Creative Expression

Discover the wild edges of your creative practice using your body, voice, and imagination with the brilliant guidance of leading, creative luminaries and artists from around the world.

Creative Expression Garden Painting
Aerial photo of a bowl that has been repaired with gold

Kintsugi: Embracing Imperfection (Sept)

With Yuka Morino

September 27 - October 2, 2026
Kintsugi, 金継ぎ translated literally from Japanese means "golden joinery". This traditional Japanese art used to repair broken ceramics uses natural materials, like tree sap, clay and flour dusted with gold (or other precious metals) to make the cracks, or broken lines beautiful.  The cracks are called Keshiki 景色 and in…
A watercolour painting

The Language of Flowers: Contemplation and Realization in Nature

With Heather Midori Yamada

September 28 - October 2, 2026
At first glance there is harmony, balance and beauty underlying many Japanese arts. Ikebana, the art of Japanese floral arrangement has a rich and long history with many schools, rules and philosophies developing and evolving over time.  Originating from a traditional Japanese environment to contemporary expression worldwide, the language of…

The Art of Entanglement: Fish, Flow, and Knowing

With Zoe Todd and Courtney Chetwynd

October 2 - 7, 2026
Dive into a creative world where fish, water, and story are teachers. Building on the energy and excitement of last year’s “Fish as Storytellers”, this year’s program moves more deeply into themes of entanglement, reciprocity, and relational ways of knowing. Through art-making, storytelling, and land-based reflection, we’ll explore how knowledge…
Aerial photo of a bowl that has been repaired with gold

Kintsugi: Embracing Imperfection (October)

With Yuka Morino

October 7 - 11, 2026
Kintsugi, 金継ぎ translated literally from Japanese means "golden joinery". This traditional Japanese art used to repair broken ceramics uses natural materials, like tree sap, clay and flour dusted with gold (or other precious metals) to make the cracks, or broken lines beautiful.  The cracks are called Keshiki 景色 and in…