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Off-Times Newspaper ISP with Eden Imrie

What if publishing wasn't documentation of the work, but the work itself?

In Off-Times, you'll explore the artist newspaper as a space for experimentation, collaboration, and exchange. You'll study artist publications across history and dig into how sequencing, text, image, typography, and editorial decisions shape meaning, then put it into practice by contributing to Off-Times, TAAS's own printed community newspaper.

Each issue is professionally printed and distributed internationally, and contributors are encouraged to activate it locally: pop-up exhibitions, readings, performances, and gatherings hosted with museums, galleries, artist-run spaces, universities, and bookstores. Past contributors have brought Off-Times to life at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, the National Academy of Design in New York, and independent spaces across multiple countries.

Open to artists in any discipline: writing, photography, sculpture, painting, performance, or research.

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What You’ll Gain

  • A byline. Contribute original work to a professionally printed issue of Off-Times

  • Real editorial experience, from concept through publication

  • A working knowledge of artist publications as a creative practice, historical and contemporary

  • Hands-on experiments with text, image, sequencing, and editorial design

  • Practical skills in writing, editing, and revising work for publication

  • A consistent peer group offering ongoing feedback and support

  • A spot in an international network of artists contributing to and activating Off-Times worldwide

  • The chance to organize or join a local event tied to the newspaper's release

Program Structure

September 3 – December 17, 2026

Thursdays, 12–1 PM ET

Weekly live sessions include:

  • Discussions of artist publications and readings

  • Editorial workshops

  • Writing and creative prompts

  • Peer feedback and group critique

  • Collaborative planning for each issue of Off-Times

Recordings will be available for members unable to attend live. But regular participation is necessary.

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Meet the Instructor

Eden Imrie

ARTIST, Curator & educator

Eden Imrie (they/she) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator based in the Ozarks. Working across photography, textiles, sculpture, installation, and language, their practice explores queer ecologies, regional identity, and the ways stories become embedded in landscape.

They received a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA from Stanford University, where they were awarded the Anita Squires Fowler Prize in Photography.

Their work has been exhibited nationally and is held in the permanent collections of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles and the Bates Museum of Art. Alongside their studio practice, Eden serves as Community & Program Manager at The Alternative Art School, where they develop programs that bring artists together through sustained dialogue, critical exchange, and collaborative learning.

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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.)