Our upcoming Summer School program has now been finalised and it will feature an exciting range of lectures, demonstrations, workshops, exercise and music sessions as well as excursions run over nine days in January.
Starting on Tuesday 11 January the sessions at the Hub will be held over the six days 11, 12, 13 and 18, 19 and 20 January with outside events scattered across the two weeks.
The program will feature a range of interesting and entertaining external speakers and artists and, in addition to the special classes being offered by our own highly experienced Class Leaders, a number of our members, who have a particular area of interest, are also adding to the variety of the Summer School program.
Some of the highlights
- Lectures on Healthy Ageing, Stories from the Suburbs, Non-boring Writing, the Importance of Units, Japan and its Culture, the Life of Coco Chanel, Travel in Australia, Ancient Egyptian history, Leonardo de Vinci, and the Great Stink of 1858 in London
- Demonstrations of Ikebana (the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging), care of Orchids and Cookery
- Workshops on Watercolours, Pastels, Sculpture, Screenwriting, Raffia hat making, Hoop embroidery, Basket making, Knitting, Crochet, Latin music, Chinese Opera and Meditation
- Excursions to the Chanel Exhibition at the NGV and ‘Object of Desire’ at the Johnson Collection
- Opportunities to Play Golf, Table Tennis and Lawn Bowls
- Walks from Fairfield to Abbotsford Convent and from Fairfield to Brunswick
- ‘How to’ Classes on Cryptic Crosswords, Suduko, Scrabble and How to beat Spam
- Exercise Sessions including Tabata, Walking/QiGong and Boot Camp.
Summer School Enrolment
The full details of all of our Summer School classes will be visible on our website from 15 November and you will be able to enroll from 29 November. A printed Summer School Guide will also be available from 15 November at the Hub.