Space to follow curiosity, rest, reflect or simply be.

Nothing is compulsory and time is deliberately left open.

Sleep. Read. Wander. Sit in a garden. Do nothing. Enjoy silence.

You can follow the programme, step away from it, or discover your own rhythm.

Presence matters more than output.

There is also time for YOU.

THE CURARE APPROACH creates conditions for renewal where people, place, creativity, environment and wellbeing are held in relationship. The experience is carefully curated, but never prescriptive.

A Residency for Living

Artists have long been given the opportunity to step away from everyday life to concentrate on their creative development. Curare Residencies create a temporary change of rhythm. An intentional space to pause, rest, nourish, explore, create, encounter and listen.

You don't need to know exactly what you are looking for. You can come with an idea, a question, a need for rest, a desire to make something, or simply the feeling that it is time to step outside your usual life.

What the days might hold:

Move through landscape, streets and unfamiliar places.

Slow and easy walks through Ragusa Ibla and the surrounding canyons become a way of slowing down and paying attention towhat is around you.

Draw, write, photograph, move, collect, experiment and explore. You don't need to consider yourself creative. There is no expectation to produce anything.

Conversations, stories, music and the simple experience of being around a table.

There is something about creating together, sharing food and time with other people that allows conversations to unfold without being planned.

You may arrive not knowing anyone. You may leave having met someone you would not otherwise have encountered.

Encounters around art, culture and food creates connections through place, senses and conversation. You might prepare traditional bread or a Sicilian meal with a chef - a way of making, tasting, sharing and encountering the traditions of the place.

What if you gave yourself four days?

There are times when we need to step away. Not because we want to escape our lives, but because we need enough distance to gain perspective.

Curare Residencies

Maybe you are going through a period of change or a demanding time Or you have an idea you haven't had time for and that keeps returning? Maybe a project or book to develop OR space to connect...

Share & participate

Pause & be present

Walk, observe & create