Graduate Student Research Award — Franco Family Institute, 2026 & 2025
In 2026 and 2025, I received a Graduate Student Research Award from the Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good at the University of Notre Dame. The GSRA program supports graduate research and creative projects by providing funding for materials and other direct research expenses. My award supported the continued development of my studio research within the Department of Art, Art History & Design, particularly experiments connecting sound, movement, mechanical systems, and ceramic forms. The project became an important part of my MFA research, allowing me to test ideas through fabrication and sustained material experimentation while developing a group of works that investigate how information moves between bodies, objects, images, and sound.
Related projects: Sismograma Vertical Loom Spectral Blur Solarium Mercurio
Franco Family Institute publication: https://franco.nd.edu/news/franco-institute-provides-over-150-grants-to-arts-letters-students-for-spring-2026-semester/