Fidays 11:00-1:00pm EST

June-July 2026 Module: 6/5-7/31

**Payments are due 1 week before the course begins and on the first day of the following months

Through a series of material explorations, we will engage with questions and explorations around the sacred, the valuable, and the gift. What makes an object sacred? What forms of transformation or transmutation are involved in the perception of value? What role does usefulness or uselessness play in value, exchange, and gift-giving? How do we come to sense conditions of value? How does materiality convey energetics of care? How do objects weave us into webs of relations? 

These explorations will inevitably bring us into territories of money and capitalism. Our aim, however, is not critique. The grounding of this class will be the open-ended inquiry into the ways of being-with and perceiving materiality. Materials will be our guides. To keep us connected to our guides, everyone is required to have a material/object that they want to explore, work with, mold, or transform with them in every class, including discussion days. We will begin each class by introducing our material guide and invite their presence into collaborative co-participation with the group.

June

6/5 - Sacred: introduction of theme and readings, guided exercises

6/12 - discussion and work time

6/19 - Value: introduction of theme and readings, guided exercises

6/26 - discussion and work time

July

7/3 - no class

7/10 - Gift: introduction of theme and readings, guided exercises

7/17 - discussion and work time

7/24 - end of the module sharing works part 1

7/31 - end of the module sharing works part 2

A full syllabus with links to readings will be available on the new class page on 5/29.

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These long form DOTS exploratory modules are an opportunity to go deep into themes and process. As with the drop-in drawing sessions, these sessions are process rather than outcome based, but with the long-form there is space to let ideas develop over time in a supportive community of other drawers. This may take the form of “final” works, or a series of works, or another shape altogether.

Along with the live sessions, you will receive access to a module page with short essays, artwork examples, readings, and drawing exercises. You will also receive a Dropbox folder link to upload and share your work and view the works of others in the class.

We meet using Google Meet so you will need a device with audio and video capabilities, as well as the ability to photograph your work and upload it to a shared Google Drive folder. After registering you will receive a confirmation email with links to Google Meet, module page, and Dropbox Folder