Over the course of nine classes, explore this intuitive way of making work in tune with the dynamic patterns, energies and qualities of the calendar year.

Join artist Kate Southworth for this online pre-recorded course designed to sensitise your approach to creative work in line with the seasonal changes. During each yearly cycle we witness a pattern of fading, composting, lying fallow, germination, gestation, birthing, blossoming, fruiting and harvesting. Becoming tuned with these natural processes enables us to recognise similar patterns within our own work and with the creative process itself.

In this series, spanning the entire calendar year, we explore the symbolic significance of the four cross-quarter days celebrated by the ancient Celts, as well as the two solstices and two equinoxes. We will work with a range of creative techniques and processes that resonate with the specific qualities of each of these eight major transition points.

Explore artists whose work addresses seasonal change, rituals and intuitive processes including Bracha Ettinger, Hilma af Klint, Shirazeh Houshiary, Emma Kunz, Ithell Colquhoun, Agnes Martin, Leonora Carrington, Georgiana Houghton. Look at the calendar customs and rituals pertinent to the time of the year, and explore a range of creative processes and techniques that activate the imagination.

The first session introduces you to the concepts and the following sessions correspond to a different time of the calendar.

Watch each session on the corresponding date and give yourself time in between to absorb and review your learning, develop your practice and stay in tune with the seasons. You have access for a full year and can join at any time. You will be invited to join a private Facebook group so you can discuss and share your work with fellow students.

In addition to the pre-recorded lessons, there will be a live Q & A session with the artist Kate Southworth on the 15th October, where you can get the answers in real time to any burning questions that you may have.

What to Bring

We will send you a list of materials and instructions upon booking the course.

You will need access to the internet and ideally a PC, laptop or a tablet with audio. Phones are not really suitable to watch a webinar on, unless you can cast to your Smart TV.

You will have a full year to enjoy the sessions, review and make work in response to the calendar.