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Drawing Workshop
September-December 2025
Drawing Writing Making
David Gersten Teaches His Famous Drawing Class
Under the guidance of artist and educator David Gersten, participants will begin a new project and explore their ideas through an interplay of drawing, writing, and making—using material, spatial, and conceptual strategies to expand and interrogate their work.
Head professor: David Gersten
Where: On-site
When: September to December 2025
Language: English
Positions: 13 seats +1 scholarship
Dedication: 60+ Hours
Earlybird fee: €1,850
Full fee: €2,200
Contacts: If you have any questions you can reach us at info@artslettersandnumbers.com
Drawing Workshop
September-December 2025
Drawing Writing Making
David Gersten Teaches His Famous Drawing Class
Under the guidance of artist and educator David Gersten, participants will begin a new project and explore their ideas through an interplay of drawing, writing, and making—using material, spatial, and conceptual strategies to expand and interrogate their work.
Head professor: David Gersten
Where: On-site
When: September to December 2025
Language: English
Positions: 13 seats +1 scholarship
Dedication: 60+ Hours
Earlybird fee: €1,850
Full fee: €2,200
Contacts: If you have any questions you can reach us at info@artslettersandnumbers.com
April 29, 2025
Drawing.Writing.Making
David Gersten Teaches His Famous Drawing Class
Under the guidance of artist Adam Broomberg, participants will start a new project and interrogate an idea using a range of visual and theoretical strategies.
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The Drawing.Writing.Making masterclass is led by artist, architect, writer, and educator David Gersten, Distinguished Adjunct Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union in NYC. He also founded Arts Letters & Numbers, an innovative nonprofit building creative exchange among architecture, visual arts, theater, science, and more . With Gersten’s diverse practice—spanning drawings, installations, essays, performances, and experimental spatial works—this 8‑month programme invites participants to explore drawing, writing, and making as integrated inquiry tools.
Program Director
David Gersten
David Gersten is an internationally recognized artist, architect, writer, and educator based in New York City. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union, where he has taught since 1991 and served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean. He is the Founding Director and President of Arts Letters and Numbers, a nonprofit that supports creative exchange across architecture, design, fine arts, theater, film, music, crafts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Gersten has taught at institutions worldwide, including the Aarhus School of Architecture, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He collaborates with educational and cultural institutions, as well as international organizations including UNICEF, the United Nations Academic Impact division, Education Reimagined and serves on the Board of Directors of Big Picture Learning.
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David Gersten is an internationally recognized artist, architect, writer, and educator based in New York City. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union, where he has taught since 1991 and served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean. He is the Founding Director and President of Arts Letters and Numbers, a nonprofit that supports creative exchange across architecture, design, fine arts, theater, film, music, crafts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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David Gersten is an internationally recognized artist, architect, writer, and educator based in New York City. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union, where he has taught since 1991 and served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean. He is the Founding Director and President of Arts Letters and Numbers, a nonprofit that supports creative exchange across architecture, design, fine arts, theater, film, music, crafts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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David Gersten is an internationally recognized artist, architect, writer, and educator based in New York City. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union, where he has taught since 1991 and served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean. He is the Founding Director and President of Arts Letters and Numbers, a nonprofit that supports creative exchange across architecture, design, fine arts, theater, film, music, crafts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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David Gersten is an internationally recognized artist, architect, writer, and educator based in New York City. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union, where he has taught since 1991 and served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean. He is the Founding Director and President of Arts Letters and Numbers, a nonprofit that supports creative exchange across architecture, design, fine arts, theater, film, music, crafts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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David Gersten is an internationally recognized artist, architect, writer, and educator based in New York City. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union, where he has taught since 1991 and served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean. He is the Founding Director and President of Arts Letters and Numbers, a nonprofit that supports creative exchange across architecture, design, fine arts, theater, film, music, crafts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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David Gersten is an internationally recognized artist, architect, writer, and educator based in New York City. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union, where he has taught since 1991 and served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean. He is the Founding Director and President of Arts Letters and Numbers, a nonprofit that supports creative exchange across architecture, design, fine arts, theater, film, music, crafts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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David Gersten is an internationally recognized artist, architect, writer, and educator based in New York City. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Learning at The Cooper Union, where he has taught since 1991 and served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean. He is the Founding Director and President of Arts Letters and Numbers, a nonprofit that supports creative exchange across architecture, design, fine arts, theater, film, music, crafts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
