/ About
At Craft 1o1, we believe that education flourishes when boundaries dissolve. That’s why every participant is invited to explore beyond their primary interest, engaging with a rich ecosystem of programs that span five core categories: VISUAL ARTS, HUMANITIES, PERFORMING ARTS, CONSTRUCTION, MECHANICS and CULINARY ARTS. Whether you’re curious about architectural drawing, want to try your hand at welding, or feel called to join a movement workshop – no prior experience is required, only openness. This cross-disciplinary pollination is central to our mission: no one comes just for one thing, and everyone leaves with more than they expected.
When applying, participants will select the weeks they wish to join us on campus, based on the programs that speak to them most. However, during their stay, they are welcome, encouraged, and warmly invited to take part in any other programs happening that same week at no additional cost. This creates a dynamic learning environment where curiosity leads the way, and transformation happens in the spaces within and between disciplines.
We encourage all applicants to express interest in more than one program as part of the application process, and to embrace the full range of possibilities that Craft 1o1 has to offer.
/ Programs
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July 5 – 26
Drawing
David Gersten
Architect/Artist/Writer/Educator
VISUAL ARTS
Drawing 101 will be taught by David Gersten, Founding Director of Arts Letters and Numbers and longtime Professor of Architecture at the Cooper Union. The class will begin with the basics of drafting and the fundamental relationships between the paper, parallel edge, triangles, pencil, scale and eraser. Working with a series of specific questions the participants will explore the rhythm tempo and spaces of drawing, learning to play these ‘instruments of drawing’ as a musician plays their instruments. We will explore the choreography of drawing and the relationships between what a drawing ‘is’ and is ‘of’, making drawings not to ‘show’ something but to ‘see’ something. The class will lead to increasingly large and complex drawings that allow people to ‘inhabit’ the space of their drawings.
July 5 – 26
Noqteh*: Probing the Space of the Written Dot
Sina Goudarzi
Designer/Calligraphy Artist
VISUAL ARTS
* Dot (Persian)
This workshop will examine the fundamental role of dots in providing significance to letters and typographic composition. It will then engage participants in activities that explore dots as a visual element of intervention. Through the use of handwritten forms and compositions, the workshop aims to create a platform for gathering diverse voices and creating spaces.
July 3 – August 28 *
Corporel Communication Mechanics
Rich Kuperberg
Mime/Dancer/Performing Artist
PERFORMING ARTS
* One per week
Participants will learn the mechanics of the body as developed by his teacher Etienne Decroux, father of contemporary mime and teacher if Marcel Marceau. Harnessing the efficient coordination of the parts of the body in transfer of maximum power gives the class grace and beauty in movement which is the essence of the professional athlete. Awkward disjointed movement is transformed in the student to create movement that is beautiful to watch. Articulation of body parts in progressive and digressive combinations gives movement to form design.
July 8 – August 27 *
Plumbing
Steven Lawrence
Educator/Craftsman
CONSTRUCTION
* Twice per week (Tuesdays & Wednesdays)
Plumbing 1o1 will include the study of water supply, waste management, and heating systems typified in light-commercial and residential settings. Water sourcing, distribution and disposal require the understanding of fundamental processes in standard applications. Hydronic heating systems, as presented in this workshop are also typified in domestic heating systems, where a cursory understanding goes far in providing a wider context to the nature of the craft. Participants have the opportunity to practice the soldering of copper (a dying art in this transitional trade) as well as the more contemporary installation of water supply design and installation in all its forms. Systems drainage and waste removal is also explored, providing context to the types and uses in modern contexts. This workshop aims to provide participants with a foundational understanding of the craft of plumbing.
PROBLEM
July 11 – 20
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Nils Anderson
Artist/Weaver/Educator
VISUAL ARTS
Participants will learn the mechanics of the body as developed by his teacher Etienne Decroux, father of contemporary mime and teacher if Marcel Marceau. Harnessing the efficient coordination of the parts of the body in transfer of maximum power gives the class grace and beauty in movement which is the essence of the professional athlete. Awkward disjointed movement is transformed in the student to create movement that is beautiful to watch. Articulation of body parts in progressive and digressive combinations gives movement to form design.
