Outside the Circle:
A Creative Exploration
of Grief and Community

A Summer Happening
May 7-9, 2025

Featuring:

William Linthicum-Blackhorse, D.M.A.: Musician and composer

Will Daddario, Ph.D.: Mental health counselor and performance philosopher

Joanne Zerdy, Ph.D.: Grief worker and herbalist

What does it mean to you and to us all to grieve?

The circle is essential to and emblematic of community and connection across many Native American communities. Taking the circle as an organizing principle, we invite you to join us in exploring what it means to grieve individually and collectively, and how individuals and communities are shaped and reshaped through grief. 

Where does grief live or move within the physical and social body?

Through drumming, small-group conversations, herbal tea-drinking, and embodied workshops, our invited guests will invite participants to reflect upon, discuss and embody the multifaceted dimensions of grief and grieving. 

What does grief make, activate or manifest? 

We ask participants to bring their unique lived experiences and distinct creative practices to “Outside the Circle,” and welcome you to take part in the full event, or to come and go as you are able. An option for remote/online participation will be available on May 9.

To join us for some or all of the three days of “Outside the Circle,” please register here.