Foundation Studies in Anthroposophy
Program for 2011-2012
The Foundation Studies Program offers a transformative journey. We will seek to answer questions… Who we are?
What is our relationship to others, to Nature and the being of the Earth? How will we awaken to our right vocation?
Where are we in ourselves and the wider world? How can our creative thoughts and deeds influence world happenings
and shape the future? It is an inner journey that will bring us to ourselves and bring us out into the world.
We will study aspects of human development and cultural evolution, as inspired by Rudolf Steiner, by bringing areas of
human knowledge into relationship with each other. We will build a context for our personal experience and find an inner
ground of certainty in our lives. Transcending the belief that knowledge arises in the thinking mind only, explorations in a variety of artistic activities will support our studies.
The course of studies includes many subjects, such as Inner Development, Life Phases, Temperaments, Physiology, Fairytales, Cycles of the Year, Art History and the Evolution of Consciousness.
Working with Rudolf Steiner’s insights, along with artistic activities and inner work, the Foundation Studies Program
will explore the nature of the human being- body, soul and spirit. We will work on our own biographies and seek the
deeper meaning of life, striving to create new forms of practical work and community building.
This program serves individual development and also builds the foundation for professional studies in Anthroposophy, including Waldorf Teacher Education.
Calendar
The program will meet two Saturdays a month. Each month, one Saturday will run from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the other one will take place from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Full Saturdays (from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
Oct. 29, 2011
Nov. 19, 2011
Dec. 17, 2011
Jan. 14, 2012
Feb. 11, 2012
Mar. 10, 2012
Apr. 21, 2012
May 19, 2012
Half Saturdays (9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Nov. 12, 2011
Dec. 10, 2011
Jan. 21, 2012
Feb. 18, 2012
Mar. 24, 2012
Apr. 28, 2012
May 12, 2012
Application and Fees
The cost of this two year program is $2,700 per year, plus a $50 registration fee and a $60 materials fee. To Apply, please complete the Foundations_Registration form and mail it to:
Foundation Studies
The Brooklyn Waldorf School
1-11 Jefferson Avenue (at Claver Place)
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Questions can be directed to Sono Kuwayama at foundationstudies@brooklynwaldorf.org
Faculty
Program Directors
Brigitte Bley-Swinston, M.Ed., is an artist who has worked for fifteen years as an adult educator in the arts. She was a member of the resident faculty of Sunbridge College, New York, for ten years, where she taught in the Foundation Studies, Teacher Education, Early Childhood and Biography and Social Art Programs and developed and taught courses at the Rudolf Steiner Institute. She received her education as an art teacher in Berlin, and is an alumna of the Teacher Education Program at Sunbridge College.
Jennifer Brooks Quinn has been an adult educator for many years and was the director of the part-time Foundation
Studies in Anthroposophy at Sunbridge College for ten years. She was also a co-founder of Lifeways in Spring Valley. She
is a biography counselor, has offered courses and retreats in Latin America and the U.S. on themes of human development and biography. She also teaches in the high school of the Green Meadow Waldorf School.
Core Faculty
Signe Schaefer was director of the Foundation Studies at Sunbridge College for over twenty years. She continues to
co-direct the part-time Biography and Social Arts Program and also offers workshops and courses on various questions
of human development and Anthroposophy, both nationally and internationally, most recently in Thailand and China.
Sono Kuwayama is a graduate of the Applied Arts Program and Foundation Studies Program. She has been teaching handwork for 6 years and continues with her own studio practice and studies in art and anthroposophy.