The New Art School Modality

📆Join us THIS SATURDAY, December 6 at 3pm for The Sun Ra Course Symposium event taking place online and in person at Hauser & Wirth 18th Street.

☀️This event will honor Sun Ra and the enlightenment that took place earlier this year during The Sun Ra Course. It will be a collaborative outcome project with a performative tableau, led by “Sun Ra Course” Faculty, Ahmed Abdullah and Monique Ngozi Nri.

Let us know you’re coming via the 🔗 in the bio!

We look forward to seeing you there!

📆Join us THIS SATURDAY, December 6 at 3pm for The Sun Ra Course Symposium event taking place online and in person.

☀️This event will honor Sun Ra and the enlightenment that took place earlier this year during The Sun Ra Course. It will be a collaborative outcome project with a performative tableau, led by “Sun Ra Course” Faculty, Ahmed Abdullah and Monique Ngozi Nri.

Let us know you’re coming via the 🔗 in the bio!

We look forward to seeing you there!

It’s not too late! “Examining Arts Leadership: History, Theories and Creative Breakthroughs” are due TOMORROW, Oct 1.

In this course we’ll examine creative arts leadership through historical and current case studies — and imagine bold new ways to lead across galleries, museums, schools, non-profits, and beyond.

Join the community with visionary faculty shaping the future of arts, culture, and education:

🎓 Carol Becker – Author, educator and Professor of the Arts & Dean Emerita, Columbia University

🎨 Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy – Board Member, International Manifesta Foundation; former curator & museum director

📚 Sandra Jackson-Dumont – Curator, educator, cultural producer; former Director & CEO, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

🏛️ Mia Locks – Curator & Executive Director, Museums Moving Forward

🖌️ Dr. Kymberly Pinder – Author, educator and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean, Yale School of Art

🎥 Justin Randolph Thompson – Artist, educator & co-founder of Black History Month Florence & The Recovery Plan

✍️ Steve Harney & Fred Moten – Authors, scholars, activists, and educators (Academy of Media Arts Cologne & NYU)

🔗 Submit your application through the link in bio — don’t miss out!

This semester, we’re offering an exclusive chance to work one-on-one with a faculty mentor over three personalized Reaction and Revision sessions (45 min each)!

Meet our incredible lineup:

• Candida Alvarez, a world renowned painter known for her bold use of color and innovative approach to abstraction. 🎨

• Laura Larson, an acclaimed photographer, visual artist, and writer whose work explores memory, identity, and storytelling and more! 📸

Kori Newkirk, a multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, painting, photography, and installation, redefining contemporary art forms. 🖌️

• Jenni Sorkin, a respected writer and art historian recognized for groundbreaking scholarship on contemporary art, craft, and feminist practices. 🖼️

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn directly from their expertise and insight. Learn more about each faculty member and apply by October 1, 2025 through the link in our bio!

Haven’t had a chance to apply for our Fall Course offerings? No problem there is still time we’ve extended the deadline to October 1! 📆

We can’t wait to be in community with you! Apply at the link in our bio or visit our website for more information on our courses and the amazing faculty!

Join us for the Sun Ra course this spring!

This course examines the work of composer, poet, musician, artist Sun Ra. It situates Sun Ra art historically and considers the scope of his relevance to art making and creative practice.

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Thank you to our cohort and faculty members Siddhartha Mitter () & Alexander Nemerov for a rich start to the arts writing course today!

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Applications for our fall course are open through 9/15!

Join us for Arts Writing/Writing about Art hosted in partnership with .

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Next week on June 18, join us for a screening of "The Project of Togetherness" with The New Art School Modality from 6–8 pm.
INFO: https://mca.social/3RbCY9N

Students from the New Art School Modality “festac course” share a 25-minute film documenting their research and artistic responses to studying FESTAC 77’, the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, which took place in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1977. A discussion follows the screening.

CART captioning is available for this event.
📸 New Art School modality “FESTAC course” broadsheet for 2024 Lagos Biennial. Courtesy of Chaski No.