Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/26/2018 - 09/30/2018
4:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Immaculate Heart Retreat Center
Categories
Traditional Byzantine Iconography
Painting in the Light of Glory
Fr. Damian Higgins
Using traditional techniques and materials, participants will be guided in the process of producing their own work of a Byzantine icon with egg tempera. All levels of experience welcome, even if one has never written an icon before. All materials will be provided for the participants. Icons will be blessed at the end of the event.
Amount: $600; Non-Refundable Registration: $100 (Includes cost of materials)
Bio. Father Damian Higgins
Fr. Damian is a monk and priest of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and a gifted iconographer and teacher. His work appears in cathedrals, churches, retreat centers, convents, monasteries, homes and offices around the world. Fr. Damian has taught iconography in Ukraine, Canada and the U.S.A., and he offers icon workshops throughout the year. He was introduced to iconography in 1988 when he joined the Monks of Mount Tabor, a Ukrainian Catholic religious community at the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in northern California. The community’s iconographer became the cantor and suddenly there was a need for someone to paint. Father Damian later served in a social service agency in the Tenderloin, one of the toughest neighborhoods in San Francisco. It turned out that one of the men to whom he served soup was a master iconographer that also shared his knowledge of the art.
With over 20 years’ experience in traditional iconography, Fr. Damian has now produced over 1,000 icons. He has offered spiritual direction, pastoral care, and teaching to many, as well as participating liturgically whenever he is invited, including offering daily Vespers .
