Location: The University of Kent, Canterbury Campus<\/p>\n
7th to 10th July 2025<\/p>\n
Birth Rites Collection\u2019s Summer School<\/a> is a unique programme of lectures, workshops, seminars and one-to-one tutorials. Four intensive days will introduce you to the collection and facilitate a dialogue between you, your practice and the artworks. The course is led by artist & BRC Curator Helen Knowles and artist Dr. Leni Dothan.<\/p>\n Birth Rites Collection Summer School will empower you to articulate your own practice and responses to the collection in a supportive environment whilst exploring critical perspectives in the field of birth.<\/p>\n Midwives, academics, curators, artists, medics, health professionals, art historians, policy advisors and the general public interested in childbirth through the lens of art, are all welcome. As a participant, you will enter the course with your own skill set and finish, with a bespoke multi-media pack of visual, textual, auditory, photographic, filmic and performative material, to be used thereafter in your own future work.<\/p>\n This year, workshops include reflecting on the themes of aesthetics, ethics, politics and the visual discourses of birth through visual and written materials with the emphasis on learning how to stage and document performances. Through lectures by leading artists in the field, we will introduce different perspectives to initiate in-depth discussions.<\/p>\n Summer School themes include:<\/p>\n Navigating mortality from preterm birth to post-partum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Artistic responses to preterm birth<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n How the collection informs and unpacks different\u00a0perspectives in midwifery, medicine and education,\u00a0and its potential to improve practice and policy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n The Collection\u2019s impact on feminist art practices\u00a0and the rehabilitation of visual discourses\u00a0of birth into art history<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Censorship of artworks on birth,\u00a0institutional responses, ethics and the law<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2025 speakers include: Griselda Pollock (online keynote), <\/strong>Anna Perach<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Hannah Conway<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Courtney <\/strong><\/a>Conrad<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Catherine Williamson<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Andrea Khora<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Helen Knowles<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>Leni Dothan<\/strong><\/a>, with more announced soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n 4-day course (In-person) University of Kent Campus, Canterbury<\/p>\n 7th \u00a0– 10th July, 10 \u2013 5pm (with some late evenings) Cost \u00a3650 per person \/ \u00a3500 concession (for practicing artists, students and those with a low-income).<\/p>\n 15 places available, secured with a deposit of \u00a3100.<\/p>\n Wednesday evenings 19.00 – 21.30 (BST), 11th June – 2nd July 2025 &\u00a0Saturday 28th June, 14.00 – 17.00 (BST)<\/p>\n \u00a3550 per person \/ \u00a3400 concession (for artists, students and those with a low-income)<\/p>\n Bookings are secured with a \u00a3100 deposit<\/p>\n e: helen@birthrites.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n www.birthritescollection.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Book Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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