Biography Program

Biography, Life as Art - Three year part-time program

In biography studies, students learn through personal journeying. Life patterns, cycles, crisis points, and identifying one's purpose in life (destiny) are studied. In this program art is used as a vehicle for process, not as a discipline to be developed.

Although there is no time limit, all nine modules offered need to be completed together with anthroposophical studies to lead to the Diploma Life as Art - Biography Studies. The program can be entered September, January, or April each year, an introductory weekend to biography is highly recommended.

This program has a format of three 10 week terms per year, with 6 hours in class (including anthroposophical studies) plus 3 hours homework per week.

For dates and fees see Arscura current course calendar.

All courses create an integrated, yet flexible learning path.
All courses recognize the non-verbal artistic process as central to a meaningful learning experience.
All individual terms, courses and seminars may be taken simply for personal growth and development or for credit toward an Arscura attendance diploma.

Biography - Life as Art -- Course Outline

Year One -- Wednesday Mornings 10-1
Term 1 Fall Year 1	LIFE CYCLES The seven-year cycles as described by Rudolf Steiner. Introduction to Biography.
Term 2 Winter Year 1	PLANETARY QUALITIES The seven planetary qualities in their relationship to life cycles
Term 3 Spring Year 1	LIFE BETWEEN LIVES The journey of reviewing, letting go, and beginning again.
Year Two -- Wednesday Mornings 10-1
Term 4 Fall Year 2	MALE AND FEMALE QUALITIES A deeper look at masculine and feminine qualities in everyone's life. Working towards an inner marriage.
Term 5 Winter Year 2	OVERCOMING POLARITY Qualities of form and dissolution in life patterns. Observing our own tendencies to polarise and learning to find balance.
Term 6 Spring Year 2	TIME AS A PHENOMENON IN BIOGRAPHY Growing, developing and ripening are the result of four etheric forces. This theme and charting the biography of another are part of this term's work.
Year Three -- Wednesday Mornings 10-1
Term 7 Fall Year 3	FAMOUS BIOGRAPHIES & TWELVE WORLD VIEWS Charting an historical celebrity for presentation. Awakening 12 spiritual capacities in life and learning to stand in the middle of life's dynamics with a balanced overview.
Term 8 Winter Year 3	CRISIS IN BIOGRAPHY By revisiting past turning points we learn creative responses for the future and to meet challenging life situations.
Term 9 Spring Year 3	PRACTICAL APPLICATION Facilitating a group and weekly tutorial. Self & peer assessment and presentation from practice. Helping each other to look toward future steps.
International Trainers Forum Recognition


For Curriculum Activities and Requirements see full program details.
Studio Location: 901 Rutherford Road in Thornhill
For more information call 905 763 1003 or email: info@arscura.com

Arscura's biography program has given me the tools of soul and spirit I needed to help me reframe the narrative of my life. The artistic process awakened memories and inspired dreams that encouraged me to look at the deeper meaning of the events that have marked my journey to this point. - P. Michael

It is not too often that we take the time to look at how our own individual life's journey interweaves and contributes to the world around us. I found the Arscura biography programme to be incredibly rich in content and it offered me a new way to observe and be 'me' in the world. - Beverley Golden