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UNIVERSITY OF EL SEGUNDO · TEN ACTIVE ONLINE CLASSES · START ANYTIME

Fund a university that starts with the place it is in.

Local knowledge. Paid teachers. Tuition-free learners. Public notes and receipts. First online, then El Segundo and the 25-mile radius, then locally authored satellites that keep their own character.

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Active model
Self-paced
Supported learners planned
120
Courses outlined
18
Active-term target
$46,600
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ART IS PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM · 652 WORKS BY MICHAEL HOYDICH

LOCAL

LOCAL

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“Local, art-forward, practical, collective, and public by default: people teach what they know, learners make something useful, and the institution shows its work.”

MICHAEL HOYDICH · EL SEGUNDO · 2026

01 · HOW THE ACTIVE SCHOOL RUNS

A small school with a repeatable rhythm.

Online Season 1 is active now. Choose any class, move through six self-guided modules, complete any four field receipts, and finish one private or public outcome. No account, application, deadline, live attendance, peer response, public post, or wallet is required.

01

Start anytime

Six readable modules

The complete sequence is public and usable without an account. Pause and return on your own schedule.

02

Field task

One local act

Observe, map, study, make, host, repair, listen, or use the equivalent safe indoor and paper path.

03

Private receipt

Local progress

Checkmarks stay in the learner’s browser. A private self-attested completion file is optional.

04

Human support

Optional, when funded

Faculty review, cohorts, access help, and material grants add care without becoming permission to learn.

LearnStart an active class → TeachPropose a six-week course → HostOffer a local room or field site → FundContribute to the shared pool →

02 · ONLINE SEASON 0

Eight studios. No department costume.

Capacity is 60 learners, with 12–18 people in a studio. Enrollment is tuition-free for the pilot. Each syllabus publishes its access path, expectations, and public outcome first.

UES-101 01 / 08

The Rebuildable Town

Read a town as a system that can be repaired: streets, services, rituals, budgets, signs, and the relationships between them.

Run
Six live studios, neighborhood observations, and one repair proposal.
Leaves behind
A small, costed proposal for one local repair.
Read this foundation in the catalog →
UES-102 02 / 08

Local Systems & Civic Practice

Learn how agendas, fees, public records, departments, and neighborhood relationships become everyday civic power.

Run
Live document labs, one public-meeting observation, and a local systems map.
Leaves behind
A plain-language guide to one local process.
Read this foundation in the catalog →
UES-103 03 / 08

Flower Commons: Plant Beauty & Human Culture

Study plant form, cultivation, symbolism, public gardens, and the ways people build culture around living beauty.

Run
Visual seminars, observation practice, and a shared seasonal field index.
Leaves behind
An illustrated plant note contributed to the Flower Commons.
Read this foundation in the catalog →
UES-104 04 / 08

Cannabis Studies: Grow, Genetics & Society

An interdisciplinary study of plant biology, genetics, cultivation systems, visual culture, history, policy, and community stewardship.

Run
Research-led seminars, botanical studies, and a sourced public glossary.
Leaves behind
A careful, cited field guide to one aspect of the plant or its culture.

BOUNDARY · Ages 21+ only. Education and cultural study; no consumption, medical advice, product sales, or instructions that conflict with local law.

Read this foundation in the catalog →
UES-105 05 / 08

Type as Public Language

Treat typography as civic material: a voice for signs, flyers, course covers, wayfinding, protest, welcome, and memory.

Run
Weekly type studies, public-sign walks, critiques, and one deployable system.
Leaves behind
An open poster, sign, or cover system for a local use.
Read this foundation in the catalog →
UES-106 06 / 08

AI Studio: Tools, Judgment & Authorship

Use contemporary creative models with taste, disclosure, source awareness, and a strong human editorial point of view.

Run
Prompt and critique studios, provenance notes, and a finished public work.
Leaves behind
A published work with a clear process and authorship statement.
Read this foundation in the catalog →
UES-107 07 / 08

Archive, Tezos & Public Memory

Build durable public archives, understand wallet-based publishing, and examine when minting adds value to a cultural record.

Run
Archive labs, wallet literacy, metadata critique, and a test publication plan.
Leaves behind
A documented, portable public collection; minting remains optional.

BOUNDARY · No promise of price appreciation, liquidity, financial return, or governance rights.

Read this foundation in the catalog →
UES-108 08 / 08

Community Operations: Host, Feed, Fund

Practice the invisible work of a good gathering: invitations, access, hospitality, facilitation, budgets, conflict care, and public receipts.

