directed studies

Back in March, I posted about SPCMKR.com, a wiki site devoted to helping artists connect with informal residency programs...now on Glasstire, Andrea Grover has this entertaining roundup of informal or unaccredited art schools--many of which are really just extensions of exhibitions or art projects in disguise.

Since I like to think about how being a contemporary artist essentially can be a social activity, dependent on building relationships and exchanging information, these sorts of ventures--with no promise of generating professional credentials; just the opportunity to trade knowledge with peers--strike me as pretty cool.