The Parts and Crafts Collective will host a small, 2-day, intensive workshop in Brooklyn on computer programming for interactive art and computational design using the Processing programming language on November 21st and 22nd from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

Processing is a programming language and environment built for the media arts and design communities. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook. It is used by students, artists, designers, architects, and researchers for learning, prototyping, and production. More information on Processing can be found at www.processing.org.

The workshop will function primarily as an introduction to programming concepts for artists and designers who have little to no programming experience.  On the first day we will step through many of the fundamental concepts of programming and computation:  variables, logical control structures (loops, conditionals), functions, and objects, by playing with and modifying a series of interesting and fun example programs.  During day two we'll learn a bit about the wide-variety of resources for learning, creating, and sharing projects in the Processing world, some of the common basic algorithms for generative/computational design, and run through the iterative process of hacking together an interesting sketch -- designing, programming, playing with, and modifying a small piece of software.

Coffee and a homecooked and reasonably healthy vegan lunch will be provided on both workshop days.  Let us know ahead of time if you have particular dietary preferences/requirements and we'll do our best to honor them.

The suggested donation for the workshop is $50.  All of the events, classes, and workshops hosted and run by the Parts and Crafts Collective are free, or operate on a sliding-scale.  Donations greater than the suggested amount are deeply appreciated and help us create our projects and run our programs and allow us to work with people who could not otherwise afford to come to our events.  No one will be turned away based on their lack of ability to pay.

Will Macfarlane hacks Processing for MOS, "a collective of designers, architects, thinkers, and state-of-the-art weirdoes".  In addition to his architecture work he teaches hacker/tinkerer/maker skills to kids, artists, and the rest of us, with the Parts and Crafts Collective.