Anthroposophical Society in Australia

Bio-Dynamics Centennial Celebration: Ueli Hurter Tour SA
2024-05-15 | Ngeringa Farm and Vineyard, 107 Williams Rd, Mount Barker Summit, SA, 5251, Australia
Bio-Dynamics Centennial Celebration
in South Australia May 2024
The Biodynamics Centenary Tour
Adelaide Hills visit

Adelaide Hills Bio-Dynamic Group in collaboration with Ngeringa Farm and Vineyards are running a series of events to celebrate the 100 years since Rudolf Steiner gave his agriculture lectures, which was the birth of bio-dynamic agriculture.
2024 celebrates a centenary of the biodynamic movement. It has been 100 years since Rudolf Steiner presented the Agriculture Lectures in Europe, which were the start of what became known as Organic and Biodynamic Agriculture. To acknowledge the centenary, Ueli Hurter from Switzerland, the head of biodynamics globally, is undertaking a speaking tour of Australia in May. Ueli Hurter visits biodynamic farms and can report on their health and success.
Find out more about Ueli Hurter’s Biodynamics Centenary Tour
In the course of the two events planned, in the Hills, we aim to celebrate 100 years of Bio-Dynamics (BD) in the world, to bring those interested in or working in BD in South Australia together and to consider how BD can help the world face the challenges of time and our future.
Program
Download the South Australia Program
Download the poster
When is it?
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Where
Field Day: Ngeringa Farm and Vineyard
Mount Barker SA
Book here for the Field Day
Evening talk: Biodynamic Responses to the Climate Crisis – Agricultural, Social and Planetary Healing
Book here for the evening talk

Cost
Entry fee $25 for the field day, $10 for the evening talk.
All events attendance/participation require registration so that venues can be adequately prepared.
For more information
Please contact Adelaide Hills Bio-Dynamic Group coordinator Simon Martin or phone 0425 144 655
About Ueli Hurter
Ueli Hurter has been the co-head of the Agriculture Section at the Goetheanum since 2010 and currently sits on the executive board of the International Biodynamic Association. A native of Switzerland, he completed agricultural apprenticeships in Switzerland, Germany and France. He has formerly served as President of the Swiss Demeter association and as Swiss spokesman to Demeter International.
Find out more about Ueli Hurter’s Biodynamics Centenary Tour Australia-wide

Art as Revelation, as Transformation
2024-06-27 19:00 - 20:15 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
The Breakthrough Experience as a Source of Inspiration and Renewal

Art … forms a bridge across the abyss. That is why art must realise that its task is to carry the spiritual-divine life into the earthly; to fashion the latter in such a way that its forms, colours, words, tones, act as a revelation of the world beyond.
Rudolf Steiner

The word ‘revelation’ comes from ‘reveal’ or ‘to lay bare’. the reveal of a truth, a spiritual reality, a moment of revelatory significance.
Revelation in art usually denotes some sort of spiritual or religious experience when viewing art in a gallery, watching a play or listening to music.
But in the life of an artist or viewer of art, a revelation can also be a breakthrough experience for the mind and soul; a sudden opening of a door of understanding of art or themselves or the world beyond the everyday mundane; a breakthrough to inspiration and understanding in a way never before experienced.
It is like shining a light in the interior of the soul to see something as if for the first time, even though it was already there, waiting to be seen.
Such revelations in our artistic practice or in viewing art can lead to self transformation but also to see the purpose and role of art in the world in a completely new way.
This webinar looks at the nature of revelation, of thresholds, of breakthrough experiences in artistic contexts and how they can be signposts on a path of transformation.

The 2nd lecture in the Art as a Spiritual Practice series, itself part of the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul.

When
7pm AEST 27 June, 2024
Cost
Entry by $20 donation
How to book
Book Here!
The video recording of the webinar will be available after the event.
For more information
Contact Fiona Campbell for more information.

Every genuine work of art bears witness to the experience of the threshold.

Herbert Witzenmann

Feature image: Threshold, courtesy of Fiona Campbell

The Oceania Youth Group Festival
2024-09-27 - 2024-10-30 | Willunga Waldorf School, 1 Jay Dr,, Willunga, South Australia, 5172, Australia
Oceania Youth Group
presents
The Youth Festival

We are excited to announce that this year our annual gathering ‘The Youth Festival’ will be held at Willunga Waldorf School from 27-30th September! There will be guest speakers, eurythmy, camping, bonfire, storytelling and biodynamic farming.

Costs
We want to make this event as accessible to everyone as possible, so price will be $120 for the entire festival including meals. Year 12 is free and under 24 is half price. Those unable to stay for the entire event are welcome to join in whenever they can at a reduced price.

Who is it for?
Age limit is 18-35 roughly. A bit over or under is ok!

We are really looking forward to this event and the adventure that it will take us on.
Hope to see you there!

For more information
Download the poster!

Email Rebecca Debski for enquiries.

This is an Anthroposophic initiative.

Working out of love in the Struggle towards the light. Who are you?
A journey through biodynamic farming and the arts for young adults.

