Anxiety in Art, Life, and Theory [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Margot Stillman | 5-weeks | Thursdays November 6-December 11 (no class Nov 27)| 7:00-9:00 PM | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Anxiety sucks. And it’s everywhere. And everyone has it.
What gives you anxiety? Is it social? Do you second guess all your interpersonal interactions the day after they happen? Hours after? While they’re happening? Maybe your anxiety is work-related. Shouldn’t you be working right now, at this very second? Or maybe you've got attachment-related anxiety. Isn’t this relationship going to fail like the others? And if not, will you be stuck?
Mired in anxiety, many people manage it by staying home, going quiet, or self-medicating. But is anxiety a sign that we should stop, or is it the thing that makes us want to stop in the first place? If anxiety prevents us from being free to have the experiences we desire, maybe it’s also a signpost pointing to the very freedom it precludes.
In this class we’ll embrace the fact that anxiety sucks, not only in spite of, but precisely because anxiety is a trailhead on the path to liberation. With guidance from Franz Fanon and Søren Kierkegaard, Charlotte Perkins Gillman and Edgar Allan Poe, we’ll figure out what anxiety is, what it means, and what it can help us to think, feel, and do. “Anxiety in Art, Life, and Theory” is a deep dive into the very place that we’ve all been conditioned never to go. Other readings may include texts by Resmaa Menakem, Sigmund Freud, Becca Rothfeld, Shulamith Firestone, Audre Lorde, and others.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Margot Stillman | 5-weeks | Thursdays November 6-December 11 (no class Nov 27)| 7:00-9:00 PM | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Anxiety sucks. And it’s everywhere. And everyone has it.
What gives you anxiety? Is it social? Do you second guess all your interpersonal interactions the day after they happen? Hours after? While they’re happening? Maybe your anxiety is work-related. Shouldn’t you be working right now, at this very second? Or maybe you've got attachment-related anxiety. Isn’t this relationship going to fail like the others? And if not, will you be stuck?
Mired in anxiety, many people manage it by staying home, going quiet, or self-medicating. But is anxiety a sign that we should stop, or is it the thing that makes us want to stop in the first place? If anxiety prevents us from being free to have the experiences we desire, maybe it’s also a signpost pointing to the very freedom it precludes.
In this class we’ll embrace the fact that anxiety sucks, not only in spite of, but precisely because anxiety is a trailhead on the path to liberation. With guidance from Franz Fanon and Søren Kierkegaard, Charlotte Perkins Gillman and Edgar Allan Poe, we’ll figure out what anxiety is, what it means, and what it can help us to think, feel, and do. “Anxiety in Art, Life, and Theory” is a deep dive into the very place that we’ve all been conditioned never to go. Other readings may include texts by Resmaa Menakem, Sigmund Freud, Becca Rothfeld, Shulamith Firestone, Audre Lorde, and others.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Margot Stillman | 5-weeks | Thursdays November 6-December 11 (no class Nov 27)| 7:00-9:00 PM | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Anxiety sucks. And it’s everywhere. And everyone has it.
What gives you anxiety? Is it social? Do you second guess all your interpersonal interactions the day after they happen? Hours after? While they’re happening? Maybe your anxiety is work-related. Shouldn’t you be working right now, at this very second? Or maybe you've got attachment-related anxiety. Isn’t this relationship going to fail like the others? And if not, will you be stuck?
Mired in anxiety, many people manage it by staying home, going quiet, or self-medicating. But is anxiety a sign that we should stop, or is it the thing that makes us want to stop in the first place? If anxiety prevents us from being free to have the experiences we desire, maybe it’s also a signpost pointing to the very freedom it precludes.
In this class we’ll embrace the fact that anxiety sucks, not only in spite of, but precisely because anxiety is a trailhead on the path to liberation. With guidance from Franz Fanon and Søren Kierkegaard, Charlotte Perkins Gillman and Edgar Allan Poe, we’ll figure out what anxiety is, what it means, and what it can help us to think, feel, and do. “Anxiety in Art, Life, and Theory” is a deep dive into the very place that we’ve all been conditioned never to go. Other readings may include texts by Resmaa Menakem, Sigmund Freud, Becca Rothfeld, Shulamith Firestone, Audre Lorde, and others.
—
This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.