Hume Creative Arts Conference

MUSIC ・ VISUAL ARTS ・WRITING

October 15-18, 2026

Cultivating the arts and supporting artists who are putting their hands to work for the glory of God

A place for artists, musicians, storytellers, and creators to gather together and cultivate their creative gifts, to encourage one another, and be newly equipped to illuminate the world with the goodness, truth, and beauty of Jesus.

2026 Keynote Speakers

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Malcolm Guite

Poet

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Jerry Root

Professor/Author

Workshop Speakers

Donna Thoennes

Speaker/Author

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Jeremy Knight

Craftsman

Marian Jacobs bio picture

Marian Jacobs

Author

Jeremy Spears bio picture

Jeremy Spears

Storyboarder

Titania Paige bio picture

Titania Paige

Songwriter

Norm Daniels

Artist

Ka'eo Yoshikawa bio picture

Ka’eo Yoshikawa

Writer

Katy Reed

Speaker

Jeff Sanford bio picture

Jeff Sanford

Speaker/Artist

Dana Ryan bio picture

Dana Ryan

Author

Grace Garrett bio picture

Grace Garrett

Artist

Bob Plouffe bio photo

Bob Plouffe

ARTIST

Sheryl Knight

Artist

Leah Petersen

Artist

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Good Dirt Collective

Non-Profit Arts Community

2026 Workshops Coming Soon

Registration includes programming and meals

*Discount applied at checkout*

Register by April 18 to get $50 off with our Early Bird Pricing!

Lodging

$494 $444

Per Person

Lodging

$454 $404 

Per Person

Lodging

$414 $364 

Per Person

Bring your Own

$404 $354 

Per Person

Self Provided Lodging

$394 $344 

Per Person

*If registering as an individual, after you click the “Register” button, click the “Register My Family” option on the next page.*

Single Occupancy can be requested for an additional $50/per night.

(Based on availability and not guaranteed)

Bring Your Church!

Did you know that church groups can get free spots?
Register together and experience connection, camaraderie, and spiritual growth.

Here’s how it works:
Register as a group.
For every 12 paid spots in the same lodging type, you get the 13th FREE!

Have more questions? Contact Us below.

DELUXE

The Hotel Experience

Single Occupancy for Added Fee

Standard

The Dorm Experience

minimum of 8 guests required

Economy

The Camp Experience

minimum Requirement varies depending on cabin size

Event Only

No Housing Cost Added

IMPORTANT
Some older mapping services will suggest you take the 245. It is a curvy, winding road that will take you at least an additional hour. DO NOT take 245!

Check in starts at 3:00 PM the first day of the retreat.

You need to be checked out of your lodging by 11:00 AM the last day of the retreat.

We provide:

Dinner the first day of the retreat

All meals each full day of the retreat

Breakfast and lunch the last day of the retreat

We do not offer free guest WiFi at this point in time. We do offer Internet for a fee; however, the speeds here are not fast. Purchase at your own risk.

Yes, there is a non-refundable and non-transferrable deposit of $100 per person due at the time of registration.

At the time of cancellation, your non-refundable and non-transferable deposit of $100 will be forfeited.

At this time, we do not have an electric charging station at Hume or outlets available for charging vehicles. We encourage you to fully charge your electric vehicle before heading up the mountain.

We want our retreats to be accessible to everyone! To help make this possible, Hume can accommodate gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and vegetarian diets. Because of the high cost of providing for special dietary needs, there is an extra surcharge for these special diets. Please refer to our Special Diet Policy for more information. 

Questions?

  • Contact Us

Do you prefer the phone?

Call our Hume Information team
 1 (559) 305-7770

Malcolm Guite

Speaker

Dr. Malcolm Guite is a poet and anglican priest, and Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. He lives in Norfolk, England, and lectures widely in England and North America on Theology and Literature. His books include Sounding the Seasons; Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year, The Singing Bowl; Collected Poems, and Parable and Paradox, Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, After Prayer, The Word Within the Words, and Lifting the Veil.

Jerry Root

Speaker

Dr. Jerry Root is professor emeritus at Wheaton College, as well as a visiting professor at Biola University, Talbot Graduate School of Theology, and Moody Bible Institute teaching C. S. Lewis courses at all three schools. For over forty-one years, Dr. Root has lectured on C.S. Lewis topics at 78 universities in 18 countries. He is the author of numerous C.S. Lewis focused books, articles and publications. He is married to Claudia Root and together they have four married children and 15 grandchildren.

