Hexaemeron courses in icon painting are designed for both the beginner and the experienced iconographer.  Each setting is a unique opportunity to work closely with Master Iconographer Xenia Pokrovsky, whose wealth of accumulated knowledge spans four decades. Courses provide training that is immediate, practicable and the highest quality available on the American continents, in terms of comprehensiveness, authenticity and faithfulness to the craft.

Pokrovsky is widely known as a teacher of teachers. By the time she left Russia in 1991, Pokrovsky had trained hundreds of students, many of whom are now master iconographers in her homeland. Her reputation as the author of new icons and restorer of 15th and 16th century icons attracts students from all over the world.

During the six-day course, Pokrovsky leads students through the entire process of icon painting, including gesso preparation and application to the board, instruction on how to create pigments from indigenous stones and clays, define the image with assiste gold lights, gild prescribed areas, calligraph inscriptions, and apply olifa varnishing.

For a complete 2012  schedule, see Hexaemeron Courses.

JANUARY 22-28, 2012
Angels Nest
Sao Paulo, Brazil
CLOSED

MAY 20-26, 2012
St. Mary’s Seminary and Retreat Center
Santa Barbara, CA
Register for St. Mary’s

JUNE 17-23, 2012
St. Tikhon Orthodox Seminary
South Canaan, PA
Register for St. Tikhon

AUGUST 5-11, 2012
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, KY
Register for Asbury Seminary

SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 6, 2012
Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center
Maggie Valley, NC
Register for Living Waters