Sponge 2007–present

Sponge generates experimental approaches to learning and teaching. Attached to a public university the way a sea sponge affixes to a marine reef, Sponge provides open waters for the conspicuous mixing of disciplines. In the evolving ecosystem of Sponge workshops, events, and classes, participants take in information, digest the experience and complete the cycle by teaching something to each other. This porous project, which began at MIT in 2006 and now flourishes at VCU, can attach to a variety of hosts. Inspired by the unlimited reproductive potential of its namesake, Sponge offers itself for free and infinite replication.

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Photo credits: Mary Hale, Rosemary Jesionowski, Sarah Kaufman, Myeongsoo Kim, Meg Rotzel