THE WEB AS ALTAR:
​HTML & CSS FOR MEMORIAL AND RITUAL

This is a course combining beginner HTML/CSS craft with digital art history, examining the web as a medium for crafting meaning, memory, and connection. Spanning everything from early 2000s fansite culture to websites for counting virtual Buddhist prayer beads, we'll analyze and reflect on the advantages and limitations of digital spaces for personal ritual and expression. In this course, you'll build a beginner's toolkit of web design skills and a mindset for seeing the web as a canvas for self-expression and meaning making, expanding upon your existing spiritual, craft, or artistic practice. You'll be taught ideation and prototyping techniques and how to mockup a website from scratch using HTML and style it using CSS. Laptops will be made available, but participants are welcome to bring their own.
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The culminating project will have students create a digital altar of their own, using HTML/CSS, free software and publishing platforms, and personal and found digital materials across the internet. At the end of the course, you'll have the option to publish your project for sharing and linking with loved ones.
THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE IN PERSON
​AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER:
466 Grand Street, NY, NY

TUESDAYS 6-8 PM
March 31 - April 21 , 2026
4 sessions +
culminating share out on Friday, April 24
Sliding scale tuition: 
$45, $120, $220, ​or $320
+ $30 non-refundable registration fee

INSTRUCTORS

Annie Fu (she/her) is a creative developer, educator, and journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. At the New York Botanical Garden, she creates websites and tools for New Yorkers to reimagine their relationships with urban nature. Through teaching at Columbia Journalism School and The New School, she empowers emerging journalists and artists to claim their stake of the digital landscape for personal expression and community-oriented storytelling.
Image credit: Annie Fu
This program is supported, in part, through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Additionally, our classes are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.