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SchoolofMachines,Making&Make-Believe🍉BLM
@schoolofma.bsky.social
Independent school intersecting art, technology, design, human connection. Empowering humans via education & community since 2014. No more wars.
In 5 sessions move from sound-based drawing > performance > installation, crafting an immersive, multi-sensory art experience rooted in personal interpretation & imagination. W/support from artist/production designer Abby Portner!

💥https://www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/early2026-visualizing-noise💫
February 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Humanos Cuestionando las Máquinas, 16. Feb. at @makebelievestudio.berlin Veteranenstr. 21, 5th floor (use the elevator!). Para mas Info: www.instagram.com/p/DUneeZIlDbY/
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Interview w/Data Engineer, Maxene Graze, discussing her practice and her course designed as a playful foundation in data visualization for beginners and seasoned data peeps. 

Read more here: www.schoolofma.org/news/intervi...
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Come explore:

*Data journaling & tracking
*Google Sheets for organizing data
*Sonification of Data
*Physical making tools for tangible storytelling
*Optional sensors to capture data
*And more!

Fermenting Data: Kimchee Dataset Edition
 runs
Mondays, 
18h-20h from 23. Feb. (5 weeks)

bit.ly/4rC3sB3
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Come make something weird and wonderful! Deadline to join our 14-week semester new media art evening program in Berlin is 26. Jan. In addition to courses, enjoy studio workspace, receive mentorship, project support,make friends w/lovely humans & more. For Sign-ups: www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
January 24, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The world is in chaos. Let's come together. Sign-up by Monday, 26. January to join in our 14-week new media art tech evening program in Berlin! www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
January 23, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The world is in chaos. Let's come together. Sign-up by Monday, 26. January to join in our 14-week new media art tech evening program in Berlin! www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
school of machines after hours — School of Machines, Making, and Make-Believe
Please read the “about fees” section below before selecting a ticket type. Monthly installment options are available - details are in the “Fees” section.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Free workshops and events during Vorspiel 2026 at School of Machines, hosted by Make-Believe Studio! Get an intro to creative coding & live coding, plus art tech en espanol (meetup tonight!), and intimate convos w/strangers via School of Humans. Come join us! www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/v...
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Freelancers! Our tax dollars are going nowhere good these days. Get your last minute tax write-offs in for 2025 & come learn new things in 2026!

Our 14-week semester new media evening program runs February to May. Put your tax dollars into education not war! www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
December 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Last day to apply for scholarships for this 14-week semester new media art tech evening program in Berlin! Please share with your peeps! Happy holidays! <3 www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
LAST DAYS TO APPLY FOR OUR FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS! DEADLINE IS MONDAY, 22. DEC. PLEASE SHARE, THANKS! <3
Open Call for Scholarships for upcoming 14-wk semester evening new media art tech program running Feb. - May in Berlin Mitte!

Reserved for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial hardship.
www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...

Info session Friday, come by!
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Robert Reich's film "The Last Class" live streaming free now! <3 www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17...
The Last Class with Robert Reich: Live Watchalong
YouTube video by Inequality Media Civic Action
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December 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Open Call for Scholarships for 14-wk semester evening new media art tech program (Feb. - May) in Berlin Mitte! schoolofma.org/programs/p/e... IRL Program Info session tomorrow, Friday, 5. Dec. from 5-7pm CET. Come by!
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Open Call for Scholarships for upcoming 14-wk semester evening new media art tech program running Feb. - May in Berlin Mitte!

Reserved for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial hardship.
www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...

Info session Friday, come by!
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Who wants to learn more at the intersection of food and data? Last call for Fermenting Data, begins this weekend! www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/f...
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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A panel:

(School of the Commons @schoolofcommons.bsky.social / LungA School @lungaschool.bsky.social / Strother School of Radical Attention @schoolofattention.bsky.social / NØ SCHOOL NEVERS / School of Machines @schoolofma.bsky.social)
Archived recording of ANTIUNIVERSITY 2025 ~ Lessons from Artist-Run Schools: on Art, Attention, Ecology, and Technology chaired by Anne Lee Steele @aleesteele.bsky.social

youtu.be/fylp8RsdelY?...
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Firms: Mikaela Loach, Jamaican British Climate Activist
Climate Activist Mikaela Loach: Name Hurricanes After Fossil Fuel Firms
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history. The Category 5 storm slammed into Jamaica on Tuesday with 185-mile-per-hour winds, and the extent of the damage is not ...
www.democracynow.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Meet Abigail, a visual artist/production designer whose spent a lot of her career on the road as a touring lighting and production designer for bands like John Cale and Animal Collective.

Her online course begins next week and spots are still available!

Read more here: bit.ly/abbyInterview
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Last day to apply! For more info and to join, visit: makebelievestudio.berlin

www.instagram.com/p/DPtLF3cjWk...
schoolofma on Instagram
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October 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Performers and those of you w/something inside you wanna express but no idea what it is or how you’ll do it because you’ve never done it before: come join! We’re a collective w/shared space in Berlin for creative inquiry & open spots for new members! makebelievestudio.berlin
October 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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These leaders of schools will discuss their relationships to legacy institutions, tactics for sustaining alternative education, visions for the future, and more.

- Benjamin Gaulon (NØ SCHOOL NEVERS)
- Rachel Uwa (@schoolofma.bsky.social)
- Peter Schmidt (@schoolofattention.bsky.social)
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We're a collective of international artists, technologists, designers, researchers, and the like, w/a shared space in Berlin for play, thoughtful connection, and creative inquiry and we are seeking new members! Join us!

Deadline: Sunday, 12. October.
makebelievestudio.berlin
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Last days to join, we begin Wednesday! Learn immersive experiences from history to funding/producing your own stories with creative industries consultant Sarah Brin!

(Abridged) History and Practice of Immersive Experiences
Wednesdays, 8. Oct.-5. Nov., 6-8pm CET

www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/f...
October 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Meet Yaron Maïm a Swiss-French media artist, creative technologist and the instructor of our upcoming course ‘Video is the New Sketch’, whose practice moves between abstraction and system-building, and debunking the myths of creativity and generative art. www.schoolofma.org/news/intervi...
October 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM