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The Independent School of Art by Jon Rubin

The Independent School of Art is a nomadic experimental art school. Without institutional affiliations, degrees, or public funding, the school exists solely through the labor and efforts of it's participants, and thus fosters a proactive approach to college-level arts education, a real-world model where students are challenged to determine and create their own artistic realities. The school's barter-based tuition system makes explicit and direct the social contract between students and teachers and honors their collective labor as a vital form of cultural production. By existing without a site and locating nomadically, the school prioritizes social over physical architecture, and challenges students and teachers alike to imagine how their practice might intersect and respond to a larger set of physical situations and cultural possibilities. Since the ISA is not driven by tuition payments, employee payrolls, facility maintenance, fundraising quotas, degree granting and accreditation requirements it can be fluid and experimental, changing each semester to reflect the ambitions, personalities, and abilities of those in its community.

The Love Everybody Movement by Heidi Dorow

Founded in 2001, the Love Everybody Movement creates one-time-only events that include performances, spectacle, stunts and feats that promote love, fun, and community for both participants and viewers. The Love Everybody Movement also makes puppets, costumes, objects, installations, videos, publications, merchandise, and accessories.