Intercultural Roots launched GIRIC as a new ONLINE programme in January 2023, supported by the Social Enterprise Support Fund for UK and Internationally based artists, makers, creators and somatic practitioners. Now join over 170 practitioners to help develop your Actions for Growth!
The original funders of GIRIC Jun '22 - July '23
What's Included?
We are inviting Practitioners and Embodied Researchers who would like to develop their arts, creative, cultural, craft, somatic and ecological work to join this international programme that will encompass the following opportunities:
* Opportunities to propose and co-develop income generating workshops, courses and intensives
* Opportunities to co-develop projects that respond to the needs of communities
* Asynchronous online access to resources, support and forum via our Basecamp platform
2024/25 Programme
Practice <-> Pedagogy <-> Projects
Supported by our unique 'passion to profession' model to support practitioners develop their practice (and passion) and for this to become their profession and to benefit more people in local communities.
The following topics were delivered at fortnightly Zoom sessions 2023/24. The topics were proposed by GIRIC practitioners through a consultation. A new consultation on 2024/25 is currently being organised.
Practice:
Creative Health (Arts and/for Health) (Eco)Somatics and Psychophysics (Mental-Physical Health and Wellbing) Trauma Informed Practice Dance for Social Change Decolonising Your Own Practice (and Life) Embodied Research
Pedagogy:
Workshop Facilitation Setting up residencies, intensive & courses etc Building community
Projects:
Becoming self employed and developing an organisation Finding Funders Partnership & Collaboration Community Consultation (Responding to Change) Writing Funding Applications Budgets and Financial Admin Promotion, Online Presence & Communications Project Management & Administration Evaluation & Research
Join Intercultural Roots' International Community of 600+ Practitioners and Scholars:
- Three free-of-charge online networks via Basecamp:
GIRIC - Growing Intercultural Roots in Communities - our 'arts for health and social change' network offering structured and peer support across Practice, Pedagogy and Projects
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
As our funding to support GIRIC has ended please make a donation to help us sustain this important work.
