Fall cohort
Presenting our Fall Teaching Fellows & Courses
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
An improvisational synth musician who works by day for
Wikipedia.
Course
Accidents on Purpose: Creative Practice in an Uncertain World
A course on chance operations, improvisation, and other ways of how we relate to unpredictability as a tool in art and beyond.
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
Grow Old Together: A Design Research Course for Aging Joyfully
A collective inquiry into retirement, aging, and how we might design life's second act more intentionally.
Aaryan Pashine
A software-tinkering graphic designer who started a studio and independent thesis with...
Omama Mahmood
A land steward and angsty thinker/zinester working in museum design.
Pop-up class
Digital Gardens: Sowing Seeds for a Mindful Practice
A series on making mindful spaces online where knowledge sharing and new ways of living can blossom.
Interested in taking one of our classes? Apply here!