St Michael Orthodox Church is pleased to offer a Master Class in Iconography by Dom Joseph-Marie, an Orthodox monk specializing in early Roman iconography.
The Master Class will offer students 20 hours of practical, hands-on experience writing icons. The pace will be deliberate. Beginners, intermediate, advanced, and expert students (16 and older) will be personally tutored by Dom Joseph-Marie. The goal is that students will receive the confidence in writing one or more well-prayed icons.
The Master Class is offered every Saturday form January 25 until February 15 (10 a.m. until 3 p.m.), and on Wednesday Jan 29 and Feb 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. Students will be given the option of writing an icon of Our Lord, or Our Lady and the Holy Child.
The cost is $200 for all Master Classes. ($350 after January 5th.) In addition, students are responsible for purchasing necessary supplies. (See below for the list of required supplies.)
Dom Joseph-Marie will also offer two lectures on the history and theology of iconography. These lectures on Sunday, February 2 and Sunday, February 16, are included in the cost of the Master Classes. Others may attend both lectures separately for $25 (or $25 apiece after January 5).
To register, simply complete this form and submit your payment online.
Required Supplies
- Most of these are available through Amazon
- Questions about materials may be directed to monk.joseph.marie@gmail.com
Click supplies below for access to purchase links:
Icon Boards
Kolinsky Brushes
Paint Pallet
Pen/compass set
Gold Leaf Size
Pigment Set
Gold Leaf
Dom Joseph-Marie Brown has been painting icons since 1989. Icons by his hand can be found in England, Russia, Mexico, Australia, Italy, and in North America. Currently he is painting the interior of Ladyminster Monastery, and recently completed St. Michael Orthodox Church in Whittier, California. A documentary of the iconography for St Michael can be viewed on YouTube “Icons of St. Michael.” Other samples of his work can be viewed on Flickr. Dom Joseph-Marie’s primary inspirations remain Gregory Gashev, Archimandrite Zinon, Philip Davidov and Olga Shalamova. Dom Joseph-Marie is an Orthodox Benedictine Schema Monk at Our Lady and St. Laurence Monastery (Ladyminster) in Canon City, Colorado.
