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 UK and international practitioners and scholars, and explore our 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 * 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 340 practitioners from over 50 countries [October 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:
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, featuring upcoming and past themed modules. These modules were developed based on the interests and requests of artists who have joined the GIRIC network:
Focus: 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.
- Practice: Self-Care & Resilience for Creative Practitioners
Focus: 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.
- Pedagogy: Neurodiverse & Marginalised Learners
Focus: Advanced strategies for facilitating workshops with neurodiverse, disabled, or otherwise marginalised participants. Emphasise trauma-informed practice, universal design, and empathetic communication methods.
- Projects: Freelancing, Startups & Beyond
Focus: 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.
Focus: 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.
Focused on creating trauma-informed, accessible, and inclusive learning environments that empower participants.
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.
