/ Short Courses /
Start date:
August 2025
Places:
Places are awarded on a "first paid first serve" basis due to demand.
Cost / delivery:
£300 / on-campus
2 days (23 & 24 August)
The journey of recovery after cancer, especially breast cancer, is deeply personal, complex, and often invisible.
This two-day course provides a nurturing space for artists, writers, and musicians to explore the emotional and physical turning points that follow treatment. Timed to coincide with the summer solstice, this course symbolises a moment of renewal and light, offering you an opportunity to reconnect with your creative voice, reframe your narratives, and share in a community of care.
You will engage in practical creative exercises, gentle movement, soundwalks, personal reflection, and facilitated discussion.
The course centres around themes of convalescence, identity, transformation, and the rhythms of nature. No prior experience is needed in a specific artform - only a willingness to reflect, express, and connect.
Course aims
- To create a safe and supportive environment for creative exploration during post-cancer recovery
- To foster personal and collective reflection on healing, identity, and the body
- To explore creative practice as a restorative and expressive tool
- To mark the solstice as a moment of personal transition and hope
