TITLE:
Fractal Flowers: Drawing with Code in p5.js

DATE: Friday, September 5th, 2025

TIME: 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST

LOCATION: Trans-Pecos, 9-15 Wyckoff Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385
*RSVP MANDATORY - with sliding scale donation

Led by Daniel Shiffman
Insta:
@daniel.shiffman
@the.coding.train

Website: 
https://youtube.com/@TheCodingTrain

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Step into the world of creative coding with this hands-on beginner workshop using p5.js, a free and open-source JavaScript library for making art with code. You’ll learn how to write your first lines of code and use simple shapes and colors to draw your own digital flowers. We'll explore the magic of recursion to build "fractal flowers", designs that grow and branch like nature! No experience necessary, just bring your curiosity!

☆ REQUIREMENTS: Computer with modern web browser

☆ PROGRAMS USED: https://editor.p5js.org/

ABOUT THE TEACHING ARTIST:
Dan is on a mission to share code with the world in a fun, approachable way. On his YouTube channel, The Coding Train, he publishes "creative coding" tutorials with subjects ranging from the basics of programming languages like JavaScript (with p5.js) and Java (with Processing) to generative algorithms like physics simulation, computer vision, and data visualization. In his spare time, he works as an Associate Arts Professor at the ITP / Tisch School of the Arts / NYU. He is a co-founder of The Processing Foundation and the author of Learning Processing: A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction and The Nature of Code, an open source book about simulating natural phenomenon with code.

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