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irid's Semester Preview Party!

Join us for an interactive open house to meet our Fellows, get a taste of our fall offerings, and hang with the community.

August 21st, 5:30-9pm

New Stadium

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Fall cohort

Presenting our Fall Teaching Fellows

We are so proud to announce our inaugural cohort for the irid Teaching Fellowship. This fall, these four creatives will lead courses exploring art and uncertainty, intentional aging, and the possibilities of more mindful online spaces.

Justin Scherer

Justin Scherer

An improvisational synth musician who works by day for Wikipedia.

Course

Sources of uncertainty in the creative process

A course on chance operations, improvisation, and other ways of how we relate to unpredictability as a tool in art and beyond.

Ruth Silver

Ruth Silver

A designer and systems thinker who has led her own innovation practice for decades — and the founder of HOTFLASH, a menopausal dance party.

Course

Reimagining retirement and aging

A collective inquiry into retirement, aging, and how we might design life's second act more intentionally.

Aaryan Pashine

Aaryan Pashine

A software-tinkering graphic designer who started a studio and independent thesis with...

Omama Mahmood

Omama Mahmood

A land steward and angsty thinker/zinester working in museum design.

Pop-up class

Growing digital gardens

A series on making mindful spaces online where knowledge sharing and new ways of living can blossom.

Interested in taking one of our classes? Student enrolment will open on this site on August 15th.