‘What an Earth is an NFT?’ Workshop with Jon Rust

The Other MA (TOMA) is a 21st century art education programme shaped by its participants and designed to fit the everyday lives of contemporary artists. TOMA is currently the only postgraduate level art programme in Essex after all other were stopped by their host Universities. It was set up to offer responsive, affordable, accessible unaccredited art education to artists.Founded in 2016 by Emma Edmondson TOMA was set up in partnership with Metal in Southend, working with them for an incubation period before becoming an independent not for profit. TOMA believes in life-long learning and aim to make the possibility of postgraduate style art education accessible to all. TOMA is artist-run and based in Southend-on-Sea.* Website:www.toma-art.com* Instagram:@theotherma* Email:emma@toma-art.com

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Join Tend To It artist Jon Rust and find out what an NFT really is!

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Are you curious about NFTs? If so join TOMA artist Jon Rust who will host an informal workshop on what a ‘non fungible token’ is, how NFTs relate to ‘cryptocurrencies’; ‘Web 3.0’; and their application in terms of digital art and beyond. This workshop does not assume prior knowledge and is appropriate for those over 15 years of age. Artist Bio: Jon Rust lives and works in Essex. He has been making digital art since 2008 and has current work on show at the TOMA project space in The Royals Shopping Centre, Southend. He is particularly interested in the emergence of the NFT space and he’s keen to share his curiosity, knowledge and interest to discuss this exciting, confusing and contradictory new phenomena.Tickets to this workshop are free, however if you would like to make a donation to help support TOMA's education and exhibition programme, please do so by also selecting the 'Donate to TOMA' ticket in addition to a 'General Admission' ticket. In the event that places on the workshop sell out, please email elliotgibbonsapple@gmail.com to be added to a waitlist.This workshop is part of Tend To It's associated programme brought to you by the 2019-21 cohort of the TOMA (The Other MA) course. The Tend To It exhibition runs until the 15 January 2021 at TOMA Project Space, <a href="https://www.toma-art.com/tend-to-it" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">more information can be found here</a>. With thanks to our funders and supporters Arts Council England and Metal. Image Courtesy of the Artist.

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