Icon
painters from St Elisabeth Convent shared the secrets of their art with
the residents of England. The workshop session on icon painting was held on April 24-26 in
Preston, England, as part of From Heart To Heart Festival.
The
participants learned about Russian and Byzantine traditions of icon painting,
saw the works of our icon painters, and tried to paint an icon themselves. Due
to the fact that it is too difficult for an unprepared person to paint a human
face, the visitors painted the symbols of the four Evangelists: the Lion, the
Ox, the Angel, and the Eagle. Both the painting technique and the materials
they used were traditional for icon painting.
Aliona
Likhvan, an icon painter from Minsk who was the instructor during the workshop
session, says that the participants were native Britons, and this event gave
them an opportunity to interact with a different culture. Some of the
participants even expressed their desire to come to Belarus and learn more
about icon painting. They appreciated icon painting as a
meaningful and authentic art.
May 2, 2018
St. Elisabeth
Convent
CONVERSATION