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This is a list of proposed classes [ show newest to oldest, show recent interest ]

tentative name	proposal excerpt	interested
People Watching	A monthly(?) film-screening series with the goal of approaching movies for their [...]	40 +
MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF SOMETHING *	Rethinking what it means to be original. Review of modern tactics for [...]	40 +
The Spanish Language	I live in Los Angeles and can barely speak a word of [...]	40 +
typography	This course would be an introduction to the concepts, history, and practice [...]	33 +
Digital Textile Printing *	In one class session, the instructor will introduced and present samples of [...]	32 +
knitting 101	crash course on knitting including, knit, purl, increase, decrease, cable, reading patterns [...]	29 +
Taxonomies & Classification *	Course explores different kinds of taxonomies and classification systems, comparing and contrasting. [...]	24 +
messianic time *	this class would be about walter benjamin’s concept of messianic time. it [...]	23 +
French	Those of us with rudimentary French skills could practice with each other. [...]	23 +
Vacuum Forming at Home *	How to build your own rig, materials, and best practices.	21 +
kids in sandbox: advanced music for beginners	a sustained engagement with experimental music of the past 50 years, with [...]	21 +
The Public School	The mechanisms of the public school will be presented and discussed: which [...]	20 +
Marx	We will be reading the "Money" chapter for the second meeting of [...]	20 +
The History of Art Theory and Criticism	More of reading group where we would read essays about art, starting [...]	20 +
MAX/MSP	A beginning class in MAX/MSP and Pd, exploring sound synthesis and sample manipulation. These first [...]	20 +
Associative Remote Viewing	Theory and practice of ARV. Find lost objects, predict the future and [...]	19 +
A Foot In Both Worlds	Learn to channel passing spirits and astral project whenever and wherever.	19 +
Intro Motion Graphics/ Beg. After Effects	If anyone is interested in Motion Graphics, primarily using software such as [...]	19 +
Theoretical Physics *	"Theoretical physics attempts to understand the natural world by making a model [...]	19 +
conceptual choreography	this course experiments with creating movement from concepts. we work around imagery, [...]	16 +
making ceramics	Someone would teach the basics of ceramic making ie. what clay to [...]	16 +
Art: Interaction & Participation	Read, discuss, create, experiment, enact. A series of meetings and field [...]	15 +
Relational Aesthetics and Its Philosophy, Relationally	This one-day course will discuss and engage with the various (specifically Deleuze [...]	15 +
PIC me	Introductory microcontrollers class. Learn about programming with PIC micros. Examples [...]	15 +
how to start a compost	Participants would learn how to start a compost.	15 +
Hegemony and Antagonism	This reading group will involve a close reading of Ernesto Laclau and [...]	14 +
Yo, Dick... Ad Feminem: When Ads Attack	Whether it's through direct mail, radio commercials, towering billboards, or newspaper spots, [...]	14 +
Chinese Pop Music Crash Course *	Someone would give a history of popular music in China with audio [...]	14 +
Strip Tease/ Seduction	Theoretical and Practical.	14 +
Bad Theater as a Cradle for Self-Actualization	This is a 4-week intensive on Bad Theater as a means of [...]	13 +
junktronics : analog sensors and electro-mechanics	In this intermediate to advanced course, students will learn the basics of [...]	13 +
the persecution of wilhelm reich	we could talk about: wilhelm reich, his theory of orgone energy and the orgasm, his work's [...]	13 +
Speaking Korean	It's really hard to find a place to improve my Korean on [...]	13 +
See the Sound: Weaving the 20th Century Tapestry of Art, Music, Philosophy, and More	This class will be primarily addressing "The Cage Effect" on art-music, post-war [...]	12 +
screen printing for flatstock	I use the silkscreening/serigraphy medium to create my own work as well [...]	12 +
Highlights from Venice Biennale, documenta 12, and Sculpture Muenster	Once in a decade, these three era-defining contemporary art exhibitions occur simultaneously. [...]	12 +
The Long Now; (knowing, being, sleeping, occasionally doing)	This would be a three day course based on experiencing and dissecting [...]	12 +
Roland Barthes	Barthes 'from work to text' seems to theorize the type of society [...]	12 +
The Distributed Gallery #1	A facilitated group project. Curating and/or producing work for the first installment [...]	11 +
D.I.Y. massage techniques	Learn to massage your lover(s), friend(s), and/or strangers as we explore some [...]	11 +
the spagyric poisoner's weekend workshop	learn how to create an astral disaster in your own garage. [...]	11 +
