The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University is a laboratory for atypical, trans-disciplinary, and inter-institutional research at the intersections of arts, science, technology and culture. Read more…
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Love Languages: Reimagining English Syntax Trees as a Turing Complete Language (2025 FUCKERY Award Winner)
This project by SCS Student Cassidy Diamond reimagines the syntax structure of the English language as a Turing Complete programming…
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New Steiner Book for 2024-2025
Download this year’s Steiner Book About the Steiner Fund The Sylvia and David Steiner Speaker Series brings creative practitioners who push boundaries,…
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Dead Things in Jars (2025 Maddy Varner Award Winner)
A work in progress by Lorie Chen towards a workflow for capturing wet specimens of dead things (from animals to…
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Where’s Your Head At? Wig Making Workshop with Petra Floyd
February 20 2026 12:00–2:00 PM
Workshop Info No RSVP, we’ll have plenty of supplies for people to work independently, together, or just to observe. Wigs…
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Nezouh Screening in the STUDIO – CM Architecture
February 11 2026 5:30 PM–February 11 2026 7:30 PM
Join us for a film screening of “Nezouh” (2022), by Soudade Kaadan. This event is brought to you by CM…
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GPAC Creative Hive
February 24 2026 5:30–7:30 PM
The Creative Hive is a monthly community-building event designed to provide a friendly and casual space for artists, creatives, art…
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Friday the 13th Valentine’s Day Photobooth with Sandy Loaf
February 13 2026 12:00–2:00 PM
All are welcome to the STUDIO between 12-2 PM on Friday February 13th. Have your picture taken in a one…
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In Memory of Marge Myers, STUDIO Associate Director from 1991 to 2015
When the STUDIO emerged in January of 1990, the founding team of Lowry Burgess, Bryan Rodgers, and Wendy Plesniak realized…