A core philosophy is Maria's commitment to an "ethical arts practice" that holds diversity with inclusivity while supporting creative autonomy, specifically within rural contexts. This process has refocused her practice since Covid, reducing international projects to focus on a deeper translocal creative engagement in North Clare.
Maria Kerin’s practice is grounded in eco-somatic movement and deep body listening. Through sensory awareness and restorative movement, she explores the relationship between body, land, and wellbeing, encouraging participants to reconnect with nature through felt experience.
Maria develops dance-movement as a transdisciplinary field combining artistic practice with archaeological and ecological research. Her work investigates through multi-temporal, embodied inquiry, creating new ways of understanding past and present landscapes and the more-than-human. A sensorial deep time activation for creative futuring.
Water is central to Maria’s work as both a material and a living presence. Through rituals, site-based projects, and community actions, she explores water wellbeing, sacred sites, and local water quality as forms of embodied environmental care and activism.
Maria works with diverse cultural communities, including refugees and asylum seekers, using creative practice to foster connection, belonging, and shared expression. Her projects create safe, inclusive spaces for embodiment, dialogue, participation, and collective creativity.
Maria facilitates international platforms for peer-to-peer artistic exchange and shared research. These initiatives support cross-cultural dialogue, collaborative learning, and the gifting of artistic knowledge across disciplines and borders.
Drawing on over three decades of experience, Maria mentors artists through a process of deep listening and constructive reflection. Her mentoring practice is guided by Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process, supporting artists to develop their work with clarity, confidence, and care.