November 10, 2022

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 STEM Art and Film Festival. Held virtually on November 6, the festival celebrated the intersection of science and art through visual and performing arts that are related to or inspired by science, technology, engineering, and math. Artists submitted and showcased their work in a virtual exhibit hall and entries consisted of visual art, digital art, films, documentaries, animations, and performance art.

The virtual festival was open to the public and held in conjunction with Sigma Xi's International Forum on Research Excellence (IFoRE). Event attendees could visit the virtual exhibit hall throughout the conference and vote for the People's Choice Award winners. Additionally, a panel of judges evaluated submissions and a virtual award ceremony was held Sunday evening, on the final day of the conference.

Sigma Xi congratulates all of the 2022 winners and honorable mentions below.

2022 STEM Art and Film Festival Winners

Best Overall Artwork
Inclusion and Human Psychology
Khushi Garg


People's Choice Award — Artwork
A Brain Vacay for you: Swimming in Serenity
JH Miao


Best Film
Can Archaeology Repair its Past with Indigenous American?
Victoria Sutton


People's Choice Award — Film
But What is CRISPR-CAS9? An animated introduction to gene editing
Harrison Ngue


Best Performing Arts
Asymptote
Stephanie Chou


Honorable Mention—Film
Student-Made Interactive Learning with Education songs (in introductory statistics)
Lawrence Lesser

Honorable Mention—Performing Arts
Music of the Spheres
Lawrence Lesser

Honorable Mention—Artwork
A Visualization of Algorithmically Generated Artwork
Michael Wehar, Alyssa Zhang, Maya Newman-Toker, and John Mancini