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JULY
Summer Painting and Sketching in the Lakes with Sue Ford
Monday 15th to Friday 19th July
This course will be working mainly in watercolour and pen and wash.
During the course Sue will demonstrate in a variety of media including acrylic and paste.
We will be painting on locations around Rydal Hall’s Estate and in the studio.
Sue Ford, born in York, North Yorkshire is an experienced professional artist working in pastel, watercolour, collage and mixed media plus acrylic. Sue’s remarkable artistic abilities were evident from an early age. Having experimented with almost every conceivable media in her development she is now a recognized and admired artist and tutor. Sue demonstrates for art clubs across the UK and teaches weekly adult education classes. Her ever popular weekend workshops and residential holidays in UK and abroad are highly praised. She also teaches watercolours on Cunard’s cruise liners.
Sue lives in North Yorkshire and loves the wide range of subjects on her doorstep from quaint fishing villages to the dramatic North Yorkshire moors and dales. Her work is exhibited widely through local and national exhibitions and galleries including The Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA), the Society of Women Artists in the Mall Galleries, London and she is a professional member of the Society of All Artists (SAA). She has also published several articles for Leisure Painter and Paint magazines.
With a natural ability to draw Sue can demonstrate a variety of subjects and will show students different painting techniques, explain about materials, the importance of composition and getting the best from their photos and sketches.
Sue’s main objective is to encourage students to achieve their goals and creative ideas.
The course will commence with coffee at 10.00am on Monday 15th and conclude after breakfast on Friday 19th.
The cost per person, including tuition, accommodation and all meals will be £325.
For any information regarding the course please contact Sue.
Tel: 01642 712926 Email: sue_ford@email.com Web: www.sueford.co.uk
AUGUST
Cumbria’s Lakes, Rivers and Waterfalls
Painting in Acrylics or Watercolours with Linda Birch
Monday 26th to Friday 30th August
Rydal Hall is an artist’s paradise, known about and painted around since the eighteenth century. Turner, Girtin and Constable all passed this way. During the course there will be a chance to explore Rydal’s magnificent surroundings and series of astounding waterfalls as well as the river and surrounding lakes. Please note, 2 years’ painting experience is required, and as the course is based outdoors wherever possible, so some walking is involved
Linda trained as a painter and book illustrator and has worked freelance on over 150 published books. She has also worked for BBC’s Jackanory series and also Bagpuss and The Clangers series. She is the author of several books on painting including The Indoor Artist (pub. Harper Collins), Dynamic Watercolours (pub. David & Charles), You can paint Oils (pub. Harper Collins) illustrator/co-author: Journey to Jerusalem, (with Trevor Pitt, pub. John Hunt) Drawing and Painting Animals (pub. David & Charles). As a painter she has had numerous one-person shows and has exhibited at The Royal Watercolour Society (RWS)
She also writes for, and reviews regularly, Leisure Painter magazine.
Linda teaches courses at The Bowes Museum Co. Durham and residential courses in the Lake District.
She is married to Trevor Pitt and is a Franciscan tertiary.
The course will commence with coffee at 10.00am on Monday 26th and conclude after breakfast on Friday 30th.
The cost per person, to include all meals and accommodation, is £325.
SEPTEMBER
Autumn Painting and Sketching in the Lakes with Sue Ford
Monday 16th to Friday 20th September
This course will be working mainly in watercolour and pen and wash.
During the course Sue will demonstrate in a variety of media including acrylic and paste.
We will be painting on locations around Rydal Hall’s Estate and in the studio.
Sue Ford, born in York, North Yorkshire is an experienced professional artist working in pastel, watercolour, collage and mixed media plus acrylic. Sue’s remarkable artistic abilities were evident from an early age. Having experimented with almost every conceivable media in her development she is now a recognized and admired artist and tutor. Sue demonstrates for art clubs across the UK and teaches weekly adult education classes. Her ever popular weekend workshops and residential holidays in UK and abroad are highly praised. She also teaches watercolours on Cunard’s cruise liners.
Sue lives in North Yorkshire and loves the wide range of subjects on her doorstep from quaint fishing villages to the dramatic North Yorkshire moors and dales. Her work is exhibited widely through local and national exhibitions and galleries including The Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA), the Society of Women Artists in the Mall Galleries, London and she is a professional member of the Society of All Artists (SAA). She has also published several articles for Leisure Painter and Paint magazines.
With a natural ability to draw Sue can demonstrate a variety of subjects and will show students different painting techniques, explain about materials, the importance of composition and getting the best from their photos and sketches.
Sue’s main objective is to encourage students to achieve their goals and creative ideas.
The course will commence with coffee at 10.00am on the Monday and conclude after breakfast on the Friday.
The cost per person, including tuition, accommodation and all meals will be £325.
For any information regarding the course please contact Sue.
Tel: 01642 712926 Email: sue_ford@email.com Web: www.sueford.co.uk
Mountains and Majesty Walking and Prayer Retreat
Monday 23rd to Friday 27th September 2013
Robert Williamson, Vicar of St. Cuthbert’s Darlington and Mike Town from Keswick, lead this week of walks and retreat in the surrounding fells of Rydal Hall. The walks will be led by Mike, with Robert leading the meditations before, after and possibly during the walks. The walks will be tailored to the capabilities of the participants and of course the weather! The worship will include music, poetry and paintings.
