Our 2023 workshop with Array Collective was a joyful, intense, catalytic and meditative experience - over five packed days, an intrepid group of world- and character-building explorers created profound, visceral and ecstatic work.

This year, Array return with a fresh workshop and a new opportunity to embark on a creative journey in the French Pyrenees, guided by Array Collective artists Jane Butler, Emma Campbell, and Clodagh Lavelle. This week-long programme invites participants to explore their creativity through self awareness and peer to peer collaboration.

Delve into the cultural origin of stories that mirror your modern experiences, and speak to connections between the ancient and the here and now. Engage in site-specific drawing, worldbuilding, found materials, and collaborative performances, fostering unique characters and narratives. This reflective experience has previously prompted deep introspection, encouraging individuals to explore and develop their personal stories and community concerns into new creative practices within a supportive and collaborative environment.

Amid the creative exploration, you can also choose to enjoy invigorating hikes and refreshing swims in the beautiful surroundings. Nourishment is provided with delicious meals and wines throughout the week, tailored to accommodate various dietary preferences. This ensures participants can focus entirely on their creative pursuits and collaborative connections.

Don't miss this opportunity to nurture your creativity, meet like-minded individuals, and share some laughs while savouring the charm of the French Pyrenees!

Array Collective are a group of eleven artists rooted in Belfast, who create collaborative actions in response to socio-political issues affecting Northern Ireland. The collective has been working together since 2016, galvanised by the growing anger and momentum in local movements advocating for human rights. Array Collective reclaim and question traditional identities in the North of Ireland using humour, storytelling, and DIY approaches. They playfully merge performance, protest, ancient mythology, photography, installation and video.

Array Collective are the first Northern Irish artists to win the Turner Prize - they were awarded the prize for their work "The Druthaib's Ball", presented in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry (UK), in 2021.



WHERE AND WHEN?

The course takes place at our residential centre in Aulus les Bains. It's two hours south of Toulouse, high in the French Pyrenees, very near the border with Spain. For detailed travel information, see the transport section. The course starts on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. We advise that you arrive the evening before (06/08/2024) - dinner and accommodation that night is included. The course runs for five days, ending on Sunday night. Accommodation on Sunday night is included, then we leave on Monday morning (12/08/2024). If you decide to take the minibus with us, you will be picked- up in Toulouse at 6pm on 06/08/2024, and will be back in Toulouse at 11am on 12/08/2024.

You'll also have the option to stay at CAMP an additional 7 nights, following the workshop, for an additional cost of €299. Hang out, do some hiking, use our facilities, work on your projects and process the content of the workshop at your own pace.

HOW TO BOOK

To book your place on the course, click the button in the green section above. You won't pay anything right now - we'll send you a booking confirmation email with everything you need to know next. Your place is reserved without payment for three days.

You'll find a payment link in the booking confirmation email - follow the link to make a payment (either in full, or the first payment of a 4 month payment plan). In the latter case, a monthly payment plan will be put in place, so your card will be charged 1/4 of the fee today, and 1/4 each month (on the same day) for an additional 3 months. All card payments are handled by Stripe, and are extremely secure. We don't store any card data ourselves - all of this is handled securely off-site by Stripe. If you have a discount or grant code, you will be able to add it when you follow the payment link in your confirmation email.

Once you've made a payment, you'll receive another email containing your receipt, links to resources, contact information and access to our group chat to discuss the workshop with other participants.