Donna Thoennes

Speaker

Dr. Donna Thoennes formerly served on faculty at Biola University for 12 years in the Torrey Honors Institute and currently serves as an adjunct professor. She loves being married to Erik who teaches theology at Biola and serves on the pastoral staff at Grace Evangelical Free Church. Erik and Donna have four children, ages 16-22, who were adopted from Taiwan and China. She spends her days teaching at church, Biola, and home and helping her precious ones “taste and see that the Lord is good.”

Jeremy Knight

Speaker

Jeremy Knight has been building acoustic guitars for over 30 years.  What started as a high school hobby grew into a passion for creating fine custom instruments.   Jeremy enjoys building unique guitars for players of all types: performers, recording artists, worship leaders, collectors, and living room musicians.  Jeremy loves to showcase the amazing woods that God has created and craft them into vessels of worship to glorify the Lord.  Learn more about Knight Guitars at knightguitars.com.

Marian Jacobs

Speaker

Marian A. Jacobs is the author of On Magic & Miracles: A Theological Guide to Discerning Fictional Magic. She’s passionate about writing fantasy, science fiction, and Christian story ethics for the edification of the Church and the glory of God. When not writing, Marian spends time serving on her church’s worship team, watching movies, listening to audiobooks, and working on her seminary degree. She and her husband have three children.

Jeremy Spears

Speaker

Jeremy Spears (@whittlewoodshop) is an Annie Award Winning Story Artist at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. His latest projects at Disney include Wish, Encanto, Zootopia and Wreck-it Ralph. He is also the owner of the Whittle Woodshop, where he enjoys designing and creating passion projects in his free time. He is currently working on a short film project meant to reflect the light of Christ’s love for us into this world. He lives in the Central Coast of California with his wife Lisa and 4 children.

Titania Paige

Speaker

Titania Paige is the founder of the Lamp Burners’ Guild (@lampburnersguild)–A backyard faith and arts community gathering artists, storytellers, musicians, and creatives to inspire hope and awaken wonder as we await Christ’s return. To bring God’s beauty to her hometown of Memphis, TN, she and her family open their home monthly for a potluck, art showcase, and training from local artists. A designer by day and a Bible teacher and song-writer by night, she’s just doing her best and trusting God with the results.

Norm Daniels

Speaker

In June of 1979 Norm (@barefoot_norm) moved to Hume Lake with his wife, Patsy where he became a full-time camp artist and designer. In 2005 Norm and his family moved back to their original roots in San Diego to take the position of Executive Director at Pine Valley Bible Conference Center. After a series of small strokes Norm retired from camping and took up painting full-time. You can find his art at Tabora Gallery in Waikiki; Birds Surf Shed in San Diego; Playa O’este in Rincon P.R. and … the trunk of his car.

Instagram: @normhere

Ka’eo Yoshikawa

Speaker

Ka’eo Yoshikawa is a writer who believes God is found in the ordinary. As Dean & Director of Valley Leadership Academy and author of Everything Is a Poem, he explores the sacred in the mundane, inviting others to see creativity as worship and everyday life as holy ground. He’s married to his wife, Cassie and finds God’s beauty in airports, coffee shops, and everyday life.

Katy Reed

Speaker

Katy Reed is a wife and mom to five. She lives at Hume SoCal with her family.

Jeff Sanford

Speaker

Formerly the Wagon Master at Hume Lake’s Wagon Train camp, Jeff Sanford is now a high school teacher at Hume Lake Charter School. He started his youth ministry experience working at Skate Church in Portland, OR where his passion for teaching students ignited. He has a passion for the Lord and for clearly communicating the Gospel in a fun, clear, and creative way. He loves being with his awesome family, bird watching, hockey, skateboarding, playing music, and doing art.

Dana Ryan

Speaker

Dana Ryan enjoys writing, baking bread, eating dark chocolate, and walking on the beach. She lives in San Diego with her husband and three children, and assorted pets. Author of the Martín y Pepe book series, she is currently working on a nonfiction book about love.

Grace Garrett

Speaker

Grace Garrett is a watercolor and gouache artist based in Northern California.
Grace has a passion for art and finding beauty in everyday life. She received her degree in Media, Culture, and the Arts from The King’s College in New York City.
Grace’s work is inspired by country and city life, her travels abroad, and life as a mom. She also finds inspiration in Scripture and uses art as a tool for meditating on God’s word. Grace seeks to delight and inspire wonder through her work.

