RISING VR believes that African-Diaspora is under-represented in the authorship of VR works and we want to cultivate new authorship through our cohort efforts. Organized remote learning is a powerful channel for providing space to practice. We will deliver a hybrid model of IRL and remote learning to allow for hybrid approach to collaboration. This program will provide unambiguous evidence of what is possible and encourage others to pursue VR solutions by drawing on the knowledge of participating artists.