fruitful.school
About
fruitful.school is an independently-run workshop series founded in 2020 by laurel schwulst and john provencher.
fruitful.school was founded to explore the ways artists experiment and publish to the World Wide Web.
for our winter 2024 workshop series, we invite participants to interact with the web in a new way through our two 3-week workshops.
Offerings
This Winter 2024, we offer 2 workshops under a new format ... each is three weeks long ... in-person in NYC ...
βUltralight,β led by Laurel Schwulst, is a workshop on creating lightweight websites as an extension of artistic practice β understanding the web as connected to physical place and accessible in multiple formats.
more info
βNPC Artist,β led by John Provencher, is a workshop on generative programming for the web β exploring the ways contemporary artists and programmers use generative software in their practice.
more info
People
John Provencher is an independent artist, designer, and educator based in New York City. His practice explores the generative nature of software as a tool to produce works both online and offline.
(teacher & co-founder @ fruitful school)
Laurel Schwulst is a designer, artist, writer, and educator. She is interested in ambient forms of design and literature, public works, and the poetic potential of the web. She has taught interactive design at Princeton & Yale, and currently works at Are.na.
(teacher & co-founder @ fruitful school)
Maya Man is an artist focused on contemporary identity culture on the internet.
(guest for NPC Artist @ fruitful school)
Travess Smalley is an artist working with computation to make generative image systems.
(guest for NPC Artist @ fruitful school)
Marie Otsuka is a designer and programmer working on fonts, websites, tools, and books.
(guest for Ultralight @ fruitful school)
Benjamin Earl is a designer, artist, writer, and programmer who considers surrounding environments, the internet, communities, and time.
(guest for Ultralight @ fruitful school)
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FAQ
When and where are workshops held? (+)(β)
For our winter 2024 session, workshops will be held in person at Index Space in NYC, at 120 Walker Street in Soho/Chinatown.
They will happen on Sunday afternoons from 1-5pm. For Ultralight, it's January 14, 21, and 28. For NPC Artist, it's February 4, 11, and 18.
Do I need any coding knowledge prior? (+)(β)
Although we encourage all levels of experience, each workshop will have recommended at least some prior coding knowledge. Refer to the class pages for more info.
Are there scholarships available? (+)(β)
Each class has different options for scholarships. See the class page FAQ or application page for more info.
Can I take workshops remotely? (+)(β)
For our Winter 2024 sessions, we will be hosting our workshops at Index Space in NYC in person. However, if you are interested in future remote possibilities, feel free to fill out this form.
Can I take both workshops? (+)(β)
If you want to take both, you should apply for both separately. If you are admitted into both, we can offer you a modest price reduction. ($900 is the price for each class separately, or if you get into both, it's $1500.)
Will there be future workshops? (+)(β)
Yes. Subscribe/follow for more updates.
Conduct
Since we all come from different backgrounds and want to create a safe and open environment for collaboration, we've created a code of conduct to better interact with each other as students and teachers.
As we talk to each other at Fruitful School, we are:
- open and free
- suspending judgement
- not afraid to share an honest opinion or risky idea
- building on each otherβs ideas
- sharing often while respecting othersβ time to share
- always trying to help each other create their best work
- sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, religious discrimination or otherwise discriminatory actions
- violence in any form
- unwelcome physical contact or hostile attention
- deliberate intimidation or stalking
- advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior
- communicate in a clear and concise manner
- describe where weβre at in the process
- don't self deprecate our own work
- leave lots of room for others to speak
- firstβ¦
- state the facts
- describe what you see
- describe what you hear
- afterβ¦
- describe how *YOU* feel
- share any associationsβ¦
our code of conduct is a work in progress. it was inspired by others and continues to evolve through use. see original blog post for more info.
Winter 2024 β Workshops
Ultralight
Lightweight Websites in Time & Place ...
( January 14, 21, 28 ) • NYC
by Laurel Schwulst
NPC Artist
Programming for the Generative Web ...
( February 4, 11, 18 ) • NYC
by John Provencher
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