An artist-led, schooled-by-the-forest for grown ups
Ground Provisions is an artist-led schooled-by-the-forest for grown-ups founded grounded by artist Becky Lyon. It is a vessel for Becky’s facilitation practice which encompasses workshops, walks, gatherings, rituals, reading groups and training. Ground Provisions tunes into nature as a sourcebook of instructions on how to live well alongside others in ruinous and unstable times - forget forest school the forest is the school!
Ground Provisions draws on different types of practice taking a leaf out of reflective journals, instructional guidebooks, the kindergarten play box, spell books and ‘nature-connection’ practices - all rooted in art. Ground Provisions takes the form of one-off events, durational programmes and printed materials. Welcome!
The syllabus
What distinguishes the Ground Provisions approach is ‘syllabus’ structure of 15 modules from “autumn” to “summer”. Each module includes seasonal instructions, nature connection practices, spells, journaling prompts and artist-led activities for responding and reflecting.
The "Autumn- Winter" segment centres around honouring and gratitude…reflection…clearing the ground…recomposing and priming ourselves for new connections and perspectives…opening out…preparing for possibility…strategies for renewal …shedding and collating… The”Winter-Spring" segment focuses on rebel curriculums and new toolkits…tools and practices for doing things differently…countering and imagining inherited systems otherwise…visionary fictioning… The "Spring-Summer”. This segment is all about…ways of relating…joy…collectivity…pleasure activism…companions…growing well together…
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What we get up to…
I host plenty of one-off events, walks and gatherings exploring a specific theme or module. Most are carried out in person but I occasionally run online events. I can also deliver the whole programme as part of a year-long event series! I recently took a group around the wheel of the year for Camden Art Centre where we looked to seasonal rhythms and ecological patterns as guidance for our creative practice and processing. Sign up below to receive my newsletter or get in touch to talk about programming a session for your group or organisation.
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