Become a Digital Pioneer.
We teach adults 50+ how to use AI tools — for free. You build real skills, make something meaningful, and share it — with family, buyers, and other Digital Pioneers just like you.
Four steps. One mission. Yours to own.
No art experience needed. No tech background required. Jump in at any step.
Master the Tools. Free.
Free hands-on AI and digital skills training at Austin libraries and senior centers. No jargon. No prior experience. Bilingual sessions available.
- AI basics, smartphone skills & online safety
- In-person, hybrid, or self-paced online
- 6 Austin Public Library branches & 2 AARP-affiliated senior centers
Apply What You Learned.
In a 6-week cohort, you apply those skills to something real — your story, your neighborhood, your life. AI helps you record, shape, and visualize it into finished work you can stand behind.
- Record your story — voice or written
- AI transcribes and visualizes key moments into art
- You write your artist statement — we guide it
Put Your Work in the Room.
The Digital Pioneer Gallery Walk is a live business development event. Your work is on the wall. Hotel buyers, community organizations, Austin visitors, and local partners are in the room.
- Live exhibition at East Austin cultural venues
- Direct access to hotel concierges, tourism partners & community buyers
- Bilingual programming — artists speak to their own communities
Market Your Work. Build Your Business.
The digital skills you learned are now your marketing engine. Promote your work to targeted buyers, sell prints online, and build a permanent presence in the Digital Pioneer Gallery — Austin’s 50+ creative marketplace.
- Print-on-demand — your art sold to the public
- Permanent profile at digitalpioneer.ai
- Digital marketing skills applied to your own business
Ready to turn what you know into something you can sell?
Start with the first free lesson — or bring 50+TechBridge to your library, senior center, or organization.
Free to participants · MBE Certified · WIOA Eligible · Bilingual sessions available