Tuesday evenings —October 21st to November 25th. Weekly invitations are posted on Kinship Circle.

For this online Kinship Circle invitation, we will examine our favourite works of artists who have spoken for water, what success in this field could look like and how it has been achieved. As an asynchronous practice gathering Jon will lead with examples and prompts and facilitate the conversation throughout the time between new activities.This practice group can be combined with Zoom based practice groups and is open to all Kinship Circle members.

October 6 - November 24.

Meets Every Monday 6:30 - 8:30pm ET for 8 weeks.

During this eight week practice group we will consider these guiding questions: In what ways does the flow of water around us and within us make us feel alive? In what ways might particular objects offer portals to elemental states of mind and being? In the process of exploring the idea of aliveness, we will consider how photography can help us make sense of the unexpected life-forces contained within seemingly inanimate things.

October 9 - November 13

Meets every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm ET via Zoom for 6 weeks.

In this practice group, we will explore water through self portraiture and embodied photography practices, all the while asking questions intended to expand and shift our creative practice. We will explore water’s capacity for aiding transformation and transition, holding grief, and the relationship between our own bodies and the bodies of water we live with.

November 4– December 2

Meets Every Tuesday 7 – 9pm ET for 5 weeks.

In this five-week practice group, we will explore water as photographic subject matter both literally and metaphorically. Water is unique in that it exists in solid, liquid, and gaseous states. How does this fluidity manifest in natural and human-constructed environments, and how can it be applied to how we live our lives as artists? How do the transitions between these three states of being present a type of flow that can be adapted to art-making?

July 1st - August 5th

Meets every Tuesday, 7:00 - 8:30 for 6 weeks

Over the course of this practice group, we will be building a metaphorical campfire and telling stories around it through photography. We will ask ourselves: what is the fuel for our fire? What lights the spark? Participants will find new ways to approach telling their own stories – reaching into memories and capturing their perspectives in the moment. We’ll explore both single and multiple image approaches, and play with incorporating text as interest warrants.

July 1 - August 19

Tuesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm for 8 weeks.

During this eight week practice group we will explore our relationship to elemental fire as experienced in the things that surround us. Fire, as it exists within bodies, carries ancient energy. How is it that some objects literally change the energy in a room? In what ways might particular objects offer portals to elemental states of mind and being?

July 3 - July 31, 2025

Meets every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm via Zoom for 5 weeks.

In this practice group, we will explore and tend to our own embodied flames before turning our fiery vision outward to explore the ways that this element encourages us to relate to others. We will explore care as a form of nurturing fire, attention as an illuminating force, and fire as a process of alchemy and transformation. With a focus on self portraiture and embodied photographic processes, we will explore the relationships our bodies have with other bodies through the element of fire.

Sunday evenings—April 20 to May 25th. Weekly invitations are posted on Kinship Circle.

For this online Kinship Circle invitation, we will focus onmovement and exchange in terms of self, setting, and time. In a series of prompts, participants will be invited to take a walk while noticing aspects of both their bodies and their environments. The prompts will come from the growing literatures on Forest Bathing and Walking Art. This practice group can be combined with Zoom based practice groups and is open to all Kinship Circle members.

April 22 - June 10, 2025
Meets every Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:30 PM EDT via Zoom for 8 sessions.

The Elemental Year draws creative inspiration from land-based cultures—where time moves in rhythm with the Earth and travels in circles and cycles. During this practice group, we will utilize the power of embodied seasonal rituals, contemplative practices, and deep reflection to explore our fundamental relationship to our elemental kin. Participants are invited to follow their creative intuition through one season or all four.

April 24 - May 22, 2025
Meets every Thursday from 12 - 2 PM EDT pm via Zoom for 5 weeks.

With a focus on self-portraiture and embodied photography practices, we will begin by exploring the way we experience air in our bodies—what happens when we draw attention to the exchange between our bodies and air? Through conversation and experimentation, we will be invited to shift our lenses to the exchanges that occur through our shared experiences of air.

April 22 - May 27, 2025
Meets every Tuesday 6:00 - 7:30 PM via Zoom for 6 weeks.

Cultivating the Daily Frame is a small, supportive photography practice group designed to help participants build and sustain a consistent daily photography habit. Recognizing that creative growth often stems from regular engagement, this group will provide a framework for sharing, inspiration, and accountability, fostering a more intentional and fulfilling photographic practice by building a consistent daily practice.

April 15 - May 20, 2025
Meets every Tuesday from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm via Zoom for 6 weeks.

During this six-week practice group, we will explore our relationship to elemental air as experienced in the things that surround us. Air, as it exists between bodies, carries ancient energy. How is it that some objects literally change the energy in a room? In what ways might particular objects offer portals to elemental states of mind and being? Along the way, we will examine how photography can help us make sense of the energy embodied in our stuff.