School of the Damned
Class of 2022 - 2024

School of the Damned is a co-operative art school that was set up as an artist-led free postgraduate programme 10 years ago.

The school focuses on collaboration and consensus decision-making and each incoming year the cohort designs the school anew.

Undulating energy

Recipocracy

I want to be held

I want community

“What does ‘education’ look like in School of the Damned as an alternative (to) MFA? How can we experiment with pedagogical formats that are appropriate to School of the damned?”

STRUCTURE in all its forms: the search for structure.

The Tyranny of Structurelessness

DARP

September 2022 trip to DARP artist commune near Nottingham

COSTUMES AND CATWALKS

School of the Damned Access Collective
December 2022 at SET Woolwich

Costumes and Catwalks workshop and reflections on organising our school. Facilitated by Genevieve Cameo and Abi Palmer, rooted in principles of accessibility and collective care.

Arts of the Working Class Issue 26: Grassroots

May 2023 collaborative text written by School of the Damned Working Class Collective:
Sunny Vowles, Molly Harcombe, Julia Mallaby, Genevieve Cameo, Zoe Green
and Max Yasmeen

MUD

January 2024 exhibition in the Pulp room at Bricks, St Annes House, Bristol

Long Table Discussion on Alternative Art Education

School of the Damned and East Bristol Contemporary Day School

A performance of a dinner table conversation, based on Louis Weaver’s Long Table.
Hosted by Genevieve Cameo alongside School of the Damned Mud exhibition.