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, rather than pure consumption. You'll be taught ideation and prototyping techniques and how to mockup a web project from scratch. Laptops will be made available, but participants are welcome to bring their own.​

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 learn how to publish your project, share it, and reflect on the life it takes on far after the conclusion of the four weeks. 
THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE IN PERSON
​AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER:
466 Grand Street, NY, NY

TUESDAYS 6-8 PM EST
April 1st - 22nd, 2025
4 sessions +
culminating share out on Wednesday, April 30th
$250 Tuition
BIPOC/trans/disabled sliding scale available
50% low income discount available
+ $25 non-refundable registration fee

INSTRUCTOR

Annie Fu 
​I am a creative developer, educator, and journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. Currently, I'm a geospatial developer for urban conservation at the New York Botanical Garden, creating web apps and tools that draw from NYC's historical ecology and empower solutions for combatting climate change. I've taught as an adjunct professor at The New School for two years and Columbia Journalism School for one year, specializing in the integration of web design and interactive data visualization in journalism. My work focuses on the web as a medium for honoring and preserving our diverse lived experiences.
Image credit:  Annie Fu
This program is supported through a Cultural Development Fund grant from the New York Department of Cultural Affairs.
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.