draw the feeling: cultural somatics for visual storytellers

February 23, 2023

We might think about our bodies as neural synapses in a cultural nervous system - the messages our bodies send always include information about the health of our social field and environment. In this workshop we’ll slow down and stick with the feelings we notice arising and what they can tell us about our cultural ecosystem.

In this workshop we will use trauma-informed somatic practices (such as breath work, guided meditation/visualization, gentle movement, and sound) to tune in to our bodies and begin to play with the translation of body wisdom into visual images.

patterns in nature: ecological literacies for visual storytellers

March 23, 2023

The sentient design of the natural world is ordered to be functional, efficient, harmonic, flowing, and beautiful - and so too can be our design work when we study the intelligence of patterns in nature. In this workshop we will learn how to apply form and function of natural patterns in visual storytelling towards the transformation necessary for eco-social wellness and liberation.

shape of the story: animist storytelling for narrative strategists

April 27, 2023

Any good storyteller will tell you that the story is woven by both the teller and the elements of the story themselves: the characters, the setting, the times.  This type of animist storytelling, where all stories are alive and all things that are alive are beings, has been central to culture making for most of human history.

As contemporary artists and cultural workers, we will explore ancestral practices of somatic storytelling and how they can support our movement comms and narrative strategy work.