Walking and Noticing: Embodiment, Observation, and Art with Laura Rudkin-Miniot
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.
An Elemental Year: Photography, Ritual, and Magic with Susan Patrice
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.
Bodies Connected By Air with Frances Bukovsky
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.
Objects Embodied: Portals, Memory & Meaning with Lyn Swett Miller
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.