March 24-27, 2026. Icon Writing Retreat, Church of the Redeemer, Sarasota, Florida
Madonna and Christ Child Icon by Christine Hales, after Andre Rublev
March 24-27, 2026, Icon writing retreat at the Beautiful Church of the Redeemer, 222 South Palm Ave., Sarasota.
We will be painting the icon of the Madonna and Christ Child using egg tempera paints with gold leaf gilding on gessoed icon board.
Classes meet each of the four days, March 24-27 from 9:30AM- 4:00 PM with a lunch break in the middle of the day.
All levels of ability and experience are welcome. Beginners are welcome as well as intermediate level iconographers. Please let Christine know if you are a beginner and need more guidance before the class begins. There’s always more to learn! Beginners and advanced students have much to offer each other in this creative, prayerful learning environment. Writing Icons is a spiritual journey as well as an artistic discipline. Each Icon that we write teaches each of us to deepen our faith and improve our skills.
This Four Day Class will take inspiration from Byzantine Icons, and the Icon of Madonna and Child. This retreat is a Spiritual Journey inviting us to explore issues related to healing, faith and spirituality, cultural identity, tradition, and community within the icon writing process of prayer and painting. This class will focus on combining prayer and Icon painting using egg tempera paints and gold leaf gilding.
Each day will begin at 9:30 AM, Lunch 12:30-1:30, Afternoon session 1:30- 4:00PM
Snacks will be provided, but meals, travel, and accommodations are on your own. Sarasota has lots of wonderful restaurants, ubers, and hotels. Enjoy!
Total workshop cost: $400. Most supplies included, including the gessoed board. To register with a $100 Deposit, Click Here:
