way’. As the incoming Gallatin Graduate Assistant for STAC, Ri hopes to bring this energy of play and mischief to the STAC program, and curate programs and workshops that will make the messy process of stepping into new, unfamiliar mediums less intimating and more enjoyable for the community at Gallatin and beyond.