CLOSED: Wide Open School 11/06/12-11/07/12 The Hayward, London

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WHAT IS A WIDE OPEN SCHOOL?

The Hayward Gallery’s Wide Open School is an unusual experiment in learning. Its programme of classes is devised and delivered by over 100 artists from approximately 40 different countries. It is not an art school however. Instead it is a wide-ranging forum where artists lead and facilitateworkshops, collaborative projects, collective discussions, lectures and performances about any and all subjects in which they are passionately interested.

That is a territory as expansive as the imaginations of artists, who this summer help to transform Southbank Centre into an international learning site for Festival of the World, showing how art changes lives.

For the full schedule of classes see here

CT EDIT

Since the increase in fees in higher education we're seeing more and more content developed and shared through open source media and independent schools popping up. Open Culture, The European Graduate School, Ubuweb and Ted Talks have endless valuable videos and audio for free to educate you.

Also of note is the Summer School commencing at MoMA PS1 this year. Unfortuantely there are no more places available, let's hope they video all their lectures.

The below are a selection of lectures and readings on Creative Writing, Design, Film, Philosophy and Psychology, Art and Society from various online media.

Creative Writing

Truman Capote reads from Breakfast at Tiffanys

James Ellroy on re-writing history

Design

Saul Bass on quality design, 1966

Charles and Ray Eames, 2009