Voices of the Earth

Creative partners Zélie and Philip Gross, the award-winning poet, lead this popular annual course for people with any level of experience in writing or visual media, or none.

Building on the experience of taking Voices of the Earth online last year, the course brings a hands-on approach to writing poetry and/or making art underpinned by a sense of our place among life on Earth.

Differently engaging individual and collaborative activities are backed up by abundant resources in each medium, with teaching support and guidance offered to open up unfamiliar possibilities and develop existing skills. Art activities can be done in any medium; you will also need some means of taking photographs that can be uploaded on the course site.

Through our experiments with many ways of making creative sense of change, this year's theme, A TIME FOR EMERGING, looks to move from an emergency to new emergence, for individuals, communities and the world.

The clearly designed course pages guide you through a variety of approaches and practical techniques for you to work with as you choose. Forums provide spaces for conversations, sharing work in progress and creative experiment.

A weekly Zoom session is planned to be held on Mondays from 10:00-11.30 (UK time), with the option of an early evening slot if needed. These will be recorded so that anyone unable to attend can stay connected. There will also be flexible opportunities each week for group workshops or one-to-one consultations.

We anticipate that each participant will attend one 90 minute Zoom session each week, plus one 90-minute workshop, however some people may do much less than this, others a lot more depending on their circumstances and preferences. Zélie and Philip are on hand throughout to help you open up the creative possibilities within the course and in the world around us.

If you have questions about this out-of-the-ordinary course, please contact Woodbrooke and the tutors will be pleased to respond.