Urban Gardening	Learn how to start and maintain a garden with little to no [...]	11 +
FEMME FATALE 101 : HOW TO BE A DEADLY FEMALE	The course covers everything from how to always appear mysterious, how to [...]	11 +
$10 sommelier	A sommelier would give advice on great wine selections readily availible at [...]	11 +
How bills become laws in the state of California	Would you like to know more about how a laws are made? [...]	11 +
A Heuristic Introduction to Computational Geometry	This course discusses common problems/patterns/solutions in computational geometry and how they are [...]	10 +
PRINTING CIRCUIT BOARDS	learn gEDA to make cad files, inkjet printing negatives, and acid etch [...]	10 +
Cinema through psychoanalysis (Zizek and Lacan)	I propose a class that would look at cinema through the eyes [...]	10 +
Science Fiction: Gender and Sexuality	This course will focus on several contemporary works of science fiction in [...]	10 +
Peak Oil	Students will read excerpts from certain books/articles/essays and watch a documentary or [...]	10 +
stalking vincent gallo	we can follow prince vince home a few days a week until [...]	10 +
Making Tamales (the wiki way)	We'll start out by using a traditional recipe as a jumping board [...]	10 +
Non-photo emulsion silk screen printing techniques	I propose to instruct a workshop on a few DIY alternatives to [...]	10 +
For Richard - The Paper as Canvas, Words as Paint: Using the Techniques of Visual Art to Write Vivid Prose	A blank page and a blank canvas have much in common, both [...]	10 +
Empire	Over a few classes (4 or so?) we read through and discuss [...]	9 +
master your dremel (or other hand-held rotary tool)	a general overview of dremel basics and how the bits' shape and [...]	9 +
ARM yourself	Advanced microcontrollers class. Learn about the architecture and programming of ARM-7 [...]	9 +
Patents and Copyrights	Someone, maybe an inventor, who has experience with filling patents and copyrights [...]	9 +
experimental meditation group	open mic meditation nite, bring your weird, wacky, normal, mundane, and otherwise [...]	9 +
lip reading	we would learn to read lips.	9 +
Introduction to Programming using JavaScript (and Java)	This is a rapid paced intro to the art of computer programming [...]	9 +
BECOMING A SEEKER ~ Beyond the google, the last frontier	Learn to build our own spiders and bots to break free of [...]	9 +
Aesthetics of Risk	We will read various academic and literary essays (the first main "reader" [...]	9 +
Discordiaism	Class explores the fundamental basis of the 'joke' religion and probes some [...]	9 +
"conceptual paradise" screening and discussion	conceptual paradise is a film essay by stefan romer who will be [...]	9 +
Vagabondism	The art of transient living. Models and resources	9 +
For RICHARD SERRA: me, you and some other creative people in a small but open space learning from each other	I propose that Miranda July teaches a workshop about being creative in [...]	8 +
How to Become a "Body Without Organs"	We will read and discuss texts (philosophical and literary) that lay [...]	8 +
Open Sound Control communication protocol.	Finally an alternative to MIDI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface has arrived... Open Sound Control communication protocol or simply [...]	8 +
Soft Circuits	Soft Circuits are a new alternative way to assemble electronics circuitry using [...]	8 +
Creating repeating textiles in Adobe Illustrator	This class is for intermediate Adobe Illustrator users. Students would learn the [...]	8 +
utopia/dystopia	Why have human beings always been obsessed with creating ideal societies? Are [...]	7 +
Theory in 3 acts/thought technique	Class 1 of 6. Tensions of Power and Creativity in Acts of [...]	7 +
This Ones for You Richard: Aesthetics of/and Embodiment: Art and the Body	This two meeting course will commence with a close reading of Maurice [...]	7 +
Computational Origami	to learn how to fold origami and understand the underlying geometry of [...]	7 +
Appropriation and Remix	I propose a class in seminar fashion, in which participants would [...]	7 +
Learning PHP	Learn how to build your own website using PHP.	7 +
This One's for you Richard! Pinata-Making!	Richard Serra's "Band" would inspire students by temporarily taking on the guise [...]	7 +
Hello world!	In this class we will execute or compile the "Hello World!" program [...]	6 +
hackphone	One-session course that will begin with a brief overview of iphone hacking [...]	6 +
Concrete is Fluid	I'd like to learn how to make something out of concrete. [...]	6 +
Buckminster Fuller: Theories and Design	Unwrapping Buckminster Fuller's designs, ideas and world view, through readings and discussion. [...]	6 +
HDR Photography	Students will get a chance to learn the basics of High Dynamic [...]	6 +
D.I.Y. massage club	let's get together and massage each other - for FREE. we'll use [...]	6 +