Three Kings and a Rose Cross
2024-12-14 15:30 - 17:30 | Online
Painted Space Studio
presents
An artistic workshop for Christmas

Join me for a creative afternoon workshop of art and conversation, exploring Rudolf Steiner’s enigmatic Three Kings motif, created by Steiner in pastels for Christmas 1923.
The Three Kings festival will be significant for our future, Steiner states:In the Rose-Cross we have the fourfold human being: in the Cross the physical human, the etheric human and the astral human, and in the roses, the Self. How do we connect the roses of the Christmas tree with the cross of Easter? And how do the Three Magi from the East play into this? What is Mary’s special role here?
Art-making is a way of knowing, of understanding through doing and creating. Working together, we seek to find answers to these questions, while preparing ourselves for the coming Christmas festival.
Join us in person in Mount Barker SA on 8 December or online on 14 December
About the workshop
Artist Fiona Campbell will lead participants through the process of building up the motif in colour, recommending colours and gestures, and providing expert guidance in how to create a beautiful, ,meaningful artwork to take home.
You do not need drawing/painting skills to enjoy this hands-on workshop.
When is it on?
Online: 3.00 pm- 5.00 pm Adelaide (ACDT), Saturday 14th December, 2024.
Mount Barker: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Adelaide (ACDT), Sunday 8th December, 2024.
Cost
Online workshop
$40 includes video recording
Mount Barker workshop
$60 with art materials provided, afternoon tea included.
$30 if you bring your own materials
Space limited, so book soon.
Bookings
Book here
You will be sent the workshop details after booking, with a list of suggested materials after payment.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell

Feature image: Three Kings © Rudolf Steiner Verlag

The Parsifal Project: Introductory Workshop to the Performance
2025-03-09 13:30 - 16:30 | Anthroposophic Bookshop, 96 Halifax Street,, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
An Introductory Workshop to this Unique Story and its Re-imagining with Fiona Campbell & Jo-anne Sarre

Bookings

The Parsifal Project: Waltjapiti, The Spark Within
2025-04-26 17:30 - 2025-05-04 14:30 | Living Arts Centre, Mt Barker School, 27 Sims Road, Mount Barker, SA, 5251
Based on the medieval legend of Parsifal, reimagined in a modern Australian context, exploring themes of spiritual enlightenment, personal transformation, earth regeneration, and women.
Bookings
Contact: Jo-anne via quill@inkpot.com.au

Beach Vigil for Marine Life
2025-12-04 20:00 - 21:00 | Star Of Greece Restaurant, 1 Esplanade,, Port Willunga, SA, 5173, Australia
Feature image: courtesy of Getty Images

Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul
2026-02-21 - 2027-12-04 | Online
Painted Space Studio
presents

An online training in art as a spiritual practice
for the ordering & strengthening of the soul
2026 Enquiries open now!

What is it about?
This two-year online training offers a unique approach to learning painting and drawing, where artistic practice becomes a schooling process for the soul.
This is a path of inner work through creative practice.

A study of spiritual science through artistic practice, where the study is the artistic exercise and the texts are supplementary to these exercises.
A vision of into the tasks and role of the artist of the future – beyond self-consciousness to world consciousness.

Rudolf Steiner was adamant that Anthroposophy should not just be taken in as concepts or theories, which has a hardening effect on the soul, but be experienced by whole human being. Rudolf Steiner states that without the artistic element, Anthroposophy cannot go into the future, for it will go ‘short of breath’ and become nothing but a dead corpse of the living force it should be.

MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE SCHOOLING
Delivery mode
A combination of pre-recorded technical videos, mini-lectures, fortnightly Zoom meetings, individual mentoring, self-directed home study and workshop intensives.
Participants can also proceed at their own pace with the videos, but still benefit from professional guidance and sharing with an international artistic community of like-minded souls.
The course package is a combination of:

six courses (three a year over two years)
six lecture webinars (over two years)
five workshop intensives (two+ a year)
an individual project (can be done in conjunction with a course or workshop)
regular study group
two individual consultations
self-directed artistic work

Who is the schooling course for?

Students of Anthroposophy interested in an creative and experiential path to inner work, meditation and understanding Spiritual Science.
Artists trained at conventional art schools who wish to learn about the anthroposophic approach to art.
Waldorf (Steiner) teachers and therapists who wish to extend their professional practice by deepening their understanding of the anthroposophic impulse in art.

READ WHAT PAST PARTICIPANTS IN FIONA’S COURSE HAVE TO SAY
Duration?
February-December 2026, over three terms.
Enrolments are accepted by term, according to previous experience.
Duration of the course: Total of 110 hrs contact hours + 400-600 hrs approx self-managed creative work at home over two years. (This is approx. 2.5 to 3 hours a week, five days a week)
A Diploma is awarded at the completion of the course, providing all requirements are fulfilled.
Professional Development certificates are also available on completion and for individua modules, 75% active attendance required.
Enrolments
ENROL HERE
For more information
Read more about the individual course options or contact Fiona Campbell
About Painted Space Studio
Painted Space Studio is led by Dr Fiona Campbell, who brings her extensive research and training in the artistic, therapeutic, and pedagogical aspects of the anthroposophic approach to art to all courses. She believes in artistic practice being an holistic practice that engages the human being in our totality as physical, psychical and spiritual.
Fiona trained in visual arts and artistic therapy at Tobias School of Art. She has three research-based degrees, including a PhD in creative thinking and a Diploma in Waldorf Education from Emerson College, England. She has been a professional artist since 1992, a member of the Anthroposophical Society since 1978 and the School of Spiritual Science since 1992.

THIS SCHOOLING COURSE IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE VISUAL ARTS SECTION

In an inartistic atmosphere, (Anthroposophy) goes short of breath; only in an artistic element can it breathe freely. Rightly understood, it will lead over to the genuinely artistic without losing any of its cognitional character

Rudolf Steiner
Lecture III’, The Arts and their Mission,
2 June 1923, Dornach, CW276

Feature image: Black Study I, courtesy of Fiona Campbell
