• The Artist’s Anxieties How creatives can survive (and thrive) in the AI Revolution

    Is AI the new artist? Instead of answering that question, creative coach, entrepreneur and art collector Sonya Yu discusses what’s lost during the creative process when generative computers replace human hands, hearts, and minds—and how creatives can move from a place of anxiety to empowerment in the nascent AI revolution. If you are an artist

    DESIGN 101 – Design basics for novices

    High school students, community college students, and anyone else interested in design are invited to DESIGN 101, a 3-hour workshop where participants will explore the principles of design through a hands-on session. The activities of this workshop include creating zines, buttons, and packaging. DESIGN 101 will start with a brief introduction to design principles followed

    In conversation with Galanter & Jones

    Join us for a unique, intimate setting: imagine only 20 coveted spots on the couch in conversation with Co-Founders Miranda and Aaron Jones to discuss running a design business, innovation in furniture, manufacturing, challenges and successes. This event will take place in a small group setting. ABOUT: Galanter & Jones is a design + fabrication

    Agents of Change: Ben Davis of Illuminate/City of Awe

    Join us for the first in our new series Agents of Change: an inspiring presentation by Ben Davis, founder of Illuminate and producer of projects such as City of Awe, The Bay Lights, Honoring Harvey Milk, The Golden Mile, The Pink Triangle, Pi in the Sky and more art light installations around the city. Boom.

    Break it Until you Make It! The Egg Drop Challenge Using Sustainable Materials

    Participants of all ages and walks of life will experience techniques of design and arts through hands-on activities using simple tools and sustainable, recyclable, reused materials (provided by the organizing team). The participants will be divided into teams; each team will be challenged to devise a way to prevent an egg from breaking when dropped

    De.Coded. Creating a Human Atlas of Silicon Valley with Studio Sutherl&

    Join us for a talk by Jim Sutherland of Studio Sutherl& in the UK. Human Atlas is a social-impact art platform founded by artist Marcus Lyon. Mapping community through oral history, portraits and ancestral DNA. Inspiring the next generation of change. Human Atlas projects are research-based, interdisciplinary explorations of the people of a specified geography.

    Breaking Through Creative Blocks: Small Group Workshop

    What do artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs have in common? It’s two things: extreme imagination and sometimes extreme doubt. In this small workshop, creative and executive coach Sonya Yu will help individuals break through their current doubts, fears and blocks to better actualize their visions and feel empowered on their chosen paths. Calling all artists, creatives,

    Official Launch Party and Musical Performance: Storytelling with Designers Everett Katigbak and Paula Marengo

    Join us for an evening of music and storytelling with a musical ensemble comprised of designers. In between songs, you’ll hear stories and conversations about design passions and side hustles between Everett Katigbak (currently the first Creative hire at Anthropic, and former Executive Producer and Designer at Stripe, Pinterest, and Facebook) and Paula Marengo, designer

    Wiki Art Jam

    What does it take to be “The Last Best Place on the Internet”? While billions of people read Wikipedia every day, most are unaware of or do not understand the massive collaboration happening behind the scenes, involving people and machines. This collaboration is what allows Wikipedia to remain free and open source. Our vision is