The retreat will commence with tea at 4.00pm on Monday 23rd and conclude after breakfast on Friday 27th. . The cost per person, including all meals and accommodation, will be £325.
Robert has been leading walking retreats at Rydal Hall for the past fourteen years. His hobbies are poetry, mountains, food and football. The first three are major parts of his walking retreats.
Mike taught physical geography, music and economics in the Thames Valley for 36 years. He retired to Keswick in 2009 and is Director of Music at Patterdale Church. He enjoys walking the fells and tending his garden.
Celtic Saints with the Revd Cameron Butland
Monday 23rd to Friday 27th September
Some of the earliest saints of Britain have associations with Cumbria. This week of talks, walks, visits and activities will explore their world within the scenery that Oswald, Cuthbert, Herbert and Kentigern would recognise. There is some moderate walking along some of the ancient pilgrim ways, and the opportunity to learn more about the symbols and art of the illuminated manuscripts of the sixth and seventh century. All of this is rooted in the experience of Celtic style worship and prayer, using modern forms of Iona worship.
Cameron has a lifelong interest in spirituality and relating this to everyday living. He is the author of ‘Work in Worship’, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1994, and the series of annual prayer books, ‘Our Daily Bread’ from 1990 to 2005. As a tutor and leader of contemplative prayer in the traditions of St Anthony of Egypt through to John Main, he has lead many groups in exploring spirituality. As a speaker and teacher, Cameron has had
a considerable role in education. He is invited to speak regularly on topics relating to spirituality, church history and regularly runs courses on Celtic Spirituality. Presently he is parish priest of Grasmere and Rydal in Cumbria, as well as Chaplain to Rydal Hall.
The course will commence with tea at 4.00pm on Monday and conclude after breakfast on Friday. The cost per person, including all meals and accommodation, is £325.
Space and Silence Day for Michaelmas
Thursday 26th September
This is a time for reflection and prayer at Rydal Hall
George Howe, Diocesan Director of Ordinands, will lead a day at Rydal Hall for the season of Michaelmas (St Michael and All Angels’ Day is on 29th September). He will reflect on how God speaks to us through others, in calling us to discipleship and service. It will include two short talks, times of prayer and structured silence, as well as the option of a simple Eucharist at midday. The day is the third in a series of four days throughout the year reflecting the Christian seasons. These offer individuals a brief oasis of space in busy lives to reflect upon the spiritual life and to pray in the peace and beauty of Rydal.
The day will commence with coffee at 9.30am and conclude with tea at 4.00pm.
The cost per person, including a simple lunch and refreshments will be £20.00.
NOVEMBER
Space and Silence Day for Advent . . . time for reflection and prayer at Rydal Hall
Thursday 28th November
The Revd. Dr. Jonathan Pye, Superintendant Minister of Stramongate Methodist Church
The day is the fourth in a series of four days throughout the year reflecting the Christian seasons. They offer individuals a brief oasis of space in busy lives to reflect upon the spiritual life and to pray in the peace and beauty of Rydal.
The day will commence with coffee at 9.30am and conclude with tea at 4.00pm. The cost per person, including a simple lunch and refreshments, is £20.00.
24 hours with the Dean of Durham Cathedral – the Rt. Revd. Michael Sadgrove
Thursday 28th November
We will gather at 4.00pm on the Thursday and depart at 4.00pm on Friday. The charge per person will be £62.50 and will include all meals.
DECEMBER
Advent Retreat with the Revd. Jane Maycock. ‘While we wait . . .’
Monday 9th to Friday 13th December
Advent is a time of waiting, but what are we waiting for? What do we do while we wait? Through parables of waiting and absence, prayer, and quiet reflection, this retreat offers an opportunity to look again at the Christian belief in the Second Coming. We take time to explore its themes, to see what we encounter, and examine our response.
The Revd. Jane Maycock is an Anglican priest living in Windermere. Having worked in parish ministry and as a Director of Ordinands, she now focuses on writing. She is the author of Windows on a Hidden World (SPCK 2012). The working title of her current book is God, Church and all that Stuff, (to be published by SPCK in Autumn 2013).
The retreat will commence with tea at 4.00pm on Monday 9th and conclude after breakfast on Friday 13th. . The cost per person, including all meals and accommodation, will be £325.
PRAYER MINISTRY AT RYDAL HALL
We offer a prayerful presence and spiritual companionship to anyone who would welcome this ministry. This is an opportunity to give thanks, share joys or burdens and ask for God’s healing and blessing for yourself or someone you know.
We will be in the chapel at Rydal Hall usually on the 4th Thursday of every month from
10.00am to 4.00pm.
24th January, 26th February, 25th April, 23rd May, 27th June, 25th July, 26th September, 24th October, 28th November.
It is hoped in 2013 to be able to offer more opportunities for prayer ministry please contact the Rydal Hall office for information.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4
