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📣 p5.js 2.0+ Artist Series Drop #1 ft. @Licia_He Licia explores Bézier curves in p5.js 2.0+ with ‘DearPlotter Font Generator’: a generative font-making algorithm designed for pen plotters, CNC users & creative coders A partnership between @ProcessingOrg and @TezosFoundation ↓

💥 p5.js 2.0+ Artist Series begins next week A five-part series in partnership with @ProcessingOrg brings together generative artists working with p5.js 2.0+, to create tutorials and new releases on @editart_xyz The first tutorial drops Monday, March 2. Learn more ↓

Still feeling energized by the conversations and collective energy at #FOSDEM! 🎬 Check out our talk on 'Creative Coding and the Future of Education': youtube.com/watch?v=EzO5ex… 💬 Join the @ProcessingCore Discord: discord.gg/KAY6PBAT7H

Heading to #FOSDEM this weekend! We’ll be presenting a talk on how the landscape for learning to code has changed and what that means for creative coding. Can we build tools that preserve learner agency, curiosity, and critical thinking? 🔗Event info: fosdem.org/2026/schedule/…

Processing 4.5.1 is officially out! @ProcessingCore New Welcome and Preferences screens with refreshed UI, built-in accessibility support, searchable and categorized preferences & more. 🔗Check out the release overview: bit.ly/49Vy0Xw

The Processing Community Survey 2025 is live. If you use Processing in any way, we’d love your input. It helps us understand what works and what needs attention. Take the survey: survey.processing.org 💙

Thanks to everyone who has donated this December! Your support keeps #p5js, #Processing and our global #creativecoding community thriving. There’s still time to make a year-end, tax-deductible gift and help keep the tools free and open for all. 💜Donate: processingfoundation.org/donate

We’re thrilled to announce that @ProcessingCore has been awarded a service agreement by the Sovereign Tech Fund – a €249,900 commitment in the next two years to carry the software into its next chapter. Our sincere thanks to the Sovereign Tech Agency for your support.

📢 Call for Presenters + Registration Now Open! Join us for #LTT2026 Learning To Teach: (Re)Designing Creative Tech Pedagogy for the GenAI Era: A Virtual UnSymposium hosted by @IdmNyu 📅 Jan 16, 2026 | 8:45am–6:45pm ET 💬 Submit Talk by Dec 15, 2025 💻 wp.nyu.edu/ltt2026

This Giving Tuesday, Dec 2, help @p5xjs @ProcessingCore stay free, open, and accessible for artists, students, and educators worldwide! Your gift powers software updates, education, and global creative coding communities. 💜Donate: processingfoundation.org/donate

p5.js was at SIGGRAPH this year! Check out: 🌸@p5xjs 2.0 — new features like dynamic typography and shaders written directly in JavaScript: beta.p5js.org/tutorials/typo… 🌸Spatial p5 — a toolkit for rapid prototyping in immersive environments: tiborudvari.com/projects/spati…

We’re thrilled to receive a $25,000 Generative Art Foundation Grant in support of p5.js! This grant strengthens our global community and supports long-term accessibility, stability, and sustainability. Huge thank you to @genartfound and all who support p5.js!

Partnership Announcement 📣 @TezosFoundation and @processingorg are partnering on a new tutorial series to showcase p5.js 2.0. As part of the partnership, Processing Foundation also selected @editart_xyz as the co-creation platform.

OSS Intern Spotlight: JAIYN created colorContrast() in p5.js 2.0 + built a MIDI sampler, exploring sound and accessibility while shaping open-source creative tools! 💜 Read the story: @ProcessingOrg/creating-out-of-necessity-exploring-music-art-and-code-7c0a5a454335" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ProcessingOrg… 📚 Support contributors like JAIYN: donorbox.org/back-to-school…

Hello Brooklyn New York, tomorrow Sept 22 @ 6pm I'll be giving a talk at @ZeroSpaceNYC with @DaydreamLiveAI on algorithmic art with @ProcessingOrg , image prompting, & Qwen Image Edit in @ComfyUI / RSVP luma.com/be8n9dfc

Curated and organized by our Archival Assistant, Dorine Tipo, the latest p5.js Community Curation — Multilingual Typography & Text Experiments with p5.js 2.0 — is now live! 🎉 🔗 For full curation: beta.p5js.org/community/ 🔗 Read Dorine’s journey: @ProcessingOrg/archive-as-a-form-of-care-326ea01ee303" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ProcessingOrg…

Huge thanks to Izzy Snyder for improving accessibility in the p5.js Editor, making links clearer and easier to use! Read about her journey: @ProcessingOrg/making-the-p5-js-editor-more-accessible-my-open-source-internship-story-71c696d58ce5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ProcessingOrg… 📚 Every donation helps keep p5.js free and supports contributors like Izzy: donorbox.org/back-to-school…

Welcome Moon🌙 our new Processing Project Lead! She is an improvisational sound artist and technologist with 17 years of experience. Moon is eager to help make Processing's codebase a place where anyone can learn, grow, and build together. 🔗 Learn more: @ProcessingOrg/ef33efea35d4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ProcessingOrg…

Sonya Zheng is now a p5.js contributor! Thanks to her work through the NYC Pathfinders Internship, the Account Settings page got a redesign. 📚 Our Back-to-School fundraiser is happening! Donate & support: donorbox.org/back-to-school… 💜 Read Sonya's story: @ProcessingOrg/prototyping-the-p5-js-editor-with-nyc-public-school-intern-sonya-zheng-97f93c894b17" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ProcessingOrg…

Are you new to p5js 2.0? Join Nikki Makagiansa & Munus Shih for a 4-hour, beginner-friendly online course, guiding you through coding exercises and collaborative writing prompts, culminating in interactive poetic sketches. Register on eventbrite.com/e/p5js-20-work… by Friday, Sept 26.