Attention is a School

Residency at the National Academy of Design
(3/31/26 - 4/25/26)

The Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA) @schoolofattention will be in residency at the National Academy of Design from March 31st to April 25th, which brings to life our vision of “Future Schools” through a slate of public programs on the study and practice of radical attention. The school will host workshops, seminars, and a series of hour-long workshops inspired by a pantheon of pedagogical thinkers including Simone Weil, Augusto Boal, and Bayo Akomolafe.

“Future Schools” is a bold, three-part project–a dynamic exhibition, a live performance series, and an active curriculum of workshops and talks–that actively enacts alternative models for art education. It features new commissions by Ad Minoliti, Christian Nyampeta, and WAI Think Tank (Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Frankowski) and a chalkboard drawing by Chloë Bass. In addition to these programs, Future Schools will host LA ESCUELA___, the Strother School of Radical Attention, and the School for Poetic Computation for classes during the exhibition. “Future Schools” is curated by Natalia Viera Salgado, Associate Curator, and Nato Thompson, Guest Curator, with programmatic support from Frank Dallas. Created in partnership with Büro Koray Duman Architects. 

Event Schedule

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Black Mountain College Workshop (4/3/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Darryl Raven Workshop (4/3/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Attention Activism 101 (4/4/26-4/18/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Bayo Akomolafe Workshop (4/7/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Thornton Wilder Workshop (4/9/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Attention Lab: Sanctuary (4/11/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Augusto Boal Workshop (4/14/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Michele Foucault Workshop (4/16/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Maria Popova Workshop (4/21/26)

• ATTENTION IS A SCHOOL: Simone Weil Workshop (4/23/26)