Venue: The Pencil Factory, Keswick and Keswick countryside
Cost: £90 / £65 student
Meals: All meals included
Accommodation: Not included (Skiddaw Street can be booked)
Timings: 25th – 27th April 2025
An exciting weekend of Art and creativity
An exciting weekend of art and creativity with Ally Gordon and guests
The workshop will feature Bible teaching slots in the mornings and practical sessions in the afternoon out and about around Keswick. Each session will be rooted in scripture and illustrated with examples from art.
This year there will be specific streams for VISUAL ARTISTS and WRITERS.
There will be time to meet other Christians in the Arts, enjoy the beautiful Lakes and make some art while you’re here!
" An amazing opportunity to connect with other artists of faith and learn helpful skills in a stunning landscape!"
Key Note Speakers
Alastair Gordon
Matt Searles
Alastair is a London based artist, lecturer and a founding director of Morphē Arts, a mentoring charity for Christians in the Creative Arts. He is a regular speaker at Christian events but works professionally in the art world. Alastair is course leader for the professional practice programme at the Leith School of Art, Edinburgh.
Matt loves helping people delve deeper into the riches of God’s word, and particularly loves Biblical Theology, seeing God’s one glorious plan of salvation through the scriptures. Having served in local church ministry for a number of years, he now works for Crosslands Seminary, equipping others to teach God’s word. He is married to Toni, has a daughter Annie, and describes himself as a tea-drinker and countryside lover.
Kez de Jong
John Grumitt
Victoria D’Cruz
I am a multidisciplinary artist and art tutor, based in Farnham, surrey. I work and teach classes in my home studio. I exhibit, sell my work and take personal commissions too. I love helping unlock creativity and confidence in others and I am really passionate about encouraging people of all levels of experience in their creativity and faith. I am also a qualified product designer, a pastor’s wife and before my three children came along, I was a secondary school DT teacher. I now have a crazy puppy as well, who won’t yet sit still long enough for me to paint!
John is a singer-songwriter based in Saltburn-by-the-Sea at the very northern tip of North Yorkshire. He can be found singing with local shanty group the Saltburn Smugglers or leading musical worship at Teesside Vineyard Church. He describes himself as a musician who teaches English as a foreign language to pay for it.
Victoria Hazael is both a performance and published poet. She’s a former BBC journalist who now focuses on writing creatively. She combines working part-time as the digital editor for a top global brand and finishing her first novel, with raising her children. Victoria also supports writers by running a writing group in Surrey and hosts spoken word events. She performs using her maiden name Victoria D’Cruz which means ‘victory of the cross’.
Course Details
This course is for those who are keen visual artists and writers who want to meet other Christians with an interest in art and writing.
The weekend begins of Friday evening with registration, an evening meal and a chance to meet each other.
Ally Gordon will teach the morning Bible sessions on Saturday and Sunday followed by afternoon workshops or time to explore the wonderful landscape of Keswick.
There is time in the evening to review the day and share each others artwork.
For more details of the programme click here.
Cost and Venue
The course will be held at Keswick Ministries, in Keswick Cumbria. Costs for the event are as follows:
- £90 registration fee
- £65 student registration
Lunches and evening meals are included in the cost of the event. Please note that all our food is bought in or prepared by a caterer. We are able to provide food for the following diets: dairy free, lactose intolerant, coeliac, gluten-free, vegetarian, and combinations of those. You will be asked on the registration form of any dietary needs.
Accommodation is not included and should be organised on an individual basis. There are plenty of bed and breakfasts, hostels, hotels and self-catering cottages to choose from in Keswick.
Keswick Ministries has a number of rooms at our Skiddaw St Centre available for Bed and Breakfast. Rooms will be available to book on a first come, first serve basis. For information about this please contact bookings@keswickministries.org.
To register and pay please complete the registration form or for further information contact Carolyn at tandt@keswickministries.org or on 017687 80075 option 4.
Cancellation Policy
We understand that there may be situations in which you need to cancel your place. Cancellations made up to 7 days before the event will receive 90% refund. Cancellations made less than 7 days before the event will receive 50% refund. Cancellations made on the day of the event will not receive a refund.
Alastair Gordon
Alastair is a London based artist, lecturer and a founding director of Morphē Arts, a mentoring charity for Christians in the Creative Arts. He is a regular speaker at Christian events but works professionally in the art world. Alastair is course leader for the professional practice programme at the Leith School of Art, Edinburgh