SotA is a space where radical new ideas are born. We build and sustain a community of experimental learning where, artists learn, work, and live communally. Faculty, staff, and students live communally in one lodge, and everyone performs some kind of work service. Our curriculum is built entirely from an open call of faculty proposals. SotA is an inter-generational space that cultivates learning and connection beyond traditional hierarchies around age, education, and social status, and classes often adapt in session to accommodate the participant’s needs. Instead of a traditional classroom environment, we support a collectively built and self-directed approach to learning which gives opportunity for all participants to learn and teach.