Workshops

Building Responsive Art with Arduino [Intro to Physical Computing] with Missy Cooper

Beginners

This workshop introduces physical computing as a storytelling tool. Using Arduino, a simple sensor, and conductive paint, we'll experiment with creative coding and how interactive elements can explore emotional influences and impact. Through a live demo, participants can see how storytelling can be activated through visuals and interaction. No prior hardware experience is required.

Missy Cooper (she/her) is an artist, technologist, and curriculum developer based in Florida. Possessing over a decade of experience in education, software development, and creative practice, she is currently working on interactive experiences that integrate emerging technology, portraiture, and poetry. Her work investigates identity, emotional layering, and community storytelling through the application of creative coding and physical computing.

She is the founder of QL Collective [The Attic, The Coop Social Clubs, and The Art of Missy]. Her organizations are dedicated to cultivating inclusive, sensory-aware environments for artistic, technological, and creative exploration. She believes that code is not merely functional but inherently expressive. Through normalizing more equitable practices, coding can remain profoundly human in emerging computer science spaces.

Letterforms as physics objects with Sai Ram Ved Vijapurapu

Intermediate

Words have weight. They occupy space and press against surfaces. In this workshop, we'll use p5.js & matter.js to turn type into rigid bodies and drop them into a canvas. Then we shall ask what kind of letters (or words, or sentences) do we give weight to using this system, and why.

Sai Ram Ved Vijapurapu (he/him) is an information designer crafting delightful experiences with data & technology who draws inspiration from natural phenomena, often using code as a means to that end. In the past, his work has been recognised and celebrated by CultureHub, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Bangalore International Center and Information is Beautiful, among others. Sai is currently at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program where he continues to evolve his practice by imbuing interactivity in his work.

Python Pets : Creative Coding in Python w Turtle, text, and more with M DeNardo

Intermediate

This will be a live coding session in Python.
Educators will be given fresh tools, (“pets”), for teaching students 7-10 years of age.
A general level of coding experience and understanding of Python is helpful, but not required.
🐍

M DeNardo (they/them) is a STEM educator, who teaches children 7 -10 in afterschool, online, and tutoring formats.
They have 10+ years educating software engineering through the lens of creative coding.
Their project @whichcodewitch is an expansion of this work.

Computational Poetry with L5 with Lee Tusman

Intermediate

What happens when you let code arrange your words and images? In this workshop we'll explore computational poetry using L5, a beginner-friendly creative coding library based on p5.js but written in Lua. You'll create your own generative piece that produces a new composition with every click.

Lee Tusman is a New York-based artist working with computational media. His works exist beyond traditional gallery contexts as playable software, online projects, sound broadcasts, and community-building tools, challenging conventional boundaries between artworks, organizing practice, and experimental narrative. His practice evolves at the intersection of individual expression and collective action, proposing alternative models for digital culture that prioritize sustainability, accessibility, and community self-determination. Tusman studied at Brandeis University and received his MFA from UCLA in Design Media Arts. He is Associate Professor of New Media and Computer Science at Purchase College. He hosts the podcast Artists and Hackers and initiated the creative coding library L5.