GIRIC - Growing Intercultural Roots in Communities - an OPEN CALL
Arts for Social Change
GIRIC 'Growing Intercultural Roots in Communities'
an Open Call, Join Now, No Deadline
- for artists, creatives, dancers, makers, movers, cultural, craft, visual, musical and all other embodied practitioners and scholars -
Scroll down to join the GIRIC network for all UK and Internationally based practitioners and scholars!* - scroll down for our full 2025 curriculum
* Please note that there is a small admin cost for each module of GBP£5 that is reduced to £3 for GIRIC members
What's Included in the GIRIC Network?
We are inviting practitioners and scholars who would like to join this international programme that will encompass the following opportunities:
* Peer-to-Peer Support and Co-Mentoring * Network Building opportunities * Structured, Peer-Led Fortnightly Zoom Sessions: 5 per term during 2025 * Opportunities to propose and co-develop income generating workshops, courses and intensives * Opportunities to co-develop projects that respond to the needs of your community (geographical or of shared interest) * Asynchronous online 24 / 7 access to shared resources, support and forum via our Basecamp platform
Apply to JOIN The GIRIC Network Today
Intercultural Roots launched GIRIC as a new ONLINE programme for UK-based and International arts practitioners of all forms in January 2023, supported by the Social Enterprise Support Fund. Join over 280 practitioners from over 50 countries [January 2025] to help transform your artistic passion into professional practice! Become a GIRIC member free of charge and receive a discount on our programme modules.
Inclusion to our Basecamp Network by Application Only:
Click Links to Book - limited places, book asap. * Please note that there is a small admin cost for each module of GBP£5 that is reduced to £3 for GIRIC members
THEMES: Practice <-> Pedagogy <-> Projects
Supported by our unique 'passion to profession' model to help arts practitioners reach and impact more people across local communities. Here is our GIRIC curriculum of themed modules for 2025. The modules were compiled from an analysis of what artists who have joined GIRIC have requested:
Collaboration between practices, peer-to-peer support, and making connections. Participants will share strategies
for building strong creative networks, co-mentoring and -coaching, and overcoming isolation.
Developing eco-somatic practice and supporting mental health through creative wellness. Exploring movement,
breathwork, and mindful techniques to nurture individual resilience and increase nature-connectedness in artistic processes.
Integrating progressive learning principles, individual learning needs, and diverse styles. Discover how to tailor
workshops for neurodiverse and marginalised groups, ensuring accessible, trauma-informed, and decolonising pedagogies.
Empowers practitioners to propose public courses, workshops, and other embodied practice events that generate income,
with IR handling promotion, administration, and participant bookings. Practitioners maintain creative control while
receiving a fair share of net revenue, ensuring sustainable professional development and broad community impact.
Developing successful and collaborative funding applications, plus essential tools for project administration.
This includes budgeting, finance, legality, and health & safety—equipping you with the fundamentals to launch
and sustain impactful projects.
Term 2 (May – July 2025)
Session
Date
Theme
Topic
Focus
1
14 MAY
Practice
Creative Labs & Devising Performance
Creative labs, devising performance, and developing one’s artistic practice. Examine techniques for incubating ideas,
experimenting collaboratively, and bringing new performances to life.
2
28 MAY
Practice
Embodied Research & Ideas Inspiration
Embodied research, somatic inquiry, and sparking fresh ideas. Practice documenting movement-based or arts-based explorations,
and discover how to channel creative inspiration into concrete outputs (performance, exhibitions, or publications).
3
11 JUN
Pedagogy
Planning & Preparation for Workshops
Step-by-step guidance on planning and preparing courses, residencies, or community events. Explore scheduling,
resource allocation, trauma-informed facilitation, and methods for welcoming diverse participants safely and meaningfully.
4
25 JUN
Pedagogy
Assessment & Evaluation Approaches
Techniques for assessing and evaluating learning in embodied arts. Learn to measure impact, gather evidence for funders,
and capture the qualitative dimensions of creative processes while retaining a participant-centered ethos.
5
9 JUL
Projects
Digital Promotion & Community Building
How to engage groups and build communities through digital promotion. Covering social media, email outreach,
website presence, and online events—plus strategies for building long-term connections and increasing reach.
Term 3 (October – December 2025)
Session
Date
Theme
Topic
Focus
1
15 OCT
Practice
Performing Ecologies & Intercultural Exchange
Blending eco-somatic approaches, cultural rituals, and site-specific performance. Delve into intercultural dialogue,
environmental activism, and collaborative art-making that honours ancestral knowledge and ecology.
2
29 OCT
Practice
Self-Care & Resilience for Creative Practitioners
Balancing creative work with personal well-being. Address burnout, isolation, and finances from a place of somatic awareness,
developing sustainable self-care strategies and community support networks.
Advanced strategies for facilitating workshops with neurodiverse, disabled, or otherwise marginalised participants.
Emphasise trauma-informed practice, universal design, and empathetic communication methods.
4
26 NOV
Projects
Freelancing, Startups & Beyond
Support for becoming a self-employed freelancer or forming a social enterprise/charity. Learn business planning, marketing,
budgeting, plus essential legal frameworks—empowering you to scale up responsibly and confidently.
5
10 DEC
Projects
Advanced Partnerships & Policy Engagement
Building large-scale collaborations with local authorities, NGOs, or international networks. Explore how to shape policies,
influence decision-makers, and craft projects that have lasting social and environmental impact.
Join Intercultural Roots' International Community of Practitioners and Scholars:
- Three free-of-charge online networks via Basecamp:
GIRIC - Growing Intercultural Roots in Communities
ADN - 'Arts Disability Network' - our network for artists and practitioners with disabilities and chronic health conditions led by people with a lived experience
H-NC - 'Human-Nature Connect' - our our eco-embodied and eco-somatic network for practitioners with a passion for arts that positively contribute to environmental impact
Help Sustain GIRIC and Intercultural Roots:
As our funding to support GIRIC has ended please make a donation to help us sustain this important work.
