Creative Research

An experimental public school that gathers together members from METRO’s member institutions across New York City and Westchester County, and connects them to local scholars, artists, and designers.

Our Call for Applications is now available for our fall 2025 course, Misfits!

Important dates:

• Call for Applications Opens: Monday, May 19, 2025
• Information Sessions: Friday, June 20th, 12 pm ET and Tuesday, July 8, 6 pm ET
• Application Deadline: Friday, July 11, 2025
• Applicants Notified: Friday, July 25, 2025
• First Class: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 3:30 – 6pm
• Subsequent Classes: Every Thursday until December 4, with a break for Thanksgiving on November 27, 2025
• January – early May 2026: Two group workshops (to be scheduled) and two individual consultations (scheduled at your convenience) to develop our class publication.

Applications will be accepted through Friday, July 11,  2025. Apply here.

Teaching, learning, and conviviality inspired by or situated at METRO’s Library Field outdoor library in Westchester County. We’ll imagine what’s possible when myriad fields of research and practice, and multiple ways of knowing, converge at this specific field site — which, over time, will grow into an organic repository of the ecological resources across METRO’s member institutions. Programs might include soundwalks and research-based performances, citizen science experiments, and cartographic studios. We’ll share more information throughout the summer!

Explicitly interdisciplinary research that draws upon and highlights the knowledge embodied in the multifarious cultural heritage and knowledge institutions within METRO’s service area; that infuses the aesthetic sensibilities and creative practices represented by the region’s arts and design organizations; and that builds upon the work of Shannon Mattern, METRO’s Director of Creative Research.