Social Practice School
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Tuesdays. June 2 – July 21, 2026.
10am – 12pm. Optional hang out & potluck lunch until 1pm.
Various locations around town: in parks and occasionally indoors.
(access needs will be met & locations confirmed based on who is registered)
Cost is $400 for 8 weeks. Limited free spots available.
Social Practice School is a chance to :
Learn about the history and theory of this type of art making
Build familiarity with contemporary social practices
Develop or begin a social practice through assignments, discussion and support
F.A.Q.s
What is social practice?
Art that understands relationships as its medium. (We will pull this apart and expand it in school, but this is a good starting point)
Who is this for?
Anyone interested in investigating how art and relationships are connected to each other.
YOU might be an artist curious to think about including or expanding this work in your practice, maybe you’re engaged in the ‘helping professions’ and wanting to explore how creative practice might tie in with that, perhaps you are interested in spending time with folks discussing contemporary art, care, time, connection and change from a place that values humanity and process.
What is the difference between social practice and social work/activism/ charity work etc….?
Good question. We’ll ask this one a lot together. This school is situated in understanding social practice in contemporary art but Corrie has history in all these other fields of practice and believes the murky lines between them are places to grow creative practice.
I am busy and won’t have a lot of time to work on projects, can this work for me?
Yes. The school assignments will be designed in an adaptive way to hopefully work with your lived realities. Corrie also believes bringing daily life into all forms of art is political and an important voice in contemporary art – the assignments address that. Readings will include highlighting most important sections so you can make choices in your reading.
Am I going to be going out into the street and making an art work?
Not necessarily. There are important considerations around power, ethics and care that we will talk about at school. No assignment explicitly involves going out on the street and making art.
Who am I learning from?
Corrie Peters is an artist and educator with a history in youth and family work and years of community-involved work both within and outside of their art practice. She has developed her art practice in conversation with social practice and her material lists can include: time, people, food, care, thread, pictures, memories, yarn, words….
As an educator Corrie believes strongly in supporting folx to bring themselves and their history into their work, with a careful eye towards how power moves through our own histories and the world around us.
Here’s a few things some past ‘students’ have said:
“Corrie’s way of convening people is what we all need as humans and creatives: wise, safe, kind and nourishing.” -E.M.
“Corrie is a sensitive facilitator of the creative process. Corrie empowers her students to trust their own ideas, stories, and experiences. Her inquisitive and caring nature helps any artist to locate their ideas in a broader context. I especially appreciated the structure that Corrie designs into her sessions, artfully weaving inspiration with a process-based practice that builds upon itself week by week.” – J.P.
Are there any discounts?
If you would like to join and this is cost prohibitive I will be offering free spots based on numbers of paid participants.There is a place on the application form to indicate need. Corrie is a settler on stolen Indigenous land and will offer the first free spots to Indigenous folx.
If you would like to support more free spots, and are able, consider paying $450 for your enrolment.
