Workshop
Upcoming Events

Workshop: Free Modular Synth Inside - An Introduction to Making Music in VCV Rack 2
a practical and fun introduction to modular synthesis and electronic sound creation using VCV Rack 2
Participants will need a laptop with VCV Rack 2 (free or paid verison) installed & headphones. We will be working entirely in software for the duration so don't forget your laptop power supply as well!
Workshop: Free Modular Synth Inside - An Introduction to Making Music in VCV Rack 2
a practical and fun introduction to modular synthesis and electronic sound creation using VCV Rack 2

Workshop: Generative Visual Programming in TouchDesigner
Learn how to build generative, simulation-driven, real-time visual effects
Workshop: Generative Visual Programming in TouchDesigner
Learn how to build generative, simulation-driven, real-time visual effects
Past Events
Workshop: Introduction to Live Visuals with Phase Shift Collective and special guests Denise Gallant and Allen Riley
Learn the fundamentals of live performance with video and light. This hands-on workshop, led by Andrei Jay and Paloma Kop of Phase Shift Collective, will cover topics including working with video mixers, processors, and synthesizers, video feedback in many forms, and classic light show techniques. From the occult details of quadrature amplitude modulation to how camera feedback models reaction diffusion systems, this workshop will help beginners get started doing live visuals, and fill in any gaps an experienced video artist might have. No prerequisite knowledge of anything is required to have a good time!
Andrei Jay is a mathematician, video artist, and educator. Paloma Kop is an experimental multimedia artist and ambient musician. Together, they do live audio visual performances and organize community and educational events for media artists.
Kumi Maxson: Exploring Community Liberation through Collective Improvisation
Workshop: Analog Video Processing with Sean Russell Hallowell
Embodiment Workshop for Creativity and Activism with Nicol Hammond
Stephanie Hewett: Groove Sermon Workshop
[POSTPONED] Workshop: Handcrafting Soft Circuits with Niki Selken
Handcrafting Soft Circuits focuses on ways to learn about circuits via paper crafts. Beyond the value of crafts as creative practice and art they provide a respite from the tyranny of the screen, in a world where we primarily engage with computers to learn/make.
Weekly Exploring Improvisation Space with Kumi Maxson
Ben Krasner & Clare Bathum S.C.U.M. x Indexical: Forest Walk (offsite)
POSTPONED: Feldenkrais Somatic Bodywork Workshop for Improvisers with Meerenai Shim
Allen Riley: Synchronization Station Workshop
Tamara Duplantis: Creating Sound Art with GB Studio Workshop
Participants will need a laptop with GB Studio installed: https://chrismaltby.itch.io/gb-studio
Workshop: Free Improvisation with Jacob Felix Heule and Danishta Rivero
Workshop: Creative discourse and computer music performance with Madalyn Merkey
Workshop: Composing with Cybernetics with MSHR
Learn to compose human-technological cybernetic systems in Pure Data with Portland-based duo MSHR in this workshop focusing on sonic feedback and interactions between participants. MSHR has been creating sculptural electronic systems since 2011, and their performances combine light and homemade circuit designs with digital systems for controlling and manipulating complex behavior in sound and visuals.
Workshop: Improvising DIY Electronics with Lauren Sarah Hayes
In this workshop we will demystify some of the processes surrounding live electronic music making. Led by electronic musician, improviser, and sound artist Lauren Sarah Hayes, participants will be guided through building low-cost, DIY electronic synths, and explore strategies for improvising using these new creations. Using techniques derived from embodied interaction, enactive approaches to music cognition, and improvisation traditions, the group will work together to playfully explore collaborative electronic music making. No musical or electronics experience is necessary.
Workshop: No-Input Mixer Feedback with Sally Decker
Workshop: RICH GLITCH with Anna Luisa Petrisko
RICH GLITCH is a collaborative, interactive workshop where we will journey through the realms of analog video mixing and 80’s style graphics. Steered by our collective vision, we will use vintage video mixers, live camera feed, video synthesis, and found footage to create new video art that looks rich and glitch. We’ll also view and discuss historical examples of video art. Feel free to bring your own found footage via VHS tapes or youtube links.
Workshop: Intro to SuperCollider with Michael Masaru Flora
An introductory course to using the SuperCollider programming language to make sound and explore generative composition. Look forward to a fun and hands on environment, as we journey through: instrument design, sound synthesis, and algorithmic composition. Participants will leave the workshop with a foundation of skills related to using SuperCollider for creative projects and resources for further development. Points of departure will depend on each student’s unique set of interests and abilities, but may include: music, installation, performance, and interactive art.
Workshop: Edible Instruments with Casey Thomas Anderson
Design new instruments in this hands-on workshop dedicated to the piezoelectric effect, a phenomena first observed in 1880 in which mechanical stress generates an electrical charge in crystals and ceramics allowing one to transform everyday found objects into unique sound generators! Join composer, sound artist, and educator Casey Anderson to learn about and experiment with the technological and artistic concepts that form the basis for this amplification-oriented approach to instrument design.
Workshop: Gerald Casel & Tim Russell
Join us for a workshop with choreographer Gerald Casel and sound designer Tim Russell, as they share their collaborative process with sound and dance artists to create a generative space where different modes of improvisation and composition are shared, critiqued, practiced, and re-processed.