by Althea Legaspi 2 hours ago
How would you like to have your teacher be Kim Gordon, Sia or Cat Power?
If only every high school was like School Of Doodle, a “peer-to-peer, self-directed learning lab dedicated to activating girls’ imaginations through entertainment, education and community,” which launched a Kickstarter campaign this week. Should it reach its goal of $75,000 by August 23, the free, online school for girls will be open by late 2014.
In only three days, the campaign is already more than halfway to meeting its goal—it’s already raised almost $40,000! Donations start at $1, which gives funders a thank you on the website, and those born before 1996 can sign up to the site’s test phase. Those who donate $50 will receive a “coloring book” of doodles made by the aforementioned arts teachers along with artists/musicians like Yoko Ono and Courtney Love, actresses like Natasha Lyonne, filmmakers, comedians and more.
While it’s called a school, the campaign explains that it’s more of an “endless obstacle course for the imagination.” It’s also not like regular school in that participants will have access to lessons whenever they want; it’s an arts-focused extracurricular that expounds on formal education.
The idea for the school came to co-founder Molly Logan, three years ago. She wanted to make art and culture more accessible by pushing the arts outside of institutions.
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