Re-storying our relations with the natural world
An arts-based workshop to re-imagine our connection with nature
Re-imagining is a practice of hope needed to sustain our planet. The first step is to reflect on the ways we have storied our belonging and connections to the natural world. Stories that call the land a resource — or privilege human-made hierarchies — need transformation into narratives that inspire responsible ways of relating with the natural world.
In this five-session workshop, participants will engage with the practice of “re-storying” through writing and illustration exercises. In each session, participants will re-imagine narratives that encourage reciprocal relationships with the natural world and those who inhabit it. At the end of the workshop, participants’ creative work will be showcased in a collective online publication.
This workshop is for YOU if you’re interested in:
- exploring connection with the natural world through a creative lens
- storytelling and story sharing
- creative-making-thinking
- playful community-making
These sessions will be led by Andrea Vela Alarcón, from the Abya Yala rainforest territory, currently known as the Peruvian Amazon. Andrea is an artist and community educator interested in facilitating spaces of critical conversations on ecological survival.
What to expect: The five sessions of the workshop will be conducted online. The sessions will involve embodied exercises, short readings, conversations and creative writing and illustration exercises. Each session will conclude with collective sharing.
Dates: 5 sessions every Friday – May: 13, 20, 27. June: 03, 10
Time: 12 to 1:30 p.m. PT – 3 to 4:30 p.m. ET
Capacity: 15 participants
Format: Online via Zoom
Applications will close on Sunday, May 1 at midnight. Preference will be given to folks based in B.C. If you want more information about the workshop contact: andreavla@gmail.com
Spaces will be limited so if you are interested, please apply soon!
