Hi! 👋 I’m Catherine Woodiwiss. Thanks for visiting.
I’m a journalist and context architect. I work & weave in the gap between disciplines, designing conditions for something meaningful and new to emerge.
My levers are story, structure, soul, and surprise. I’m always aiming at helping people come more creatively alive to themselves and the world. Lately, that includes creating gatherings with Austin's artists, hosts, and cultural institutions.
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 move the needle (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. Recently published in “Redefining Spiritual Spaces in the Age of Technology,” writing about social infrastructure for collective wisdom — read 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 quoted 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