Hi! 👋 I’m Catherine Woodiwiss. Thanks for visiting.

I’m a journalist and context architect. I work in the gaps between disciplines — between story and space, structure and improvisation — designing conditions for something real to happen between people.

I aim for meaning, imagination, and devotion — helping people come more creatively alive to themselves and the world. Lately, that includes creating moments for Austin's artists, hosts, venues, and cultural institutions to surprise each other.

Currently:

Producing theatrical performances and hosting salons, film nights, and existential field games in Austin (Get on the invite list). Building rites-of-passage programs for purpose — with scientists, artists, and philosophers — in the US, UK, Canada, France, & the Netherlands (For young people: Liminal Learning; for healing from loss: The Social Healing Project; for reimagining capital: Coralus). Convening cross-disciplinary experts and devoted amateurs for conversations that actually go somewhere (Book a consult). Writing a Substack about beauty and belonging at the end of the world (Read more).

Elsewhere:

Recently featured on Austin Community Capital, talking about hosting gatherings for delight & purpose — watch or listen here. My work has appeared in The Atlantic, Texas Monthly, and The New York Times, and been supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Templeton Foundation, SXSW, and USAID. I was once cited by both David Brooks and Burning Man, which feels about right.

If you're a multidisciplinary, improvisational yes-and type — say hi!

Catherine

catherine.h.woodiwiss@gmail.com

@chwoodiwiss