We will start with an afternoon looking at an exciting range of historical and contemporary journals, and then meet more or less fortnightly between November and March, continuing to explore different styles and forms whilst supporting you in starting and sustaining your own winter journal.

Introductory session: Sunday 1^st November 2.30 - 6.30pm
then 8 sessions on Sundays, 4.00 – 6.30pm
(starting with afternoon tea)

15/29^th November; 13^th December; 10/24^th January; 7^th/ 21^st February; 6^th March
(with guest speakers on 15 Nov & 21^st Feb)

Cost for all 9 sessions:  Early bird payment by 1^st October: £120
Full payment (no later than 15^th October): £130

For more details & to book your place, contact Kay via her website www.kaysyrad.co.uk  

Vert Institute, established in 2015, operates from our house and studio on the edge of Vert Wood near the village of Laughton. The aim of the Institute is to offer unusual and stimulating art and writing events and workshops based on the creative ideas and experience of poet-novelist Kay Syrad and world-renowned land artist Chris Drury.

Events and workshops will be offered at various points throughout the year, always with a basis in ideas about and embodied experience of inside|outside, microcosm| macrocosm, and nature|culture. The programme may include walks and opportunities for making work outside, small exhibitions, talks and performances, and a variety of writing workshops.  All welcome.