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Drawing Data by Hand

Teachers
Meghna Dholakia, Paige Fulton
Date
Section 1: February 23, 2025 to March 23, 2025
Section 2: March 27, 2025 to April 24, 2025

(5 classes)
Time
Section 1: Sundays, 6-9pm EST Section 2: Thursdays, 6-9pm EST
Location
Online (Zoom)
Cost
$750 Scholarships available learn more...
Deadline
Applications open until November 17, 2024

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Description

Drawing data by hand is a way to attune our eyes to the hidden and so-plain-as-to-be-unseen dimensions of our world. In this course we will 'sketch' data as a way to engage with data concerning us, our communities, and the greater world. We might plot our fears, map our neighborhoods, graph our love lives, and chart the impact of our experiences. We will focus on the handmade, quirky, human-scale data that we can gather, clean, manage, and visualize without expert use of technology. As we develop our personal practices, we also enter the murky world of data as a text. Data is entangled in a knot-work of relationships. Work involving data cannot be divorced from the way that data is collected, stored, manipulated, bought, sold, and stolen by organizations, governments, and other entities. Experimenting with data as a tool for artistic curiosity and understanding necessitates asking questions about the materiality of data, its uses in surveillance, the positions of subject and collector, and all the glories and dangers of classification.

Outcomes

Course of Study

  • Week 1: Thinking about Thinking about Data
  • Week 2: Collecting, Classification & Organizing
  • Week 3: Making Meaning
  • Week 4: Forms & Visual Craft
  • Week 5: Celebration & Sharing

Expectations

Participants will be asked to draw. This may feel unfamiliar or scary. However, if you can draw a line, circle and/or triangle, you meet the prerequisites.

Time & Workload

Participants are expected to spend around two hours every week outside of class doing readings and assignments consisting of data-sketching, reflection, or light research.

Is this class for me?

This class may be for you if you:

  • Are interested in experimenting with a new way of interacting with the world
  • Like to make things with your hands
  • Want more critical conversations about data

This class may NOT be for you if you:

  • Want a deep dive of d3.js
  • Want a deep dive of tableau
  • Aren't interested in reflecting on your own processes

Meet the Teachers

teacher

Meghna Dholakia

Meghna Dholakia is a designer and artist fascinated by individual, collective, and geologic narratives of transformation. She enjoys long walks and collecting interesting looking leaves.

she/her · website · twitter · instagram

teacher

Paige Fulton

Paige Fulton is a multidisciplinary artist. She makes psychedelic black power zines with a focus on chaotic storytelling, light, time, and the ancestors. You can her writing and dreaming at ,dahologram.com

she/her · website · instagram

How do I apply?

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Applications open until Applications closed on November 17, 2024.

You can expect to hear back from us about the status of your application on December 3, 2024. Please email us at admissions@sfpc.study with any questions you have.

How much does it cost to attend?

For 5 classes, it costs $750 + processing fees, for a one-time payment. We also offer payment plans. Participants can schedule weekly or monthly payments of the same amount. First and last payments must be made before the start and end of class. *Processing fees apply for each payment.

SFPC processes all payments via Withfriends and Stripe. Please email admissions@sfpc.study if these payment options don't work for you.

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