Bodies Connected by Earth with Frances Bukovsky
Bodies Connected by Earth with Frances Bukovsky
January 15th - February 19th, 2026
Thursdays 6 - 8 pm EST for 6 weeks.
What depths can be found in the slow cycles of Earth? How can we sink deep into the fertile soil of our creative practice and learn from the relationships of our mycelial kin? Where does Earth live in our bodies, and how do the transmutative qualities of Earth inform our lives as we experience grief and joy, illness and well-being, transformation and change?
In this group, we will explore how our creative practices can learn from the depth and complexity of Earth. Drawing from disability and ecological studies, we will consider the ways that deep rest can be a creative and transmutative force, as well as the interdependence of all living things through Earth. Using self-portraiture, embodied photographic practices, and/or transforming currently existing work with intention and care, we will use our cameras to build relationships with the earthen bodies that surround us.
This practice group is for all levels of photographers with a focus on conceptual discussion rather than technical. We will meet once a week for 6 weeks to share our images, ideas, and questions as we engage in rich discussion about Earth and our bodies.
Kinship uses a pay-what-you-can honor system with a minimum donation of $60. The average contribution for a five-week practice group is $125. Please give as generously as you can. If you cannot afford the minimum contribution of $60 please don't hesitate to request a scholarship.
Frances Bukovsky (they/them) is interested in the complicated relationships between bodies, places, and identities. They use their photography practice to reject individualism and highlight interdependence and care, for both human and more-than-human bodies. Their work is informed by disability, queer, and ecological studies to create projects that reach into the intimate and mundane to connect the personal to the systemic.
Bukovsky earned a BFA with honors in Photography and Imaging from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2018. Their work has recently been featured in institutions including UC Irvine, The Bascom: A Center for the Arts, Circle Gallery at UGA, The United Nations HQ in New York, and TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image. Bukovsky’s debut monograph “Vessel” was published with Fifth Wheel Press in 2020. They have been a participant at Artist in Residency programs at the Peter Bullough Foundation in 2022 and the Goodall Visiting Fellows program at Wofford College in 2024. Bukovsky is a co-founder of Kinship Photography Collective as well as a member of Women Photograph.
