How The School Operates

The School of Machines is committed to building accessible technology programs for anyone interested in learning about how to creatively express their ideas through machine-related media.

If you're new to the School (or don't know much about how the school operates), the School of Machines, Making and Make-Believe was founded in 2014 by artist Rachel Uwa as a learning resource for any artist who wanted to learn about creative technology. Since the beginning, the School has been sustained through income from classes and operates without major recurring funding from institutional grants or partnerships for our classes.

As the School continues to grow as a resource for artists, we recognize that one of the most important things we can offer are equitable learning opportunities for #women and persons from #BIPOC, #lgbtqia+ and other under-represented communities who otherwise wouldn't be able to attend.

We offer solidarity tickets for our online classes at $100 a ticket for any underrepresented artist that wants to take one of our classes. Tickets to our online programs cover 5 weeks of 2-hour classes of creative technology related material.⠀

Managing an independent learning program based on course income alone is difficult in this day and age. In 2022, we're interested in expanding our solidarity opportunities by exploring partnerships with potential financial sponsors who can help us fund future scholarships for classes and build a mentorship program that hires artists working in creative technology to mentor other up-and-coming artists. If you are part of an organisation and interested to discuss partnerships with us, get in touch via email here.

We're looking forward to what the future holds and all the new faces that we'll see in upcoming School of Machines programs.

Much love from Rachel & the School's team <3

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