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A selection of past away days
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Painting Autumn Colours Away Days
Saturday October 2nd and Sunday October 3rd 2010 
These 2 away days are for people who would like to learn to paint, and who want to catch those beautiful autumn tones at their peak. Our resident artist, Janice Poltrick Donato, will be on hand to help you as you perch yourself on the edge of our private lake (check out those reflections!) or take off into our 22 acres of woodland trails to experience those remarkable autumn colours at your leisure. If you have your own watercolours, acrylics or oils, bring them along. If not, we'll have a selection of painting materials available for you to experiment with, and find your medium. Check our blog for details on how the painting autumn colours away days went. |
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Social Bridge Away Day
Sunday June 13th 2010 
Join Marianne Metrakos for a day of social bridge. If you already play some bridge, The Nurtury is the ideal place to experiment with that 4NT bid. If you are a beginner or just starting out on your bridge journey, we will make sure that you will be teamed up at a table that puts you at ease. One way or another, this is the day to pull up a chair lakeside and bridge yourself out. A delicious feel good lunch and snacks ensure that we are well pampered between rubbers. As for food for thought, Rona Brodie takes a philosophical look at who we are, and what we reveal about ourselves, when we play games? For how the day went please visit our blog |
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Soundwalking Away Days Saturday April 24th and Sunday April 25th 2010 
Soundwalking is a practice that makes places audible: amplifying tiny sounds to bring our attention to things we don't usually hear going on around us; discovering the sonic intricacies of a place through walking, listening and recording. For those who are interested in discovering the sounds of nature, the surroundings of The Nurtury provide an ideal place to soundwalk. Far from the bustle of the city, we hear birds, water and the sounds of the weather, and learn through our experiences of these sounds. Over the course of these away days Andra McCartney introduces new soundwalkers to the pleasurable processes of this activity. Under her guidance we walk through the property both together and individually: listening to the remarkable soundscape of the area, recording sounds on our walks, and then meeting together to talk about how to work with these recordings. Listening to soundwalk recordings made by other artists encourages us to think about how we can glean nourishing sound works from ambiances that usually go unnoticed. Not only do these insights about sound environments accompany us back into daily life; they also provide the starting point for our exploration of listening as a sensory concept. For more information on how this weekend went visit our blog |
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Funny Girls : What Makes Us Laugh And Why?
Saturday March 27th 2010 
This away day looks at what makes us laugh. Using footage old and new, we explore the work of female comics from Mae West to Margaret Cho, from Lucille Ball to Ellen DeGeneres. And between laughs we ask...What lies behind what these funny girls do? What challenges do women comediennes face that male comics do not? What is a sense of humour? And in this age of "laugh therapy," is laughter really all it's cracked up to be? Visit our blog for details on the day |
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Slowing Down as the World Speeds Up : An Introduction to Slow Philosophy
Saturday January 23rd 2010 
Below you'll find the schedule for this away day. It will give you a flavor of what our away days are all about. |
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Slow Philosophy Away Day: A Communal Experiment in Embodied Philosophy and Bodily Learning Morning Session (10-12*): Feeling Time with our (Female) Bodies "If there is one virtue that should be cultivated more than any other by him who would succeed in life, it is punctuality: if there is one error to be avoided, it is being behind time." - Electric Signal Clock Company Catalogue, 1891 "In my father's presence I believed I was pure mind; I was horrified to think that he now suddenly saw me as an organism. I felt permanently dethroned." - Simone de Beauvoir, on starting to menstruate at age 13 Bill of Fare: 1) Viewing of factory scene from Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936) 2) A reading that evokes philosopher Simone de Beauvoir's relationship to time, and her embodiment of Existentialism 3) "Racing Against the Clock" Charades: Timely Expressions through Bodily Impressions 4) An Experiment in Haiku Writing: Timepieces and our Corporeal "tics" Lunch Session (12-2*): Feeling Flow with our Bodies "A firm defense of quiet material pleasure is the only way to oppose the universal folly of Fast Life...Our defense should begin at the table with Slow Food" - Carlo Petrini, Founder of Slow Food Movement Bill of Fare: 1) Spicy Parsnip Soup - Slow Food is "Clean" 2) Chicken and 'Slow Lemon' Tagine - Slow Food is "Fair" 3) Grapefruit and Pear Frappe with a Twist - Slow Food is "Good" 4) Chocolate Nut Cake - Slow Food is "Pleasurable"
Followed by an exploration of walking vertically rather than horizontally, as we step outside and take a 20 minute walk with our chora.
Afternoon Session (2-4*): Feeling Rhythm with our Bodies "Movement is located not in the"I" that moves but rather, is out there already circulating, waiting for the "I" to hop on board" Bill of Fare: 1) Finding our Pace - Moving to the Metronome 2) Sharing our Pace - What it feels like to be "in" our natural pace, and "out" of it 3) Your Pace or Mine? - Music that moves with us or against us 4) Changing Paces - Singing ourselves into a Whole *Timings today are subject to change in accordance with our group's tempo giusto Visit our blog for details on the day |