Run
Operations clinics, small hosting experiments, and a peer-reviewed event plan.
Leaves behind
A reusable run-of-show and transparent micro-budget.
Read this foundation in the catalog →

02B · ONLINE SEASON 1 · THE LOCAL TRANSMISSION

Ten rooms are active now.

Start any class without an account, application, deadline, wallet, or live-attendance requirement. Each room has six self-guided modules, local progress, a private finish path, and a course-level budget. Funding maintains access and can add optional cohorts or human review; it never unlocks admission.

Duration6 modules
AccessUncapped
Tuition$0
Planning target$46,600
UES-207active$3,600

Plant Portraits: Form, Lineage & Cultural Memory

BOTANY + LINEAGE

Leaves behind
A sourced four-page illustrated plant portrait plus one private lineage panel, with optional contribution to a shared visual lineage wall.

BOUNDARY · Legal specimens and public information only. Cannabis examples remain 21+, educational, and non-medical, with no consumption or unlawful cultivation instruction.

Start this course →
UES-209active$3,450

Repair Manual: Care, Maintenance & the Everyday

CARE + MAINTENANCE

Leaves behind
An accessible illustrated care manual for one ordinary object or shared-place condition, including a diagnostic tree, safety boundary, materials and cost notes, maintenance interval, and handoff.

BOUNDARY · Low-risk observation and care only. No electrical, gas, structural, medical, vehicle-safety, hazardous-material, weapon, or unlawful work; stop for every condition named in the on-page stop rule or whenever a source or product label requires qualified help.

Start this course →
UES-210active$3,500

Listening Post: Soundwalks & the Acoustic Commons

SOUND + PLACE

Leaves behind
A five-minute listening route or stationary sonic atlas with field recording or non-audio score, map, transcript or description, context, consent notes, and a reusable observation prompt.

BOUNDARY · No intelligible private conversations, covert recording, trespass, unsafe routes, or disturbance of wildlife or sensitive sites. A stationary, archival, memory-based, or notation-only path always counts equally.

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03 · OPEN BOOK

Pay people before building an institution costume.

These are planning budgets, published early so faculty, learners, and contributors can challenge them. Every active pool gets a monthly plain-language receipt.

six weeks

Online Season 0

$30,500
  1. Faculty honoraria48 live sessions at a $200 planning rate.
    $9,600
  2. Two program stewardsEnrollment, access, attendance, coordination, and public notes.
    $6,000
  3. Learner access grantsConnectivity, care, equipment, and other participation barriers.
    $4,000
  4. Captions, transcripts, and accessibilityMake the online studios meaningfully reachable.
    $2,800
  5. Platform, production, and siteCourse pages, streaming, archive, and production utilities.
    $2,100
  6. Legal, insurance, and fiscal-sponsor explorationQualified review before the program makes new claims or commitments.
    $2,500
  7. ContingencyProtect the teaching plan from ordinary launch surprises.
    $3,500

one six-week season

El Segundo + 25-mile field layer

$29,000
  1. Partner rooms and field venuesA blended planning allowance informed by published City of El Segundo rates.
    $900
  2. Permits and insuranceEvent-specific coverage, permits, deposits, and compliance.
    $3,000
  3. MaterialsShared tools, print, plants, workshop supplies, and field kits.
    $6,000
  4. Local facultyPay the people teaching practical local knowledge.
    $9,600
  5. Transit and access grantsHelp the 25-mile layer remain reachable without assuming a car.
    $4,500
  6. Food, operations, and public receiptsHospitality, site operations, documentation, and transparent reporting.
    $5,000

six months

One city satellite seed

$37,500
  1. Local stewardOne accountable local operator for six months.
    $12,000
  2. FacultyA locally selected teaching pool.
    $9,600
  3. Partner roomsLibraries, studios, community rooms, cafes, parks, and schools before leases.
    $4,800
  4. Learner accessLocal participation and care grants.
    $3,600
  5. MaterialsCourse-specific shared supplies.
    $2,500
  6. Exchange travelOne meaningful cross-city teaching exchange.
    $2,500
  7. Insurance and administrationLocal compliance, agreements, bookkeeping, and reporting.
    $2,500

Online Season 0 plans to spend about $508 per available learner seat. Learners pay $0 tuition in the launch cohort.

Active Online Season 1 has a $46,600 planning target for ten maintained course rooms, access work, materials, and optional supported cohorts serving 120 planned supported learners. Self-paced access stays uncapped and $0; contribution never buys admission.

04 · CONTRIBUTE ON TEZOS

A contribution is support. It does not buy control.

Connect a Beacon-compatible wallet and choose an amount. The wallet will show the exact Tezos Mainnet transfer and network fee before you sign. Nothing moves until you approve it there.

