Lessons from Artist-Run Schools (Year 2)

​Universities have long been organised as institutions of space, discipline, and hierarchy. Yet, in the last decade, we’ve seen the rise of alternative schools: seasonal gatherings, experimental classrooms, and artist-led initiatives that invite us to learn differently. These schools don’t simply reproduce the university model; they ask urgent questions: How do we learn? What practices and methods exist beyond the academic paper? How can artistic approaches reshape, or even dismantle, entrenched structures of higher education?

​For the second year of this annual discussion, this call will bring together creators and facilitators of artist-led schools to share their experiences, methods, and challenges. This panel will feature speakers from the Inland Academy, Ultralight School, London School of Solarpunk, and Mountain School of the Arts. Together, these speakers will explore what it means to reimagine education as a creative and collective act.