self-directed learning

Eli Gratz is on of 2017's graduates of The New School. He will be attending Montserrat School of Art this fall.  Eli's inspiration began at an early age, when he wrote his first comic series about "Bugy."  Through The New School, Eli has turned his passion into an online web comic called "Mars," as his required senior project. Each senior at The New School completes a senior project that includes an original piece of work, 200 hours dedicated to creating the project, a "give-back" opportunity whereby the student does volunteer work in the community, and finishes with a presentation to the senior round table whose members work [...]