ACAI : The school of Art, Culture & AI at NFC Summit 2026
ACAI is a hands-on learning format hosted by The AI Art Magazine inside NFC Summit 2026. If you’ve been curious about creative AI tools and want to actually try them - not just hear about them - this is for you.
Whether you’re an artist, designer, or just exploring, ACAI offers practical sessions for all levels. And yes, it’s kid-friendly too: ACAI Kids brings the same curiosity and hands-on spirit to younger creators.
ACAI Class: for artists, designers, image-makers with Boris Eldagsen
Friday, June 5, 10:00-14:00
ACAI Class is an intensive workshop track for artists, designers, photographers and creative technologists who want to work with AI as a serious image-making tool. Led by artist Boris Eldagsen, the class moves from conversational prompting and prompt editing into multi-step workflows with generators like Seedream and Nano Banana: working with existing image material, treating AI as a virtual camera, combining in- and out-painting, and building consistent characters across sequences.
Think less “one-click magic”, more art direction: how to control mood and lighting, steer colour palettes and styles, add or remove elements, refine details through upscaling and use negative prompts, role assignments and emojis for emotional control. Expect live demos, guided exercises and prompt “sparring” that connect these techniques into repeatable pipelines.
Reserve your spot for ACAI Class at €260.75 (includes full access to NFC Summit 2026).
ACAI Kids: for young creators with Boris Eldagsen, Ender Diril, Pierre de Conihout and Seth Goldstein
Thursday, June 4, 10:00-14:00
ACAI Kids brings the same curiosity to a younger audience with age-appropriate, guided sessions on AI and creativity. From “Monsterfy Yourself!” portraits to collaborative story-building, music experiments and first encounters with AI agents, kids explore how their own ideas, drawings and photos can grow into new visual stories with AI.
Workshops are designed to be playful but transparent: children see how working with AI shapes results while their own imagination stays at the center. Each session is led by experienced practitioners who balance experimentation with clear boundaries and media literacy.
Free. Held in English. Includes full access to NFC Summit 2026.
Who’s teaching
Boris Eldagsen: Berlin-based artist at the intersection of photography and AI-generated imagery. Exhibited internationally at Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Edinburgh Art Festival, and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. AI image-making educator since 2022.
Ender Diril: Artist and creative technologist using AI, collage and digital manipulation. Builds visual worlds informed by science fiction, fantasy and manga.
Pierre de Conihout: Founder of startups in San Francisco; now develops Synthia, a system for structured, text-driven track creation. His ACAI Kids workshop focuses on AI-assisted music making.
Seth Goldstein: Founder of Spirit Protocol. Three decades at the intersection of technology, art, and human connection (Turntable.fm, Bright Moments). Now building systems where agents that practice daily earn sovereignty.
About The AI Art Magazine
The AI Art Magazine is an independent, artist-led print publication at the intersection of art and artificial intelligence. It is conceived as a “magazine in real time”: a living archive of artistic practices and discourse engaging with machine learning, generative models, and algorithmic systems, seeking to capture a rapidly shifting cultural moment as it unfolds.
Each issue can be understood as a kind of “water sample”: it captures a specific condition, makes it visible, and opens a space for critical reflection, experimental visual thinking, and theoretical inquiry.
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About NFC Summit
NFC Summit is the world’s first Web3 Pop-Culture Festival since 2022, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal.
Next edition: June 4-6, 2026 // Unicorn Factory Lisboa // Lisbon, Portugal.
More announcements coming soon, stay tuned.