hypnosis	someone would give a tutorial on how hypno-therapy works and demonstrate the [...]	6 +
Sedgwick: Touching Feeling	This is a proposal for a reading group focused on Eve Sedgwick's [...]	6 +
Stream of Collective Unconsciousness ~ Machine guided, collaborative, spontaneous prose	We will work together to write a book in the least amount [...]	6 +
Contracts, billing, and running a business for full time freelancers	How to write a contract for freelance work. Tips for running a [...]	6 +
Thinking outside universe A	A class taught by a brain surgeon physicist who instructs students on [...]	6 +
Narratology, Narrative, and Non-Narrative	More of a reading group to make our way through some texts [...]	6 +
How To Have Fun	How to have fun	6 +
Meditation	A workshop that explains the benefits of meditation, along with guided group [...]	6 +
Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles, Part Deux: the Public School Loves LA	In the documentary "Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles" (handily, screening August 7th [...]	5 +
Actionscript 3.0	Building rich internet applications and dynamic website components	5 +
The History of Rotoscoping	I am a professional digital rotoscope artist and have given this lecture [...]	5 +
Hacking a digital knitting machine	learn how to re-program a digital knitting machine to alter the weaving [...]	5 +
Practical Electro-Mechanisms	Different electro-mechanical elements would be introduced and demonstrated. The optimal application [...]	5 +
2012	A discussion and workshop styled class surveying the prophecies and links with [...]	5 +
placeomapia - urban interculturalism	I am offering a seminar style class where the participants will be [...]	5 +
Ranciere, Politics, and Aesthetics: Redux	The class will be a kind of wrap-up / new / re-thought [...]	5 +
Drawing and Publishing Comics	I would like to learn more about drawing and publishing comics.	5 +
Mandarin Conversation/Chinese Character Exchange	For those with some Mandarin speaking skills who want help with tonal [...]	5 +
The Conquest of Mexico	One night seminar of the history of the Conquest of Mexico. [...]	5 +
Banned Books - A Look at Censorship in Literature	The history of Book Banning through contemporary times. Censorship, etc.	5 +
What are the Mexican newspapers saying about US?	Classes 1 or 2. A lecture (one year synthesis) on American [...]	4 +
Irwin/ Turrell/ Garrett/ Serra/ Public School project	A proposal for LACMA: A class restaging Robert Irwin and James Turrell's [...]	4 +
The Second National Symposium on Habitability	A proposal for LACMA: The symposium will be concerned with 'habitability' as [...]	4 +
non-commitment	I'm interested in thinking about this as a strategy. There are better [...]	4 +
How to play in life/ "Mind Regression"	Take fun and humor and insert into normal routine: a class on [...]	4 +
topology mathematics	Principle and theories of the mathematical field of Topology will be taught. [...]	4 +
Contemporary and Classic Economics	I would like to engage in a group discussion that would explore [...]	4 +
exercises in creativity	Exercises in Creativity is a class that explores several different outlets of [...]	4 +
abacus practice group	Exploring basic abacus skills and concepts. Using the Japanese or soroban [...]	4 +
ceramics	Making a "kaki: Japanese Ikebana (flower arrangement) ware" 1. Making a form 2. Bisque [...]	4 +
Class Action Class	A basic how-to class on dealing with bureaucratic processes that are potentially [...]	4 +
Taiwanese	Beginning Taiwanese	4 +
Emotion and Art	How to use art as a pathway to emotional and spiritual development	4 +
Urban Plein Air Society of Los Angeles	A class of artists/people interpreting different public spaces in Los Angeles. [...]	4 +
groups	A course about group psychology using the group as the lab. All [...]	3 +
Queer Visualities and Theories	A two-day reading group on contemporary (1990-present) queer visualities and theory: all [...]	3 +
Stay Creative	How to stay creative for hours, days, weeks, years. We will cover [...]	3 +
Intermediate/Advanced Japanese Conversation	Intermediate to advanced Japanese language conversation. Classes could include watching television or [...]	3 +
Art and Maddness	A discussion of the relationship between art and madness.	3 +
Creating brushes in illustrator	Students would learn to create different brushes for use in illustrator, to [...]	3 +
The Dali Lama	Discussion of the Dali Lama and his teachings	3 +
electronic art	multiple session class with the gaol being to construct a small LED [...]	3 +
In Richard Serra's other sculpture (not in Band) at LACMA -Sequence	The teacher would whisper a lecture or quote a long text to [...]	3 +
forum/online community development.. dot-com world! *	Lately I've been contemplating in this dot-com idea... I already have a [...]	2 +