NOT AN INVESTMENT NO FINANCIAL RETURN NO GOVERNANCE RIGHTS CURRENTLY NOT TAX-DEDUCTIBLE

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05 · FUNDING LADDER

Every threshold opens a specific door.

  1. 01 $6,000

    Access foundation

    Core platform, captions, and the first learner access grants.

  2. 02 $15,000

    First four tracks

    Faculty and stewardship for the first half of the launch catalog.

  3. 03 $46,600

    Full active term

    All ten maintained self-paced course rooms plus the shared access and production pool.

  4. 04 $77,100

    Online first

    The active self-paced term plus the Online Season 0 teaching foundation.

  5. 05 $106,100

    Local field layer

    The full online base plus El Segundo and the 25-mile in-person layer.

  6. 06 $363,600

    Five-city fellowship

    The current local program, five six-month satellite seeds, and a $70,000 network commons.

FIELD STUDY · WORK 365 FIELD STUDY · WORK 501

06 · EL SEGUNDO + 25 MILES

Online first. Rooms second. A campus can be a network of good hosts.

The first physical layer stays light: libraries, parks, recreation rooms, studios, cafés, gardens, courts, workshops, and schools. No permanent lease in year one. The published City fee index is a planning reference—not a quote—so every venue is re-priced before booking.

  1. 01
    El Segundo anchor

    Two recurring partner rooms, one field day, one open studio, one monthly public receipt.

  2. 02
    25-mile ring

    South Bay, Westside, central Los Angeles, and nearby communities connected by faculty and field sites—not a centralized campus.

  3. 03
    Local authorship

    Pay the person who knows the block, garden, court, archive, shop, or civic process. Keep travel and access grants in the budget.

Read the City’s official financial reports and fee index ↗

07 · SATELLITE COMMONS

Scale the method. Keep the accent.

A satellite is not a branch-office copy of El Segundo. It is one paid local steward, a partner-space network, a small advisory table, locally authored courses, and a shared public protocol.

Major-city studio

Los Angeles · New York · Mexico City

$75,000–$110,000 / year A neighborhood-scale program inside a large city, not a citywide brand office.

Mid-major city studio

Detroit · Pittsburgh · Minneapolis

$55,000–$75,000 / year A strong local steward, recurring partner room, and courses built around the city's actual knowledge.

Small-city studio

Santa Fe · Providence · Chattanooga

$35,000–$50,000 / year A light physical footprint with high local authorship and direct neighbor-to-neighbor accountability.

PLANNING CALCULATOR · ACTIVE + FOUNDATION BASE

Each seed uses the published $37,500 six-month model. The shared commons allowance grows with the network.

PROGRAM + EXPANSION TOTAL $363,600
Active self-paced term
$46,600
Online Season 0
$30,500
25-mile layer
$29,000
City seeds
$187,500
Shared commons
$70,000
Planning estimate, not an announced location commitment or fundraising promise. This view includes the active Local Transmission target and the Season 0 foundation before field or satellite expansion.
Active + online foundation$77,100
Online + 25-mile field layer$106,100
Five-city fellowship$363,600
Twelve-city network$676,100
Twenty-five-city network$1,253,600
  1. 01No permanent lease in year one; begin with trusted local partner spaces and prove the rhythm first.
  2. 02Every satellite has a paid local steward and a small local advisory table.
  3. 03Use a 70/20/10 curriculum mix: 70% locally authored, 20% shared UES commons, and 10% cross-city exchange.
  4. 04Publish a local budget, schedule, faculty roster, access path, and season receipt.
  5. 05Contributors can support the work but cannot purchase admissions decisions, curriculum control, governance power, or faculty appointments.

08 · THE PROMISE

Collective does not mean vague.

  1. Publish the operating budget, material changes, and a plain-language receipt at least monthly while funds are active.
  2. Require two named stewards to approve any single expenditure above $2,500.
  3. Keep learner data minimal, private by default, and separate from public course artifacts.
  4. Pay faculty and local operators before spending on permanent space or institutional spectacle.
  5. Review each season with learners, faculty, stewards, and local partners before opening the next one.

Contributions are voluntary support, not an investment, security, membership interest, or promise of financial return.

Do not describe a contribution as tax-deductible unless it is formally received by a qualified organization or approved fiscal sponsor.

Tezos contributions are mainnet transactions, may incur network fees, and should require explicit wallet confirmation.

Budgets, city examples, and expansion ranges are planning estimates rather than contracts or announced locations.

The cannabis course is for adults 21+ and is educational; it does not provide medical, legal, consumption, or unlawful cultivation advice.

09 · SOURCES + MACHINE PATH

Read the assumptions.

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