Events
Sacred Presence Exhibition Member Opening
The Icon Museum and Study CenterMuseum members, join us to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition, Sacred Presence: The Virgin of Kazan. Please register by March 15. Believed to be a Byzantine icon, the Virgin of Kazan was mysteriously rediscovered in 1579 in the hinterlands of the emergent Muscovite empire. Over the centuries, it came to be among the […]
Free First Sunday
The Icon Museum and Study CenterEnjoy free admission on the first Sunday of each month, courtesy of the Nypro Foundation. Film – A Celebration of the Remarkable Life of Gordon B. Lankton 1931-2021 Showing at 11:00 am and 1:00pm (Length 1 hour and 10 minutes) Join us for a complimentary viewing of the film made in tribute to Museum Founder, […]
Pysanky Workshop
The Icon Museum and Study CenterSession 1 Members $35, Not-yet-members $45. Limited to 14 participants per session. Please register by April 9. Pysanky (pee-san-key) are decorated eggs with traditional folk motifs and designs created using a wax-resist method. Students in this workshop will learn how to draw on a whole plain white chicken egg with a special pen (kistka) and […]
Pysanky Workshop
The Icon Museum and Study CenterSession 2 Members $35, Not-yet-members $45. Limited to 14 participants per session. Please register by April 9. Pysanky (pee-san-key) are decorated eggs with traditional folk motifs and designs created using a wax-resist method. Students in this workshop will learn how to draw on a whole plain white chicken egg with a special pen (kistka) and […]
Pysanky Workshop
The Icon Museum and Study CenterSession 1 Members $35, Not-yet-members $45. Limited to 14 participants per session. Please register by April 9. Pysanky (pee-san-key) are decorated eggs with traditional folk motifs and designs created using a wax-resist method. Students in this workshop will learn how to draw on a whole plain white chicken egg with a special pen (kistka) and […]
Gallery Talk – Sacred Presence: Virgin of Kazan
The Icon Museum and Study CenterExplore our special exhibition with Guest curator, Dennis Sardella, who will discuss reflections on the Icon of the Mother of God Kazanskaya, its iconography, form, spiritual journey, allure, and beauty, as well as its cooption by political and religious actors up to our modern times. Dennis will be available after the tour to sign copies […]
Pysanky Workshop
The Icon Museum and Study CenterSession 2 Members $35, Not-yet-members $45. Limited to 14 participants per session. Please register by April 9. Pysanky (pee-san-key) are decorated eggs with traditional folk motifs and designs created using a wax-resist method. Students in this workshop will learn how to draw on a whole plain white chicken egg with a special pen (kistka) and […]
Virtual Talk: Printed Icons in the Early Slavic World
VirtualWhat might iconography gain by migrating to the page, and what might it lose? Beginning in the seventeenth century prints with images of beloved cult icons and famous pilgrimage sites spread in the South and East Slavic worlds. Worried about the uptick in cheaply produced iconography, church leaders banned printed icons. Later, their rulings would […]
Gallery Talk – Sacred Presence: Virgin of Kazan
The Icon Museum and Study CenterExplore our special exhibition with Guest curator, Dennis Sardella, who will discuss reflections on the Icon of the Mother of God Kazanskaya, its iconography, form, spiritual journey, allure, and beauty, as well as its cooption by political and religious actors up to our modern times. Dennis will be available after the tour to sign copies […]
Gallery Talk – Sacred Presence: Virgin of Kazan
The Icon Museum and Study CenterExplore our special exhibition with Guest Curator, Dennis Sardella, who will discuss reflections on the Icon of the Mother of God Kazanskaya, its iconography, form, spiritual journey, allure, and beauty, as well as its cooption by political and religious actors up to our modern times. Dennis will be available after the tour to sign copies […]