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Off-Times Newspaper Independent Study

A deep dive into the intersection of writing, visual art, and publication. You'll develop text-based work, build critical reflection skills, and collaborate on editorial projects that culminate in a printed issue of TAAS's artist-run newspaper — distributed globally through our artist network. Every participant is published. You're encouraged to bring it home, partnering with local art spaces to host your own pop-up release. One-on-one sessions with Eden aslo give you direct, substantive dialogue about your work that most artists rarely get.

One-on-one mentorship. Global reach. A tangible artifact of your practice.

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What You’ll Learn

  • How to work across text, image, and publication formats

  • How to shape and edit work for a collective publication

  • How to think through writing as both material and form

  • How to engage in editorial dialogue with peers

  • How to prepare work for print and public distribution

  • How to connect your work to a broader readership

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Next Cohort
Starts June 1

Program Structure

This five-month program meets twice a month and moves between lectures, workshops, and editorial sessions, guiding participants from early drafts to final publication.

Sessions focus on developing individual work alongside a shared editorial process, with opportunities for feedback, revision, and one-on-one mentorship.

The program culminates in a printed issue of Off-Times, featuring work by all participants and distributed globally through the TAAS network, with support for artist-led launch events in participants’ local contexts.

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Meet the Instructor

Eden Imrie

Eden Imrie (they/she) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and educator whose work and teaching grow out of the Ozark landscape where they were raised off-the-grid in a queer, rural community. Their practice explores place-based mythologies, ecological transformation, and the quiet architectures of belonging through photography, textiles, installation, and poetic language.

ARTIST, Curator & educator
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • TAAS is for artists, curators, makers, and doers at every stage of their artistic life. Many of our members already have undergraduate or graduate art degrees. We believe strongly that this mixed-level experience is an incredible opportunity.

  • The uniqueness of TAAS is that our instructors are often working artists and curators with complex schedules, therefore you’ll see amazing artists come, go and return from quarter to quarter.

  • TAAS is not accredited — intentionally. We believe the most valuable art education happens in dialogue with working artists and curators, not through institutional checkboxes.

  • TAAS operates on Zoom embedded in a networking software that operates as our digital campus. The platform includes a variety of messaging options, profile pages for artists to represent themselves and their work, and clubs in which they can host break-out sessions outside of classes.

  • The Alternative Art School uses Mighty Networks as our online campus and platform. This media-based learning environment allows artists to collaborate, upload their work, and share across vast distances.

  • TAAS is an online school and students need access to a dependable wifi network and a desktop or laptop computer with a working webcam and microphone. Some students find Direct Ethernet cables helpful to boost connectivity if their wifi networks are unstable.

  • While TAAS is not a non-profit, we have a fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, that accepts donations on our behalf and offers a tax-deduction for all donations. We certainly encourage those with means and a big heart to support this initiative (see “Support” tab to donate.)