Georgia Tech announces new Office of the Arts director
Programming the Ferst Center for the Arts falls under Madison Cario’s responsibilities
After months of scouring the nation for the perfect candidate, Georgia Tech has finally announced the appointment of its new director of the Office of the Arts: Madison Cario.
Cario will be charged with not only enhancing the creativity of Georgia Tech students and faculty, but she will also be responsible for the programming of the Ferst Center for the Arts. The Center, known for hosting a wide range of international acts, has recently featured jazz vocalist Gregory Porter, Persian singer and two-time Grammy nominee Mohammad Reza Shajarian, and interdisciplinary artist Sanford Biggers, who rocked Tech with his band Moon Medicine after screening three of his short films this past March.
Cario has an extensive history in the arts, from spending her past 20 years co-directing the Scrap Performance Group to directing the Special Artistic Initiatives & Student Engagement program at the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Although the blending of art and technology is a relatively new goal on the Georgia Tech campus, it is one that Cario maintains is as exciting as directing any performance.
“I cannot imagine a more exhilarating and inspiring place to be than here, right in the middle of the intersection of arts and technology,” Cario said. “With creative competency essential to global competitiveness in the 21st century, Arts@Tech is, simply put, the right idea at the right time.”