Anthroposophical Society in Australia

Malaysia Waldorf Teacher Preparation
2024-04-08 08:00 - 2024-04-14 15:00 (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur) | Online
Painting Grade 1 to Grade 6
with Van James

This course is part of the Malaysia Waldorf Teacher Preparation Cycle 2, but we welcome public and international participants. This course will trace the visual artistic development of the child through their painting and work with color in the primary and elementary school years.
The course will include the importance of the threefold human being, multi-intelligence teaching, and understanding some of the latest neurological research as a basis for the importance of education. Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry watercolour painting of stories and letters, landscapes and maps, figures and naturalistic forms will all be practiced with the intention of experiencing and understanding the purpose and place of art in elementary school education and for adult human development.
This is one of the intermodules for Malaysia Waldorf Teacher Preparation Cycle 2 (Inter Module 4). However, for this ONLINE module, we open up to public and welcome international participants as well.
When is it?
8th – 10th April 2024; 12th – 14th April 2024
9am – 3pm via Zoom (Malaysia time; GMT +8)
NOTE: The workshop is conducted in English. Video recordings with Chinese translation can be provided upon request. Note that it is not a live translation.
Cost
USD 195
The video recordings will be opened for viewing from April 5th to June 30th, 2024.
Registration
Register here

Find out more
Please download the flyer or contact Steiner Education Malaysia.

Feature image: Sunrise, Steiner Training Motifs, by Van James

Working with Colour Chords
2024-04-27 15:30 - 2024-06-29 17:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Zoom online events, Australia
A foundation course in wet-on-dry painting
with artist Fiona Campbell
We explore how colours work with each other and upon each other in harmony, in polarity and as complementaries. It follows the Assenza approach to colour and painting, which is based on Goethe’s and Steiner’s theories of colour.
This fortnightly course also provides you with the foundations of the anthroposophic approach to wet-on-dry painting, where translucent coloured surfaces are continually overlaid with each other, so that new colours and new surfaces arise out of their meeting. From this colour interplay, forms gradually arise.
This online course is part of the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul training.
What is the Assenza approach?
Beppe Assenza (1905-1985) was already an established artist when he became inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s work on the nature of colour and his colour theory. Unlike the Wagner and Collois d’Herbois schools of anthroposophic art, he chose to work phenomenologically with colours i.e. out of our lived experience of painting red, blue, yellow, etc. His approach is both free and playful and yet methodological in its exploration that produces an open, atmospheric picture surface. In this way, we train our perceptual faculties while deepening our soul experience of colours in composition.
Who is it for?

For anyone interested in exploring the different techniques under the wet-on-dry umbrella.
For artists, art therapists and Steiner (Waldorf) teachers who want to deepen their understanding of colour (PD certificates available).

This course is core to the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul training.
When is it?
27 April-29 June 2024, Saturdays 3.30pm-5.30pm AEDT (10 hours class time)
Five fortnightly sessions plus video recording
How much does it cost?
$230 AUD/$165 USD
$250 AUD for PD certificate
Video recording included in the fee, available for three months.
How do I register?
Register here
For more information
For more information about the course or for any questions, please contact Fiona Campbell

About Fiona Campbell
Fiona Campbell is a visual artist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition and has been a professional artist and arts educator for more than 30 years.
Under the name Painted Space, she runs a schooling course that combines inner work with visual arts training.
You can find out more about Fiona at Painted Space or listen to an ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.

If I delve deeper into the characters of the different colours, they show me their dynamic qualities. Out my experience, I can then let the colours guide me.
Assenza

Feature image: New Life, by Fiona Campbell, 2017
Insert image: courtesy of Painted Space

Working with Colour, Out of Colour: A Foundation Course with the Threefold Academy
2024-04-29 18:00 - 2024-05-02 20:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
A four-day online intensive
on colour
29 April – 2 May

For more information
Contact Abhinporn Kittipeerapat

The Challenges Facing Agriculture: Ueli Hurter Tour VIC
2024-05-07 11:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney) | The Michael Centre, 37a Wellington Park Drive, Warranwood, Vic, Australia
The Challenges Facing Agriculture
and What Biodynamics Offers
The Biodynamics Centenary Tour
Melbourne visit: morning

Farms and farmers are constantly facing challenges, be it the weather, soil health, cost of inputs/production, fair return for products etc.
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

When is it?
11.00 am Tuesday 7 May
Where
The Michael Centre
37A Wellington Park Drive,
Warranwood 3134
Cost
$30 cash only

For more information
Please contact Steve Kapolice or phone 0407640495

Farmer as Priest on His Land: Ueli Hurter Tour VIC
2024-05-07 19:00 - 20:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Aurora Australis, 2 Union Street, Kew, Vic, 3101, Australia
Farmer as Priest on His Land
The Biodynamics Centenary Tour
Melbourne visit: evening

Farms and farmers are constantly facing challenges, be it the weather, soil health, cost of inputs/production, fair return for products etc.
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

When is it?
7.00 pm Tuesday 7 May
Where
Aurora Australis Anthroposophical College of the Arts,
2 Union Street,
KEW 3101
Cost
$30 for the members of the Anthroposophical Society, $35 for non-members.

For more information
Please contact Birgith Lugosi phone 0448 844 453.

Harmony of Land, People, Community: Ueli Hurter Tour TAS
2024-05-08 - 2024-05-10 | Vic
Bio-Dynamics Centennial Recognition Events
The Biodynamics Centenary Tour
Tasmania May 2024

Biodynamic Tasmania has organised a series of events to celebrate the 100 years anniversary of Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture lectures, which in time became known as the birth of bio-dynamic agriculture. These events are part of a suite of events across Australia and New Zealand designed to celebrate the Biodynamics centenary this year.
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.
Dialogue between healing and regeneration: Keynote speaker Ueli Hurter
The celebrations in Tasmania aim to develop authentic dialogue between “healing” and “regeneration” across land, people and community, such that new harmonies may emerge and guide further BD developments into the future.
Tasmania Program
Download the program, which shows the range of activities and public presentations planned for 8-10 May in Southern Tasmania, some of which feature the global head of Bio-Dynamic Agriculture, Ueli Hurter.
*Note – specific event location addresses are supplied during the registration process via Humanitix or by contacting the organisers via the contact details above.
As can be seen in the program above and on the downloadable flyer, there is a mix of smaller group activities (e.g., BD compost making and a presentation/discussion on BD bee keeping with students, parents and interested people at the Tarramah Steiner School), facilitated discussions on a range of BD related topics (e.g., lunar and planetary cycles) and growing edges for BD (e.g., dialogue between Indigenous and BD approaches to caring for land), and more focussed discussions (e.g., Anthroposophy and community; exploring the herbs used for in BD preparations making; etc).
Each of these activities represent different facets of the role BD can/does play in responding to major challenges all of us face, such as climate change, food security and quality, cost of living, and building regenerative communities. These challenges will be the focus of two public presentations by Ueli Hurter on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Cost
All events attendance/participation require registration so that venues can be adequately prepared. There will be a small registration fee to cover the venue costs for the public presentations. All other events are free of charge.
Registration for events
Wed 8th May -Caring for Country Roundtable – Magical Farm Tasmania (Allens Rivulet)
Wed 8th May – Ueli Hurter public presentation one – BD responses to the climate crisis and social and planetary healing
Thurs 9th May – Bronzewing Botanicals Herb Farm Tour (Allens Rivulet) & Anthroposophy and Community Future Directions Meeting (Raphael Institute – Margate)
Thurs 9th May Biodynamics in schools with Ueli Hurter (Tarremah Steiner School – Huntingfield)
Thurs 9th May – Ueli Hurter-public presentation two – Economic models, challenges and opportunities of building regenerative BD food secure communities
For more information
Visit the Bio-Dynamics Tasmania website or contact Bio-Dynamics Tasmania: Trevor Crowe or phone Cole Bradshaw on 0429 961 125

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

Working with Verses and Meditations
2024-05-08 10:00 - 2024-07-03 11:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
A Painted Space studio course
8 May-4 July 2024
In this online course, we explore how to work artistically with your favourite verses and meditations. Finding the essence of a verse or meditation, its central motifs and gestures, is key to creating meaningful pictures to accompany any sacred or profound text.
By finding the balance between illustration and self-expression, we bring the words alive, deepening their meaning and effect upon our souls.
What will we do?
Five workshops using mixed media and contemplative practice. Suitable for all levels.
When
10.00am-11.30am Wednesdays,
8 May-4 July 2024
Cost
COST: $200 AUD/$150 USD
Bookings
Book here
Recordings of each workshop will be accessible to participants for three months after the end of the course.
Find out more
Browse the courses at Painted Space Studio or contact Fiona Campbell for more information.

And in remembering does the soul
weave meaning and being together.

Rudolf Steiner

Feature image: Parsifal meets Sigune, courtesy of Fiona Campbell

The Art of Color: A Head Study and Mother and Child Imagination after Rudolf Steiner’s Indications
2024-05-11 - 2024-05-12 | Shan Mei Zhen AnthrArt Center, Taiwan
AnthroArt
presents
The Art of Color: A Head Study and Mother and Child Imagination after Rudolf Steiner’s Indications
As part of the AnthrOArt Painting Program at Shan Mei Zhen we are offering a weekend painting session on portrait and figure painting based on Rudolf Steiner’s indications of the Head Study and Mother and Child sketches for teenagers.
The so-called Friedwart Sketches, given by Rudolf Steiner 100-years ago this year, are the basis for both high school painting exercises and an adult painting training. We will consider the history and makeup of these themes together with a hands-on approach of painting them, as much as possible, “out of the color”. We will likewise see how these sketches are visual meditative verses in color rather than in words. Illustrated slide presentations will be a part of the program and Color Eurythmy will complement the work in watercolor. We will see how the themes are a part of a larger initiative put forward by Rudolf Steiner for the unfolding of “artistic feeling” and universal human development.
Download the flyer
When
Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12, 2024
Where
Shan Mei Zhen, Taichung, Taiwan
For more information
Contact smz.waldorf@gmail.com

Feature image: Head Study, Rudolf Steiner from the Seven School (Friedwart) Sketches

Breathing with the Climate Crisis: Ueli Hurter Tour NSW
2024-05-11 - 2024-05-12 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Biodynamics Sydney Centenary Conference Sun-Soil-Food
The Biodynamics Centenary Tour
Sydney visit: 11th and 12th May

A series of lectures, discussions and artistic presentations to celebrate the 100 years contribution of biodynamics to science, the life of the soil and cultural life.
The Sydney Centenary Conference has an exciting lineup of international, interstate and local speakers.
Hear how climate change can be mitigated by using (not just storing) atmospheric carbon in the soil to combat greenhouse gases.
Meet experts and people from related fields – nutrition, soil fertility, and social initiatives.
Create networks and opportunities to work together for a common goal.
Find out about practices which have been in use globally for 100 years and have proved their efficacy many times over.
Enjoy cultural offerings – music, drama, eurythmy and art
You can also visit the lunchtime Sale Table and Rudolf Steiner Book Centre, which will be open at all the breaks.
There are also two art exhibitions on the ground floor and the top floor.
Most importantly, you will be part of the living human presence which is so important for the speakers and the conference as a whole.
When is it?

11th May 2024, 9.30am-5.00pm
12th May 2024, 9.30am-9.00pm
Where
Rudolf Steiner House,
307 Sussex Street
Sydney 2001
Cost
$240

Keynote lectures
Sun-Earth-Moon, with Ueli Hurter, 9.30 am, Saturday 11th May
Encounters with the principles and practices used in the worldwide biodynamic agriculture movement, .Can a positive solution be found in a contribution to environmental crises?
A Desert Miracle with Helmy Abouleish, SEKEM Community, Egypt. 1.30pm Sunday 12th May
Muslims, Jews, Christians working and liveing together using biodynamics and government cooperation.
Live stream bookings
Register for lectures by Ueli Hurter and Helmy Abouleish CEO,SEKEM Community, Egypt and others here
The zoom lectures are by donation to cover many of the costs of holding this conference.
For the full program
Visit the Biodynamics Sydney website
For more information
Please contact Deborah Saffir, Daniel Piason or Diane Watkin at 0422447092 or biodynamicssydney@gmail.com

About the Centenary of Biodynamics
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

The Farmer as the Priest of the Land: Ueli Hurter Tour QLD
2024-05-13 - 2024-05-14 | Varied
Bio-Dynamics Centennial Recognition Events
The Biodynamics Centenary Tour
Queensland 13th-14th May 2024

QLD Biodynamics has organised a series of events celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture lectures, which in time became known as the birth of bio-dynamic agriculture. These events are part of a suite of events across Australia and New Zealand designed to celebrate the BioDynamics centenary
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
Queensland Program
The Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th May events on the program below include two public keynote presentations by Ueli Hurter the global head of Bio-Dynamic Agriculture.
As can be seen in the program, there is a mix of community and biodynamic activities. Each of these activities represents different facets of the role Biodynamics can/does play in responding to major challenges all of us face, such as climate change.
These challenges will be the focus of two public presentations by Ueli Hurter on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th May.
Download the QLD program
Cost
Open the members of the Anthroposophical Society and the general public
All events attendance/participation require registration so that venues can be adequately prepared. There will be a small registration fee to cover the venue costs for the public presentations. All other events are free of charge.
For more information
Please contact Rob Birse or phone 0431 895 168 or 0480 231 171.

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

Working with Thresholds
2024-05-24 14:00 - 2024-08-23 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
A online masterclass in painting
with artist Fiona Campbell

Our human life moves and breathes between thresholds: macrocosm and microcosm, waking and sleeping, birth and death. This painting masterclass works with the thresholds in our lives and in nature, with special attention paid to the nature of polarities and the breathing impulse.
This content of this course is complemented with the study of selected lectures from Rudolf Steiner’s Macrocosm and Microcosm
Why painting?
Why study this subject through painting rather than meditation and study?
Understanding comes through the experiential rather than purely theoretical. This means that, rather than a study of texts followed by an illustrative artistic exercise, the study is the artistic exercise, it is the meditative practice, and the texts are complementary readings that inform and guide our practice.
This is a path of inner work through artistic practice.
Who is it for?

For artists, art therapists and students of Anthroposophy who want to deepen their understanding of Steiner’s macrocosm and microcosm model for human existence (PD certificates available).
For anyone interested in exploring the nature of thresholds through painting.

This course is supplementary to the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul training.
When is it?
2pm-4pm fortnightly on Fridays AEST
24 May-23 August 2024
How much does it cost?
$280 AUD/$190 USD
$300 for PD certificate or for new participants enrolling only in this course.
How do I register?
Register here
For more information
For more information about this course , please contact Fiona Campbell
For more information about Painted Space Studio courses in general, browse the courses on offer.

About Fiona Campbell
Fiona Campbell is a visual artist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition and has been a professional artist and arts educator for more than 30 years.
Under the name Painted Space, she runs a schooling course that combines inner work with visual arts training.
You can find out more about Fiona at Painted Space or listen to an ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.

Asia-Pacific Rhythmical Massage Therapist Training Program: Module II
2024-05-27 - 2024-06-07 | Banrak Kindergarten, 23 Saeng Chan,, Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei,, Bangkok, 10110, Thailand
A 3 year training in Rhythmical Massage Therapy
as indicated by Dr. Ita Wegman & Dr. Margarethe Hauschka

This new training based in Bangkok is strongly experiential and includes:

Intensive practical training sessions of the basic principles and practices of Rhythmical Massage Therapy.
Medical studies that expand the natural scientific understanding with the holistic approach.
Medicinal plant studies.
Introduction to hydrotherapy and external applications including the knowledge and use of aromatic oils.
Professional and personal development studies and artistic activities

Training involves not only mastering the techniques of the massage itself, but also developing an understanding of the human being in health and illness, both from a conventional and anthroposophic perspective. Students learn a subtle rhythmic quality of touch, which works to strengthen and enliven the life supporting processes in the human body.
When
Module II 27th May – 7th June 2024 (12 days)

Polarity in Anabolic and Catabolic process, Hands on Rhythmical Massage, Therapy Practice, Elderly care and Eating disorders.
Where

Banrak Kindergarten, 23 Saeng Chan, Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110

Fees

42,000 Baht/Module or 210,000 Baht/program includes venue, training program, lunch and 2 breaks.
Does not include flight ticket, visa registration fee, breakfast and dinner, accommodation and transportation.

Registration

Write your Short or Brief Biograpy, to let us know you more and your motivation to join our program, Medical License or License to touch, Photo and Copy of your passport. If you are the medical students, please provide your condition or certification of your education or study in medicine.

Find out more
Download the flyer

For International and Asia-Pacific region Name : Thidarat Iwashige or phone : +66 81 874 5217

For Local Thailand: Kanyanat Likithuttasilp or phone : +66 90 927 9798

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

Development of the Moral and Ethical forces through Steiner Pedagogy and Curriculum
2024-07-16 08:30 - 2024-07-17 13:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Castlecrag, 121 Edinburgh Rd, Sydney, NSW, 2068, Australia
The Pedagogical Section in Australia
presents

Researching the Development of the Moral and Ethical forces in the Child and Young Person through Steiner Pedagogy and Curriculum

July 16th – 17th 2024
Castlecrag Campus of Glenaeon School, Sydney

Come and work with Philippe Ruebke, (Co-Leader of the Pedagogical Section at the Goetheanum), Andrew Hill (Teacher Educator and CEO of SEA), Peggy Day (Pedagogical Section Coordinator, Australia) and Tim Dunn (high school teacher and teacher educator.) these school holidays.

Open to all teachers and school leaders.
Program

Tuesday 16th July
8.30am Speech and incarnation of the Ego– tba
9.15am Philippe Ruebke – The developing moral life of the child within Steiner Waldorf Pedagogy and Curriculum
10.00 Andrew Hill – the class teacher student and their growing connection to the moral in the world
10.45 Morning Tea
11.15 Discussion Groups and then sharing back in the main hall
12.30- Lunch
1.30 Stage Specific Workshops
Early Childhood- Peggy Day
Class Teacher – Andrew Hill
High School- Tim Dunn
3.00pm Afternoon Tea
3.30pm – Peggy Day- Deeper background pictures of moral forces
4.15pm Whole group discussion
5pm – Close
Wednesday 17th July
8.30 Speech and the incarnation of the ego
9.30 am Tim Dunn – the high school student and their path toward discernment – followed by group discussion.
10.30 Morning Tea
11.00 Stage Specific Workshops/Discussions
12.15 Future Research Questions and On-line Gatherings
1 pm Close

Download the flyer

Bookings
Book here!
Find out more
Contact Peggy Day

Feature image: The Knight of the Holy Grail, Martin Wiegand (1867-1961)

The Art of Chalkboard Drawing with Van James
2024-07-21 14:00 - 2024-07-28 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Three workshops with Van James
Waldorf techniques and curriculum for teachers and parents

Blackboard drawing is a vital medium in the art of teaching. From the elementary grades
right through high school the visual storytelling that takes place on the blackboard
allows for a deeper learning that can occur beyond words and numbers; what can be
experienced through colors and forms, in pictures. Pictorial thinking is a critical capacity
for keeping alive and nurturing the imagination throughout childhood and into adult life.
This course will cover the basics of chalk drawing for teachers at the various grade
levels, noting how the board drawings can change with the age and development of the
child. Reviews of participant work on black paper or school blackboards will be
facilitated with a Google Classroom or Padlet link.
When
July 14, 21 and 28 2024
Bookings and fees
Book here

About Van James
Van James is an artist, author, Steiner-Waldorf educator and international advocate for the arts. A longtime teaching-artist in Hawai’i and a mentor for Gradalis Teacher Education. Van is a council member of the Visual Art Section of North America, a mentor with the Academy of Himalayan Art and Child Development, editor of Pacifica Journal, and an award-winning author of numerous books on culture and the arts including Drawing with Hand, Head and Heart, The Secret Language of Form: Visual Meaning in Art and Nature and the recently published Teaching Art History: Engaging Adolescents in Art, Cultural History and the Evolution of Consciousness.

The Art of Acting Workshop
2024-07-26 18:00 - 2024-07-28 11:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Samford Valley Steiner School, 5 Narrawa Drive, Wights Mountain, Qld, 4520
Heart Fire Centre For Speech And Drama Presents

Drama workshop at Samford Valley Steiner School
Friday 26th July – Sunday 28th July 2024

About the workshop
Through the integration of Rudolf Steiner’s approach to speech and Michael Chekhov’s acting technique, we will explore the development of character, dramatic mood and interaction.

Find out more
Find out more about Heart Fire Centre
Download the details of the workshop
Where
Samford Valley Steiner School Hall
5 Narrawa Crt
Wights Mountain 4520 QLD
When
6pm-8pm 26 July 2024 9am – 4pm 27 July 2024 9am – 11am 28 July 2024
Cost
Cost for the 3 day workshop
$250 plus booking fee
$25 optional Saturday night dinner

Facilitators
Dawn Langman, Katrina Stowe and Nicole Ostini

For more information
Enquiries: Katrina Stowe
Bookings
Registration closes on Friday 12th July 2024

Book here!

Download the poster

Feature image: courtesy of Raphaela Mazzone

Breathing Out The Winter: A Therapeutic Intensive
2024-07-27 14:00 - 2024-07-28 17:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Online
Painted Space Studio
presents

An Art Intensive For Nourishing The Soul Forces

Let’s prepare ourselves Spring!
This intensive therapeutic painting workshop brings the health-giving forces of the harmonious breath into our souls and bodies as we breathe out the Winter and breathe in the renewed life coming towards us.

Late Winter can be a difficult time: Nature’s death shudder is still with us, but already signs of hope and new growth are appearing in the earth. By preparing our souls for the burgeoning forces of Spring, we nurture the new forces arising in our inmost being and bring them into harmonious rhythm with Nature’s rhythms.

Based on a classic Hauschka therapy exercise Painting as an Exercise for Breathing, this online workshop is an immersive experience using wet-on-wet painting or pastels and is for anyone in need of soul nourishment.

Online guided exercises and contemplation interspersed with working quietly in the comfort of your home with the company of an Australia-wide community.

Why join the live class? Benefits of live participation
When you paint with others, at the same time as them, even though it is in a virtual environment, you are creating community. Think of it as a group of people coming together with the specific intention to build substance, to create something together, to bring something into the world that benefits both ourselves yet also puts positive, creative forces into the world. And we create within a divine-spiritual community. Divine beings look over our shoulders; we create in their company and in the company of like-minded others.The gift is in the giving, in the doing, as much as in the product.
Who is it for?
Beginners welcome! You do not need to be an experienced artist to benefit from this workshop. Participants are guided through the experience with demonstrations.
When

2-5pm ACST, 27-28 July 2024
Cost
$190 AUD/$134 USD including recordings
Bookings
Book here

You will be sent the payment details and a list of suggested materials after payment.

The Zoom link is sent one (1) day before the workshop.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell at Painted Space

Feature image: excerpt of painting of the cycle of the plant, Weleda Calendar 2000 © Alexander Winter

Working with Steiner's Nature Mood Sketches
2024-08-31 15:00 - 2024-11-23 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Painted Space Studio
presents
The Seven School (Friedwart) Sketches series

This fortnightly online course introduces you to Rudolf Steiner’s approach to painting and his understanding of how the formative forces shape and move the world around us through his own pastel sketches. The course uses the wet-on-dry veiling technique or pastels, if preferred.
The Seven School (or Friedwart) Sketches were first given to Waldorf teachers as part of Steiner’s new impulse for understanding both Art and Nature, to help students explore invisible yet objective laws of Nature. The series leads us from the archetypal nature moods of sunrise and sunset through the four elements to the human world, culminating in a Madonna and Child motif.
What are the Training Sketches?
Theses sketches are part of a comprehensive portfolio known as the Training Sketches for the Artists. Along with The Nine Training Sketches (Nature Moods) and the Goetheanum epochs motifs, they form an important part of this portfolio.
But these sketches are not images of external natural events; they refer to acts that are effective in nature and human, says Christiane Haid, head of the Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum. She believes that working with the creative forces in and around us can become the starting point for facing tasks in healing the world.
Who is this course for?

For Steiner teachers, artists, art therapists and art students seeking to understand how the formative forces work in Nature and Human.

For anyone interested in the foundations of the anthroposophic approach to art, colour and painting. You do not need to be an experienced artist to enjoy this course.

This course is a core course of the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul training.
When is it?
3pm-5pm Saturdays AEST, 31 August-23 November 2024
Seven two-hour fortnightly sessions. Participants are expected to do some homework between classes. Edited recordings of the sessions are available post-class but live participation is preferred, unless your time zone makes this impossible.
Cost
$300 AUD/$205 USD
$305 AUD for PD certificate
Video recording included in the fee, available for private study.

Book here!

How to join the workshops
The Zoom link, payment details, a list of materials and suggested readings will be sent to you after booking.

Other Painted Space Studio workshop courses

For more information

Contact

‘…and in the creations of the artist t here will appear to us
the traces of his soul experience in the cosmos‘

Steiner

Feature image: Sunlit Tree by a Waterfall No. 6 © Fiona Campbell

A Conversation With Your Garden: Plant Observation And Drawing
2024-09-11 17:00 - 2024-11-20 18:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Painted Space Studio
presents
A Series of Workshops on Goethean Observation and Nature Moods

Let’s prepare ourselves Spring!
Spring is the ideal time of year to turn our eyes to Nature and learn her secrets through Goethean observation, drawing and reflection. Spending time up close with Nature in the garden, a park, a local nature reserve or even just with a few pot plants on your balcony is both energising and healing.
(Of course, any time of the year in Nature is good, but Spring and Autumn have particular qualities of change and transformation especially suited to drawing and observation.)
What will we do?
Through the six online workshops, learn to see anew the wonder of your own garden. Each workshop leads us through a process of becoming ‘at home’ with Nature, from quiet contemplation, careful observation, and mood immersion, to sketching, colour work and reflection.
Learn the core stages of a phenomenological process and practice the different drawing/sketching techniques to take us through this process. Techniques include charcoal, pencil, paint and pastel. Participants keep a visual diary to document their discoveries and observations.
By getting up close with our garden in this way, the world around us becomes more alive – living and becoming.
What is Goethean phenomenology?
Goethean phenomenology (also known as Goethean observation) helps us develops new eyes for the world around us. It offers us another way of being in the world, one that brings us into a more participatory connection with Nature and ourselves. We learn to step into the world and feel at home with it.
Who is it for?

For Steiner teachers, artists, art therapists and art students seeking to understand how the formative forces work in Nature
For anyone interested in knowing more about Goethean phenomenology and how to practice it.

Suitable for all levels. You do not need to be an experienced artist to enjoy these workshops.
Video recordings included in the fee, available for private study.
When is it on?
5.00pm-6.30pm AEST, 11 September to 20 November 2024
How do I book?

Book here
Please complete the online form to book for this series of workshops. You will be sent the payment details and a list of suggested materials and readings after booking.
The Zoom link is sent one (1) day before the workshop begins.
More information
Find out more about this course and others from Painted Space or contact Fiona Campbell.

Oh, I who wish to grow, I look out, and inside me the tree grows.
Rainer Maria Rilke

Feature image: Ethereal Space of Plant Growth, Plate I, The Plant between Sun and Earth © Olive Whicher

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.

Heart In The Radiance Of Stars: The Etheric Heart
2024-09-27 08:00 - 2024-09-29 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | 35 Morgo St, Urunga NSW, 35 Morgo St,, Urunga, NSW, Australia
The Etheric Heart as an Organ of Spiritual Perception
27-29 September 2024

Presenters:
Gillian Rogers, Irmhild Kleinhenz, Iris Curteis
Many of us feel a genuine need to find innovative ways of being, cultivate courage and a deeper understanding of life. We feel an urgent need for change – but how do we create it? Is having courage enough?
Perceiving with the etheric heart could be described as directly evident spiritual discernment between true and false, an immediacy of knowing that expands beyond contradiction and supports us to hold multiple points of view, as we come into a relatedness to the world and to ourselves, and sense an interconnectedness of all life through the spiritual substance of warmth.
We work with interactive knowledge building through storytelling, creative and meditative exercises, movement and conversations.
Our aim
Making the transformative capacity of the heart as an instrument for spiritual perception and heightened social consciousness accessible. CWA Rooms 35 Morgo St, Urunga NSW
When
27 – 29 September 2024
Where
CWA Rooms 35 Morgo St, Urunga NSW
Cost
$180 Concession, General $250, Couples $375
Bookings
Book here
Close of Bookings: 15th September

For more information
Contact Iris Curteis or download the flyer

Pop-Up Eurythmy Week #2
2024-09-30 08:30 - 2024-10-04 14:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Samford Valley Steiner School, 5 Narrawa Drive, Wights Mountain, Qld, 4520
Pacifica College of Eurythmy
presents

Speaking Lyric Poetry Workshop
2024-10-04 18:00 - 2024-10-06 11:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Samford Valley Steiner School, 5 Narrawa Drive, Wights Mountain, Qld, 4520
Heart Fire Centre for Speech and Drama
presents

More about the workshop
Download the Introduction to Speaking Lyric Poetry
Download the event flyer.
Find out more about the Heart Fire Centre Approach to Speech and Drama

Biodynamics Sydney Spring Workshops 2024
2024-10-12 10:00 - 2024-11-30 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Vic
Biodynamics Sydney presents
COSMOS – EARTH – HUMAN
Biodynamic Centenary Workshops 2024

Deepen your knowledge and hands-on skills – for gardeners and consumers.

12 October: Gladesville 10.00 am-4.00 pm

Preparation Making 2
Transforming degraded dirt into premium fertility on a farm, park, verge, backyard – as little as 1-2 sqm.

19 October: Warrah Farm, Dural 10.30 am-3.30 pm

Preparation Making 3
Deep ecology
Earth/planetary rhythms and breathing
The daily walk around the farm.
Re-imagining the Earth

23 November: Sydney 10.30 am-4.00 pm

Nutrition, food and wine
Milk from de-horned cows
Allergies
Soil testing by hand, Scientific tests
Harvesting and seed-saving
Eat a BD apple – help farmers to mitigate climate change!

30 November: Gladesville 10.30 am-4.00 pm
Eclipses, rainbows, tropical storms
Finding a way through all the new energies – how do they work?
Organic/permaculture/biodynamic?
Regenerate a degraded 1sqm plot – a great use for CO2
Cost
Book early for this popular course.
$395 by 1st October
$350 Biodynamics Sydney members ($50p.a., $20 p.a. under 40’s)
Preparations samples to take home
Find out more
For registrations and information, Diane Watkin ph: 9550 1682 or visit Biodynamics Sydney

Feature photo: Blackboard Drawing, Lecture Two, courtesy of Diane Watkin

Coloured Light and Coloured Shadows Workshops
2024-11-09 - 2025-03-22 | Vic
Callout to participants!
Are you intrigued to be working with living coloured light and luminous coloured shadows to create different realms that our Faust experiences?
Movers, dancers, artists, speech and drama actors, and those interested in the magic of puppets are invited to research and create with us in collaborative weekly workshops.
Download the flyer
When
Weekly workshop from November 2024 to March 2025.
Contact us
Contact us through our website or email Venessa Crane.

Finance at the Threshold
2024-11-15 09:00 - 2024-11-20 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, 3067, Australia
Exploring Rudolf Steiner’s contribution to the transformation of economic life
A residency with Christopher Houghton Budd, PhD.
15th – 20th November 2024

When is it?
15-16 November: 2024 Financial Literacy Conference: Life without a Central Bank $350* ($300* conc)
One day intensives:

18 November: Business (NFP & for profits) day focus $175* ($150* conc)
19 November: Financing education & public policy $175* ($150* conc)
20 November: Day for young people $175 ($150* conc or $50* for young people)

Cost for full residency
$550* ($500* concession) to attend the full residency
*booking fee not included.
Who is this for?
15-16 November: Those who would like to learn how bookkeeping and accounting are the foundation needed to heal the divide between the real and financial markets, in addition to enabling people (young and old) to achieve their goals in life.
18 November: Those who work in organisations whether small or large businesses, whether for profit or not-for-profit.
19 November: Teachers, those wanting to start or restructure (whether tweaking or a total reformation) schools, parents of schoolchildren, and those interested in public policy for how education is financed.
20 November: Young people, especially those who feel disempowered, disconnected or demoralised.
Bookings
Book here
For more information
Find out more about Christopher Houghton Budd, download the program flyer, or contact Matthew Bond for further enquiries.

Understanding Money Today
2024-11-23 10:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Bellingen Youth Hub, 2 William St, Bellingen, NSW, 2454, Australia
with
Dr Christopher Houghton Budd

In conversation with economic and monetary historian, Dr Christopher Houghton Budd, entrepreneur, author and academic with a PhD in Banking and Finance, London City University, UK.
As well as numerous publications, such as Finance at the Threshold and Beyond Gold. Christopher is particularly involved in exploring the socio-economic challenges of our times. This conversation will be based upon sustainable financial options in our times and towards the future.

When
10.00 am – 3.00 pm AEDT
Saturday 23 November 2024
Where
Youth Hub
2 William St
Bellingen, NSW
Cost
$60 (early bird $50), under 18 free
Bookings
Please contact Irmhild Kleinhenz 0444 551 381 to book.
Bookings are essential (numbers limited)
Hosted by the Novalis Branch of the Anthroposophical Society, Inc.

Feature image: courtesy of Christopher Houghton Budd

The Advent of Mary: A Christmas Contemplation
2024-12-01 16:30 - 18:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
The Stream of Life Studio

presents
An artistic contemplation on the Marys of St Matthew and St Luke
Join us for this webinar on the 1st Sunday in Advent for an exploration of the lives and spiritual origins of the two Marys
This Stream of Life Studio workshop looks particularly at the Sophianic impulse the two Marys carry in very different ways, and its significance for our human development today. Using a phenomenological approach, we will immerse ourselves in contemplation of four original artworks (paintings and poetry), followed by discussion.
Suggested readings
The Fifth Gospel by Rudolf Steiner
The Two Marys, by Fiona Campbell
When
4.30pm – 6.00 pm AEDT, 1 December 2024.
Cost
Entry by donation: $AUD 20 or whatever you would like to give to support our research.
Bookings
Book here
The Zoom link will be sent out two days before the event, and then again one hour before we start.
For more information, please contact Fiona Campbell or Jude Neeme-Samson.
Download the flyer to share or keep

Feature image: New Life © Fiona Campbell

Advent Festival Urunga
2024-12-08 14:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Urunga Neighbourhood House, 34 Bonville St,, Urunga, NSW, 2455, Australia
All Welcome!
To celebrate Advent as preparation for Christmas with a talk and presentations offered by Kathy Taylor and Irmhild Kleinhenz.
Bring a plate to share and join us for afternoon tea.
Donations accepted
When
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm, Sunday 8 December 2024
Where
Urunga Neighbourhood House
Contact
Please contact Kathy Taylor Gossett

Hosted by the Novalis Branch of the Anthroposophical Society, Inc.

Feature image: by Maria Ede-Weaving courtesy of Druidry.
