Icon Workshops - September 2023
1st Icon Workshop (Beginners to Intermediate)
11th to 16th September 2023. (11am Monday to 11am Saturday)
Painting an icon of the St Peter the apostle
2nd Icon Workshop (Intermediate to Advanced)
18th to 23rd September. (11am Monday to 11am Saturday)
Painting the tender icon of The Bridegroom
We offer two five-day workshops with an opportunity to learn and practice the art of writing icons, exploring the techniques and understanding of iconography. Each day will begin with a demonstration of the techniques to be used and the rest of the day is spent painting, with support and accompaniment. The designs will be applied to the board, and the colour layers built up to complete the icon.
The tutor is Dom Alex Echeandía Loro, a Peruvian monk and iconographer, who is coming over from Peru especially for this workshop. As well as being Prior of the Monasterio de Santa María de la Santísima Trinidad in Lurin, south of Lima, he works as an iconographer and has produced icons for a number of countries. This will be a welcome return for him to Belmont, to lead workshops as he did regularly before covid.
Practical Details
We hope to start work on new guesthouse accommodation later in the year. Meanwhile we only have limited accommodation at Belmont. However, we do have four small rooms available for men and women and are able to accommodate a limited number of men in the monastery. None of this accommodation is ensuite. We also arrange to collect people in the morning with return them in the evening to a recommended local hotel.
The cost for the teaching is £350 for each workshop, with a non-refundable deposit payable when booking. The price includes a gessoed icon board and pigments.
Other costs for the 5 days are: lunch £75 (Monday to Friday); supper £50 (Monday to Friday), accommodation at Belmont (Monday night to Saturday morning) £250, including continental breakfast.
Contact Fr Augustine for booking at retreats@belmontabbey.org.uk or telephone.01432 374750.
