Course Content
In Person- three day intensive Walking, Making and Thinking will start with a three day intensive in Sancreed village hall. We will turn the hall into a studio for testing and experimenting with intuitive making practices informed by walking and immersing ourselves in the surrounding area. Artists will be invited to run workshops in making plant based pigments from materials we gather as well book binding so that we can start with making our own hand bound journals. Materials and food will be provided.
In-person- two day peer to peer sharing Half way through the year we will meet at Sancreed village hall to share our work, receive peer to peer feedback, discuss ideas, listen to artist talks and revisit the sacred landscape surrounding Sancreed. Food will be provided.
In-person- three day reflective journaling The year culminates in a three day group gathering at Sancreed Village Hall. We will share and reflect on how we have worked together and stuff that has emerged from our individual practice. We will think together about how we move forward and take this shared experience with us. Food will be provided.
Online Lecture Series Throughout the year there will be a series of lectures (6 online 1.5-hour lectures) and conversations with artists and thinkers whose work is rooted in place. We will look at how artists think, work, write, perform, and question, and how these ecological approaches shape their practice. The emphasis is on ways of working and ways of seeing that can feed directly into your own practice.
Ecology of walking
Mythology and ritual in place
Site, spirit, and poetics of place
Queerness and landscape
Feminism and landscape
Radical politics and wild places
Four Individual Studio Mentoring Sessions You will receive four 1.5-hour online sessions with artist and senior lecturer Lucy Willow. These sessions are designed to integrate the content of the course into a focused discussion on the development of individual practice and how it feeds into your work, provide critical feedback, conceptual guidance, portfolio development, or simply a space to think aloud about your work.
Two Online Group Seminars At two points in the year, the group will gather for online seminars where you share work, give and receive peer feedback, and deepen your critical thinking. These sessions build a supportive community of practice.
Online Resources You will have access to a set of online resources, including recorded lectures, reading suggestions, and prompts to support moments of uncertainty or creative block. These materials will be added to throughout the year and are intended to offering continuity, guidance, and a sense of belonging within a shared creative community.
If you have any questions please email Lucy Willow lucywillowstudio@gmail.com