HAUMEA Online
Ecoliteracy and Ecophilosophy Self-Paced Courses for Creatives and Art Professionals
In its first year Haumea Online offered five popular ecoliteracy and ecophilosophy courses; next course 5 Jan 2021!
Art professionals from Ireland, England, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the US, and China have taken our courses, see our testimonials below. Ecoliteracy is important for all creative fields: we have had visual artists, poets, writers, storytellers, body/dance artists, musicians, community artists, festival organisers, curators, MA and doctoral creative practice and humanities' researchers join us. As you can imagine, this makes our courses very supportive and inspiring.
Creating for a better, more just and beautiful world is urgent and rewarding
Ecological artist Dr Cathy Fitzgerald's innovative and popular 'Essential Ecoliteracy course for Creatives and Art Professionals' is being offered again in 2021. Ecoliteracy and ecophilosphy can help you or your organisation develop impactful creative practices, exhibitions, events, community art programmes, insightful cultural leadership policy for these urgent times. Ecoliteracy is increasingly valuable for communicating ecosocial values fluently and clearly: As a Creative, working in any creative field, you can more confidently present your work and secure funding for ecosocial opportunities that are becoming central to the creative sector and broader society. As an Arts Professional, you can best design policy, strategy and programmes to align and assist others in the creative sector towards care, compassion and life-sustaining activities imperative of a necessary ecological era.
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BOOKINGS NOW OPEN for the 7-WEEK Haumea Online Ecoliteracy Course, STARTING 5 JAN 2021
with ecological artist cathy fitzgerald, phd and co-host nikos patedakis, phd
Guided, self-paced learning for Creatives and Art Professional. More details below.
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CONCLUDED: AUTUMN 2020 - TWO 7-week Haumea ONLINE Essential Ecoliteracy courses running now from 15/16 SEPTEMBER 2020: Guided, self-paced learning for Creatives and Art Professionals
with ecological artist cathy fitzgerald, phd and co-host nikos patedakis, phd
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CONCLUDED: SUMMER 2020 Pilot 'Creativity as an Act of Love' 7 week ecophilosophy course with philosopher Nikos Patedakis, PhD
Current and Upcoming 2021 Haumea Online Courses!
Essential Ecoliteracy provides in-depth context and resources for those approaching the art and ecology field. More courses to be announced soon.
What people are saying about Haumea OnLine courses
“Cathy Fitzgerald's Ecoliteracy Course far surpassed my expectations in materials and discussions. It is a valuable course at so many levels. I’ve been a practising ecoartist for 12 years and educator for 25; despite my background, Cathy’s course was rich in knowledge that will continue to aid me in my teaching, personal studio practice, and ever-expanding community-based art & ecology stewardship. Even in grad school, I never came across eco information or had discussions this rich in content and heart.”
Krisanne Baker, water-centric ecosocial artist | educator, Maine, USA
“I found Cathy's Haumea Online Ecoliteracy course and mentoring inspiring on a number of levels. Educationally I found Cathy to be a teacher who communicates with gentleness and conviction and the topics covered are varied and interesting with access to the work of many outstanding thinkers and artists. I learnt much and became a lot more ecoliterate ( although I still have a way to go). As a visual artist, I felt I had joined a community of people, a network of artists, both in Ireland and around the world who have a common understanding, who share information and have the potential to act as a support to one another. Personally, the course led me to begin meditating on a regular basis after trying unsuccessfully for many years. One of the artists/philosophers referred to on the Ecoliteracy course wrote: “When the student is ready the teacher will appear”. I am glad that Cathy and her course appeared when they did. Thank you Cathy!”
Gillian Cussen, Visual Artist, Co. Cork, Ireland
“Just as in her own art, where she is growing a forest, in her teaching she draws together the disparate roots, branches, leaves, seeds and flowers, leaving a healthy forest to flourish for itself. I am very grateful.”
Shane Finan – Visual Artist, Wicklow, Ireland, 2020
“This course has brought clarity and motivation to my artistic and anthropological practice. With scientific rigour, spiritual richness, creative sparkle and sensitivity it offers a deeper appreciation of the world and all we share it with. ”
Liz Hingley – socially engaged photographer, anthropologist, curator, Newcastle, UK
“I urgently recommend the Haumea Essential Ecoliteracy course. Seven weeks of delving into current thinking and practices are held together by Cathy’s gentle committed presence with Nikos’ philosophical support. What is terrifying about the way the world is now, becomes manageable as we discover there are ways through, and this course is one of them.”
Julie Forrester, visual artist, educator Cork
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Nikos talks about his course here: