Soma Sessions #3: Oikos with Exodus Crooks

~ Please note: This walkshop series is open to People of Colour only ~

Peaks of Colour's Soma Sessions are monthly spaces that invite global majority commujnities to deepen their connection with themselves, each other and the land.

Set in the Peak District, these informal and intimate sessions will offer an introduction to embodied and nature-allied practices that can assist in our healing from gendered and racialised trauma.

A space of repetition as Black Feminist practice (Foluke Taylor), and rehearsal as an abolitionist priority (Ruth Wilson Gilmore), Soma Sessions will support us to build capacity and resilience for a future in which the boundaries between our human bodies and our more-than-human landscapes are decomposed.

Session #3: Oikos with Exodus Crooks

The word "eco" comes from the Greed word oikos, meaning home. Oikos, facilitated by Exodus Crooks, is a workshop that uses sculpture to collectively reflect on our current structures, possibilities, and needs in relation to our physical environment.

Through the mediums of clay and writing, participants will explore how we coexist, addressing the needs of the past, present and future. This workshop encourages a throughtful yet gentle response to these needs, fostering deep engagement with the ways we inhabit and share our spaces, ultimately aiming to reshape our understanding of home and community.

Date: Sunday 27th April

Time: 10:30am

Meeting location: Flying Horse Lawn, Lodge Lane, Sheffield, S6 5SP

Accessibility: There is a short walk over grass from the carpark to the session location.

Duration: 5-6 hours

Additional details: There is free parking at Flying Horse Lawn along Lodge Lane.

We have learnt that since scheduling these sessions, the Sunday bus is no longer running. We reccomend organising car shares via our closed Facebook group: .

What to bring/wear

• Walking boots/Comfy footwear
• Plenty of water
• Weather appropriate clothing/items eg Waterproofs/sun cream
• Blanket or something comfy to sit on
• Any self-soothing items that you find helpful eg fidget toy or scented oils

About

Peaks of Colour is a Peak District-based nature-for-healing club, by and for People of Colour only. Founded in 2021 by Evie Muir, Peaks of Colour offers creative and holistic Walkshops, that explore alternative routes to healing and justice. Grounded in a Black Feminist, abolitionist, and nature-allied practice, our spaces invite communities to heal from gendered and racial trauma through an informal and intimate introduction to our local landscapes.

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About Exodus Crooks

Exodus Crooks is a British-Jamaican, multidisciplinary artist, and educator, interested in self-determination and how it is steered by religion and spirituality. Exodus is currently experimenting with gardening, text, filmmaking, and installation to better understand indigenous thought and tend to the breaks tha occur in the human experience

Read more about Exodus' work here.

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