Fall Classes: ARTIST TO ARTIST by Abrons Arts Center and The School of Making Thinking

Overview

Sign up for Fall 2026 classes offered by The School of Making Thinking at Abrons Arts Center. Classes will run as 2-hour weekly sessions from 6-8pm for four weeks. All participants will gather on Friday, October 30, 2026 for a culminating convening and pizza party.

Course Offerings

• EXTRACTION, COLOR, TRADE with Megumi Shuana Arai—Mondays, 6-8pm, Sept 28–Oct 26. Explores social, political, and economic stories behind four dye materials: logwood, woad, cochineal, and kakishibu.
• WITHOUT PERMISSION: PERFORMING IN THE STREETS with Gianfranco Reyes—Tuesdays, 6-8pm, Oct 6–27. Examines how cities become places for making and performing, exploring site responsiveness, anonymity, surveillance, mimicry, and public space limits.
• ALL MY ANCESTORS ARE TRANSGENDER: HOW TO CREATE A CHOSEN FAMILY ARCHIVE with Kenny Shiloh Russell—Wednesdays, 6-8pm, Oct 7–28. Create a physical archive preserving Queer life and receive a starter archival kit.
• POP THAT @ THE EDGE OF THE WORLD with Joy Norton and Kiki Mills—Thursdays, 6-8pm, Oct 8–29. Explore cultural memory, harm reduction, Afro-pessimist imagination, and communal survival preparedness for those imagining a post-collapse world.

Dates & Location

Classes take place in person at Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY. All classes run weekly from September 28 through October 29, with a final convening on October 30, 2026.

Support

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.