Finally, the Art School of your dreams!
Pretend Art School is a PRETEND GAME, running October 18-23, 2021, online.
For a pretend game you only need two things: some characters, and a storyline. Everyone gets to choose one (or more) characters that they want to play, and together you figure out and then act out fun storylines.
At Pretend Art School, I’ve created the structure of an art school, with classes and studios and teachers and students. Within the basic structure of the art school, we have complete freedom to invent whatever fun characters and storylines we please.
The game includes a discussion forum for text-based play, and an online videoconferencing space, open 24/7 for the whole week, where we’ll have
- Art classes: These will have set hours, assignments, a teacher, and curriculum. You can play as a teacher, a student, a government auditor checking that the curriculum complies to provincial standards…
- Studio hours: Studios will be open at all hours and you can go there to work. Indigo will post set hours when they will be attending studio and working on their art. In studio you can focus on art-making and completing homework assignments, or you can play out scenarios like secret crush, teacher’s pet, gallery looking for up-and-coming artists to exploit…
- Open Mic night (Thursday October 21, 6-7:30pm eastern): Everyone comes in character, some people sign up to pretend to perform. You can actually perform, pretend to perform, or play a clip of someone else performing and we’ll pretend it’s you.
- Art Department party (Saturday Oct 23, 4-5:30pm eastern): It’s a pretend party, with specific party activities. If you’re a bit nervous about playing pretend games and you want a lot of structure, this is the best option for you. You can attend the Art Department Party even if you haven’t enrolled in Pretend Art School. Read more here and invite your friends!
You can attend as many events as you like, and ignore everything you don’t want to do.
The game also includes support from me, a self-anointed expert in pretending. I’ll help you find fun characters and storylines to play out. And if you’ve forgotten how to pretend, I’ll give you tips to make your pretending feel really fun and juicy.
Want to play?
Pretend Art School is over for now, but you can still donate to support the next Pretend Art School, coming Winter 2022!
- Donate $1000 and we will name the Pretend Art School after you!
- Donate $500 and we will name a pretend building after you!
- Donate $250 and we will endow a professorship in your name!
Your donations are NOT tax-deductible, as the school is a pretend school.