Iconography
“The invisible things of God have been made visible.”
―Saint John of Damascus
Iconography manifests the soul shining through a human portrait. Focusing mainly on the transfigured human face, taken from historical Eastern Orthodox and contemporary models, The Sacred Art Institute teaches classic egg tempera techniques, common to all schools of historical iconography.
With Marek Czarnecki
April 6, 2024
Enders Island
Praying With a Brush is a one-day workshop for iconographers interested in learning the basic brush skills necessary to paint an icon. We start with a repertoire of basic calligraphic brush strokes and practice exercises using only ink and a brush. Using traditional, art historical Orthodox icons as models, students will be taught to make […]
With Marek Czarnecki
May 19 - 24, 2024
Join us for an Iconography workshop with one of the country’s most talented Iconographers. Throughout this workshop Marek guides you through the foundations for writing an icon. Understanding that simplicity can be very deep but not always easy, through this workshop you will discover and deepen your knowledge of painting an icon using a historical […]
With Marek Czarnecki
August 10, 2024
Enders Island
Egg tempera must be painted onto a stiff, inflexible panel, coated with an absorbent primer called “gesso”. In a one-day workshop, iconographer and instructor Marek Czarnecki will teach students the process of making true artists’ gesso with rabbit skin glue, chalk and marble dust. There will be an examination of the historical types of panels […]
With Marek Czarnecki
August 11 - 16, 2024
Join us for an Iconography workshop with one of the country’s most talented Iconographers. Throughout this workshop Marek guides you through the foundations for writing an icon. Understanding that simplicity can be very deep but not always easy, through this workshop you will discover and deepen your knowledge of painting an icon using a historical […]
With Morgan Dummitt
October 20 - 25, 2024
The working of stone has been interwoven with Sacred Art from the earliest days of Christianity, from the building of churches and places of worship to ornamentation and sculpture. This course will introduce students to the art of carving stone by hand. In five days each student will design and complete a decorative limestone carving. Students […]