Bob Plouffe

Speaker

Bob’s passion for sketching and painting in watercolor started as a kid when he would daydream about being a Disney Animator (instead of doing his math homework).
Bob served in the Air Force for 25 years and then at Hume Lake for the next 18 years.
Bob’s use of dramatic, vibrant colors, with an impressionistic flair is his unique way of capturing urban landscapes and architecture (his favorite) capturing God’s creation and beauty.
He and his wife Debbie live in Clovis, CA.

Sheryl Knight

Speaker

Sheryl (@sheryl_knight_fine_art) is an award-winning plein air artist painting primarily in oil, but also in gouache. She is honored to have earned the status of Signature Member in five national art organizations. Known for her expressive style and vibrant yet tranquil color palette, her passion and joy is to reflect the beauty of God’s creation and to bless others with it. She and her family have been a part of the Hume Community for many years. For more information please visit her website is www.sherylknight.com.

Leah Petersen

Speaker

Leah (@inkwoodandfire) has had an artistic bent since childhood and views creating art as a way that she is an image bearer of God. She studied art at Biola University. As an artist Leah has most recently focused on colored pencil drawing and relief printing, particularly tree ring prints. She loves being outdoors and enjoying the amazing beauty where she lives in the mountains of California. Leah is married to her talented husband Brian, a filmmaker and photographer, and together they have six kids.

Instagram: @inkwoodandfire

Good Dirt Collective

Speaker

Kasey Jackson, Jorden Collins, and Christy Manning are the founders of Good Dirt Collective, united by their shared experience as foster and adoptive parents and a desire to support young women who have been impacted by foster care. Together, they created Good Dirt Collective to provide pottery-based job training, mentorship, and hope, offering a safe place to grow skills, confidence, and community. This work is rooted in their faith as they seek to follow God’s leading in how they serve others.

Brian Albright

Speaker

Brian Albright is a songwriter, producer, & worship pastor serving at Branches HB in Huntington Beach, CA. Albright has been a lifelong Orange County resident, where he has dedicated to building a vibrant and thriving worship culture in the area. Brian is married to his wife Kelsey and together they have two awesome children, Billie and Abner!

Thomas Austin

Speaker

Thomas Austin is a theo-folk singer and writer who really doesn’t like writing about himself in the third person, but here he is, doing it anyway. He has released two EPs, Indiana and Evergreen, and one full-length album, Eternal Life, which you can find anywhere music is streamed, sold, or held ransom. He lives in Nashville with his wife Skye. He enjoys playing concerts at churches, venues, and even houses (he does this often and it’s less weird than you think).

Tinayeshe

band

Tinayeshe is a singer/songwriter based out of Charlotte, NC. He writes music that connects a diverse group of people and points them to Jesus. He curates shows that make space for intimacy, vulnerability, and communion because there (with Jesus and those he shares himself with), he is learning to find true joy. His debut album, Through the Valley, expresses the ins and outs of that journey to true joy and deep love. His upcoming, nearly fully funded second album, Communion, invites you to join in.

Tanner Moore

Band

Tanner is a Singer songwriting from San Luis Obispo California. He now lives in Thousand Oaks and works in youth ministry while producing indi Christian music in his free time.

Deluxe Lodging

The Hotel Experience

Single occupancy for added fee

Standard Lodging

Standard Lodging (no linens)

The Dorm Experience

minimum of 8 guests required

Economy Lodging

The Camp Experience

minimum Requirement varies depending on cabin size

RV Site

RV Sites

Bring Your Own
Home-On-Wheels

Adult Retreats

Event-only Lodging

No housing cost will be added to your event fees

Deposit and cancellation policy – ADult/Family Retreats

Deposits for Adult/Family Retreats

(New Policy beginning Spring 2026)

  1. Initial Deposit – $100 per spot, due at time of registration
  2. Second Deposit – Additional $100 per spot, due 60 days prior to check-in
Cancellations for Adult/Family Retreats
  1. If a spot is cancelled, the $100 deposit put down at the time of registration is forfeited.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected].

Pet/Animal Policy

For visitors and guests at Hume, no pets or animals are allowed in Hume housing or buildings. While Hume understands the benefit of service & support animals, our unique housing and locations are incompatible with service animals

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected].

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