I’m going to start up Hacking for Artists again with weekly workshops on Wednesday nights at my studio in Oakland. They are focused on artists who want to learn how to incorporate electronics and/or computer programming into their practices. They are not formal classes, but open time to work on projects in adjacency to and in collaboration with other artists who are figuring things out. And I am around the whole time to help you out, provide you with resources, and point you in the right direction. I have started to build an electronics lab and have all the basic tools (soldering iron, breadboards, etc) you will need along with a lot of components (arduino, raspberry pi, resistors, caps, lights, sensors, etc, etc) to play with.

I think they work best if you have a project and/or idea in mind and come to the workshop with questions. Then I can put together little demos, show you tutorials online and in books, and help you figure things out. I’m also open to feedback, so please let me know what you would like to see.

If you are interested in programming, I will give you a couple pre-workshop assignments to get started, then we’ll go from there.

So if you would like to participate, let me know. Since I’ll have to limit the number of people who show up, please RSVP to: nicklally *[AT]* gmail *[dot]* com

So here are some initial dates to think about:

September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9
October 16
…the future TBA

Let me know if you’ll be joining us!