July 14 – 20
Taconic Community Tables
Lee King
Architect/Artist/Writer/Educator
CONSTRUCTION
Over the course of the week, participants will engage in the full cycle of creating beautiful, functional tables from raw material to finished piece. Beginning with an introduction to design concepts and basic joinery techniques, we’ll move through collaborative planning, material selection, and hands-on woodworking. Together, we will build a series of communal tables intended for use in shared spaces — crafted not only as objects of utility, but as symbols of gathering, dialogue, and connection.
July 14 – August 1
Neapolitan Pizza & Bread Making
Nando Acampora
Head Chef & Restaurant General Manager
CULINARY ARTS
Students will learn the entire process of making pizza/bread dough from start to finish. They will be making a preferment known as a Biga which will then be refreshed with new flour for the final batch. After properly portioning and storing the dough, they will then learn how to handle and stretch it for pizza (baked in a firewood brick oven) and bread (baked in a conventional oven).
July 14 - 18
Experimental Weaving
Margot Becker
Artist/Weaver/Educator
VISUAL ARTS | HUMANITIES
Using the floor loom, frame loom, and weaving off loom into the third dimension, participants of Weaving 101 will study how tension, sett and pattern come together to shape fiber into a unique textile. Throughout the week the weaving studio will evolve into a living installation, a larger textile made up by individual woven works. With room for guided independent work as well as step by step instructions as needed, this week-long program is open to everyone.
July 17 - 25
Recitations of a Drawing by a Place-Bonder
Bahar Avanoğlu & Ipek Avanoğlu
Artist/Visual Researcher
VISUAL ARTS
Can we recite a drawing, breathe the drawing in? Whose voices do we hear when we recite a drawing - that of the artist, that of the textual subjects, that of the reciter, that of the place …? This workshop hopes to deal with these questions, engaging with a miniature depicting a scene from the love story between Yusuf and Züleyha, and its related tales. Through conversations on recitational drawing techniques, lyric voice, bonding-practices, and tales of love, the workshop will unfold as a series of performative drawing acts.
August 1 – 30
Synthetic Visions
Alexey Yurenev
Artist/Visual Researcher
VISUAL ARTS
Over the course of the program, participants will work on developing and producing a visual storytelling project using traditional photographic mediums as well as incorporating synthetic images and generative AI. Students will learn how to leverage these technologies to enhance their storytelling abilities, while also grappling with questions around representation, authenticity, and the ethical implications of using AI-generated content.
August 2 – 9
Filmmaking
Bill Morrison
Filmmaker
VISUAL ARTS
In this one-week intensive, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Bill Morrison will guide a maximum of 10 students through the creation of short personal films, beginning with capturing their experiences in Craft 101 through first-person point-of-view filming using their smartphones. Participants will then work directly with Morrison to edit these into 5–7 minute pieces, highlighting the diverse perspectives within the program. The workshop offers a hands-on introduction to Morrison’s unique storytelling and editing process, culminating in a public screening of the students’ completed works. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of editing software that is already installed on their personal laptops. The workshop assumes familiarity with importing, cutting, and exporting footage. ALN will provide review and screening spaces, but no additional studio facilities or equipment.
August 15 – 30
Computational Design
Will Hallett
Artist/Educator
MECHANICS | VISUAL ARTS
We will explore the field of computational design through design research, creative presentation, and digital fabrication. Our schedule will be structured through visiting zoom lectures from thinkers around the world; daily workshops with rhino, grasshopper, and figma alongside standard power tools, 3D scanners, and CNC mills; and final group-based development of a class build and creative immersive presentations in partnership with the RPI CRAVE lab. Our case study for this summer workshop will be van life design and digital carpentry. We will learn how to standardize an aesthetic concept by planning, making, and creatively marketing a 1998 Dodge B2500 Van. Special emphasis will be lent to learning the holistic contours of the field of computational design both through visiting lecture content and workshops, and a treatment of vans and automobiles as digital specimen within the following categorical outlines: as fordist assemblies in a network of parts; as modern automobiles with onboard computers, sensors, and protocols; and as generative historical-aesthetic templates.
August 25 – 30
Live Art Making
Jacqueline Loewen