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Classes
 The Web as Altar: HTML & CSS for Memorial and Ritual

Ages 18 and up
 April 1–22, 2025
 6–8pm, Tuesdays

Image Credit: Annie Fu

The Web as Altar: HTML & CSS for Memorial and Ritual is a beginner web design course that examines the web as a medium for crafting meaning, memory, and connection. Learners will reflect on the advantages and limitations of digital spaces for personal ritual and expression while building a beginner's toolkit of web design skills. For the course’s culminating project, learners will build a digital altar using HTML/CSS, free software and publishing platforms, and personal and found digital materials across the internet. Laptops will be made available to participants, but learners are welcome to bring their own. At the end of the course, participants will learn how to publish your project, share it, and reflect on the life it takes on far after the conclusion of the four weeks.

This course will be held in person at the Abrons Arts Center. All courses will gather on Wednesday April 30 for a culminating share out.

For a longer course description, please visit The School of Making Thinking’s page.

About Annie Fu

I am a creative developer, educator, and journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. Currently, I'm a geospatial developer for urban conservation at the New York Botanical Garden, creating web apps and tools that draw from NYC's historical ecology and empower solutions for combating climate change. I've taught as an adjunct professor at The New School for two years and Columbia Journalism School for one year, specializing in the integration of web design and interactive data visualization in journalism. My work focuses on the web as a medium for honoring and preserving our diverse lived experiences.

Partnership

The Web as Altar is curated in partnership with The School of Making Thinking.

This program is supported through a Cultural Development Fund grant awarded to The School of Making Thinking from the New York Department of Cultural Affairs.

Tuition Assistance

Abrons offers tuition assistance to any student whose household makes under $50,000 annually. Through our NYCHA Arts Initiative, classes are FREE for all NYCHA residents living in zip codes 10002, 10003, 10009, and 10038.

For courses offered in partnership with the School of Making Thinking, we also offer a sliding scale for people of color, trans people, and/or disabled people.

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