02 Master Class: AA Bronson's School for Young Shamans

“Mr. Bronson is the surviving member of General Idea, a group of three artists and lovers who were together from 1969 to 1994. Since his partners, Jorge Zontal and Felix Partz, died of AIDS in the 1990s, Mr. Bronson has worked alone, but not really alone. As an artist, mentor of artists, healer and gay role model, he remains, in one way or another, a collaborator.”
  —Holland Cotter, New York Times, January 18, 2008

This master class revisits the sixties notion of the “free school” to construct an experiment in education and collaboration. Inspired by faerie circles, tea parties, queer rituals, group therapy, ceremonial magic, quilting bees, circle jerks, and other spiritual, psychological and social forms, the participants will work with each other and with AA Bronson to construct a context in which to develop their individual projects.  Readings and group discussion will include diverse topics related to art, healing, ritual, sexuality, and spirit.