March 5-9, 2012
Monday - Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Led by Teresa Harrison, Iconographer
$495, inclusive of all materials and lunch. $100 deposit due by February 1, 2012; Balance due by February 20.
Attendees of the Icon Writing Workshop, March 5-9, 2012, will participate in a contemplative week of fellowship and creativity in a small group setting held Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Under the guidance of Iconographer Teresa Harrison of Coronado, California, participants will each recreate an icon of the Annunciation in the ancient Byzantine tradition.
Icon writing is an ancient spiritual discipline in which the process and the finished work inspire prayerful meditation. This five-day intensive workshop takes the student from a blank prepared board to the gilding of a finished icon using 23 carat gold leaf and Jo Sonia acrylic paint on gessoed wood panels, a medium that most closely resembles the traditional egg tempera. No artistic experience is required to participate fully in this powerful spiritual journey.
Teresa Harrison of Coronado, California, is a lifelong Episcopalian who has been writing icons for 20 years. Harrison has studied with master iconographers Phillip Zimmerman and Ksenia Pokrovsky. She has taught at churches and retreat centers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Florida, New York and California. Her work has been published in The Living Church and Anglican Episcopal World. A workshop she led in Cuba provided the Stations of the Cross icons for Holy Trinity Cathedral in Havana. Beginners as well as experienced iconographers comment on Teresa's patient and calm spirit as well as her contagious joy of icon writing. For more information see www.teresaharrison.com.
