In.Dependence
Join us for our online Studio Camp in July and August
The Studio for Playful Inquiry presents Studio Camp 2026: In.Dependence
If DEPENDENCE involves: congruence, ecology, storytelling, role clarity, engagement, curiosity, listening, nurturing, and participation…
How does exploring the relationships that sustain us encourage deeper journeys?
Join us online in July and August to reflect, make art, and gather energy together to stay engaged and generate hope to sustain us in the critical work we do.
Our camp directors this year will be Miriam Beloglovsky and Jessica Frazier - authors of Revisiting Journeys. Over 8 weeks, we’ll read, practice, and reflect our way through this text with direct support from the authors.
“It is time to document how society has created a disastrous gap in thinking about play, inquiry, innovation, equity, and social justice that directly impacts opportunities for children and their future. ”
At Studio Camp we
READ. Revisiting Journeys: Understanding How Children Reflect, Reimagine, and Redesign Their Play and Learning AND Imagination A Manifesto.
REFLECT. Miriam Beloglovsky and Jessie Frazier will lead weekly sessions to dig deeper into the content of their book.
MAKE ART. Susan will lead mixed-media projects to strengthen your trust in the arts as languages for thinking and learning and to support your parallel journey as you work with Miriam and Jessie.
GATHER. We’ll enjoy live conversations with special guests and one another.
BEHOLD. We’ll take inspiration from the arts in a variety of forms.
REST. Like all our offerings, Studio Camp is slow professional development - acknowledging your right to agency, inspiration, and self-care in all you do.
WONDER. Playful Inquiry is what guides our intentions in order to support you to use playful inquiry to guide yours.
“Children’s complex journeys tell the story of their individual approaches to learning. The best way to understand children’s revisiting journeys is to connect the process to the educator’s and children’s personal experiences, interests, ideas, and memories.”
— Miriam Beloglovsky and Jessica Frazier
Details:
Dates: July 1 - August 28. Access for non-members of The Studio will end on August 31.
Each week you’ll receive a series of guided readings, journal reflection prompts, and art invitations. You’ll also be invited to attend live conversations with Miriam, Jessie and special guests (will be recorded for later viewing), as well as join regular meet ups facilitated by Matt and Susan.
Cost: US$65 Register HERE. For group registration, contact us with the number of individuals and we’ll send an invoice with a payment link.
Texts: Revisiting Journeys by Miriam Beloglovsky and Jessica Frazier AND Imagination A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin
Materials: will be suggested but easily substituted
We are committed to keeping the costs of this workshop as low as possible, and still we do not want finances to be a barrier to your participation. Please reach out to us if you need further discounts in order to join and we’ll do what we can to work with you.
Inspire (annual) and Transform members will have access to camp through their regular memberships. Learn more about membership options HERE.
“A revisiting journey emerges from a child’s self-initiated play and grows as the child’s interests evolve and change. As an educator, you play a crucial role in creating curiosity and complexity. A revisiting journey requires you to observe, reflect, map, and respond without providing answers to questions.”
support your growing understanding of
Why Should You Come to Camp?
Environments: Designing responsive play ecosystems; What is the environment that nurtures our dependencies?
Listening: Creating cultures of inquiry; What makes a culture of inquiry dependent on engagement, curiosity, and listening?
Documentation: Chronicling our journeys as a collaborative process; How do our stories strengthen our relational dependencies?
Congruence: Developing parallel journeys; How are the journeys of adults and children congruent with each other?
Meaning-making: Valuing play as learning for adults and for children; Why is play such a critical part of meaning-making?
Participation: Making the educator’s role visible; Why do we matter?
At Studio Camp you will:
Grow confidence in your parallel journey
Create a meaningful toolkit for ongoing reference and discovery
Develop ideas, inspiration, and plans for your learning environment
Better understand the relationship between the arts, play, and meaning-making
Strengthen your own reflective art practice
Practice strategies and build structures to intentionally chronicle your journey
Imagine the world as you think it should be - and deepen your sense of how you’d like to take action towards that vision
Find colleagues from around the world who want to join you in that action
Each Week
The authors of Revisiting Journeys will guide you through a reading of their text and experiences that support an exploration of the big ideas.
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Live meetings will be hosted so that participants can connect, reflect and support one another in their learning.
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We’ll suggest a selection of texts to ground our dialogue and exploration.
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We’ll explore the arts in a variety of ways. What would camp be if you didn’t make something special to keep? We’ll do that, too.
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Finding a meaningful role for adults in the journey
Camp is an opportunity for you to focus on your own journey. Practice remembering what it felt like to play and explore your own interests and curiosities. Come imagine alongside others what could be.