building a band from the transistors up	My friend makes electric guitars and amplifiers and I'd love for him [...]	2 +
What's _Left_ of Theory: Politics and Aesthetics, Now	This class, reading group, taking its cue from the 2000 anthology in [...]	2 +
Homosexuality and Art	A look at the link between Homosexuality and Art, Homosexual Artists, and [...]	2 +
Introduction to Gasification of Biomass to Synthetic Fuel	Brief overview of the process of converting solid biomass (think the stuff [...]	2 +
show and tell	Just like in kindergarden. Bring something you find interesting to "show," and [...]	2 +
French Creative Writing	It would be a creative writing class, only the writing would be [...]	2 +
This Ones for You Richard: Share and Tell: Share your concern, Tell your solution to someone elses...	The proposed workshop will consist of a circle of people meeting inside [...]	2 +
processing .art .science	the programme:processing	2 +
Frank Rich Film Series	Whenever Frank Rich refers to a film in his weekly editorials to [...]	1 +
8-bit Lab Intro	8-bit Lab is an ongoing series of electronics workshops at The Public [...]	1 +
8-bit Lab: LEDs	All you can learn about LEDs (light-emitting diodes) in a one-session course. [...]	1 +
Creationism	"Creation Science" and "Intelligent Design" for non-believers. What is it and why [...]	1 +
Abstract Painting & Yoga & Cultivating Compassion	There are so many benefits to this course. First of all, [...]	1 +
Distilling Absinthe	I distill the turn-of-the-century liquor absinthe in a traditional manner and have [...]	1 +
Dangers of Psychiatric Medication and how to get off of it	Psychiatric Medications are often toxic. Withdrawing from these medicines are difficult. [...]	1 +
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU RICHARD	I'd like to run part of this course, perhaps in conjunction with [...]	1 +

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ALREADY OFFERED

tentative name	proposal excerpt
grant writing...	straight forward grant writing class for artists and others who need to [...]
Walter Benjamin: The Arcades Project	The description of the class is here. Date: Sundays: April 20, May 4, [...]
repeating patterns	This class will explore the making of repeat patterns and placement prints [...]
Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles	This would just be a video screening and maybe a discussion afterwards. [...]
OpenGL/C++ Primer	Learn programming with OpenGL/C++ framework, a powerful platform for hardware-accelerated computer graphics. [...]
8-bit Lab	Introductory microcontrollers workshop. This would be a series of hands-on classes for [...]
Sadism & Masochism	This course will cover a broad range of material relating to S [...]
Postscript on Control Societies, Gilles Deleuze	This is a short and fairly accessible essay Deleuze wrote following the [...]
Luck	The true nature of luck and how to make your own. A [...]
For Richard - Ekphrasis/Filling In Serra's Spaces: Writers As Artists Reacting to Art	First, what is ekphrasis? Simply put, ekphrasis is “the vivid and poetic response [...]
Ranciere: The Politics of Aesthetics (and/as an Ethics)	I propose to have a reading group -- so, not so much [...]
Learn VJ Techniques	learn basic vj software arkaos and modul8.midi control, video compression, composition building [...]
Queer Technologies	Theoretical / Practical. Studies the status of queerness as subcultural and regulatory [...]
For Serra: One Place After Another Is Never the Same Place	This course/reading group will take place twice and on two different days [...]
All About UFOs	Why do humans see unidentified flying objects in the sky? Flying [...]
Nicolas Bourriaud: Critical Engagements	This reading group will involve a close reading of Nicolas Bourriaud's two [...]
Blubber, Bowlines and Boat Hulls	A proposal for LACMA: This course would involve reading selections from Herman [...]
The Democratic Museum - A Half Day Seminar	A Proposal For LACMA: Drawing from sociologist Joyce Rothschild’s definition of a democratic [...]
Watching Vaginal Davis	Screening three extremely rare performances and shows of/by Vaginal Davis (specific pieces [...]
gumstix computers	A technical introduction to gumstix computers - currently the smallest, open source [...]
How to Act like an Animal	How to Act like an Animal What: A performance workshop exploring primate [...]
The economy of giant-ass sculptures	I would like to facilitate a discussion about the shapeshifting duality of [...]
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Pier Paolo Pasolini’s notorious final film, Salò, or the 120 Days of [...]

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tentative name	proposal excerpt
yoga	Yoga.
babies	learn about babies
Subbotnik!	The Public School is moving to a new space and we would [...]
knitting	and i know the perfect person to teach it!