Icon Workshops 2025
led by Dom Alex Echeandía Loro
Exhibition Open: ICONS FOR HOPE AND FAITH
Important information about Visiting the Exhibition Icons for Hope and Faith British Association of Iconographers (BAI)
Sample of some icons
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Setiembre 2025
Icon Workshop at St Louis Abbey, UK (June-July 2025)
Talleres de iconos 2025 – belmontabbey
Talleres de iconos 2025 – belmontabbey
Additional Beginners Icon Workshop
at Buckfast Abbey
Monday 101 – Saturday 06 September 2025
Cost £400 (lunch included)
The subject of this workshop is the Mandylion. (See image below). The Mandylion, meaning ‘small cloth’ or ‘towel’ is similar to Veronica’s veil and believed to have touched the face of Christ, retaining his features on the cloth. [No gold leaf is used on the beginner’s workshop.] This will take place at St Cuthbert’s Conference Centre and accommodation is available at Northgate house. Accommodation and meals at hotel extra, £110pppn B&B + evening meal. Contact: enquiries@buckfast.org.uk
The Beginners Icon Workshop at Belmont is Fully Booked
Intermediate Icon Workshop
Monday 11 – Saturday 16 August 2025
Cost: £ 430
The subject of this workshop is St Joseph and the Child Jesus. Students on the intermediate workshop should have previously attended the beginners icon course. This workshop includes practicing the technique of applying gold to the halos.
Advanced Icon Workshop
Monday 18 – Saturday 23 August 2025
Cost: £ 450
The subject of this workshop is the Baptism of Jesus. Students are required to have attended the intermediate workshop from this or previous years, to have a basic understanding of the techniques that Fr Alex will be using.
The maximum number of students per course is 14
Our Icon Workshops
We offer a series of six-day workshop, offering an opportunity to learn and practice the art of writing icons, in the contemplative calm of a Benedictine monastery, exploring the techniques and understanding of iconography. Each day will begin with a demonstration of the techniques to be used and the day is spent painting, with support and accompaniment from Dom Alex. The designs will be applied to the board, and the colour layers built up to complete the icon.
Cost
The cost for the teaching is indicated for each workshop, with a non-refundable deposit payable when booking. The price includes a prepared gessoed icon board. pigments, and gold leaf as indicated (intermediate and advanced levels)
Accommodation
We are pleased to make our new accommodation available for this workshop.
The cost is £70 per night for an ensuite room, including continental breakfast. The cost of full-board is £95.
The cost of meals for residents and non-residents are: lunch (two courses and coffee) £16; supper £12.
Tea and Coffee will be provided for all.