ICONOGRAPHY: A WEEKEND WORKSHOP WITH MARIANNA SAVARYN
MARCH 19 - 21, ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 14500 BANNISTER ROAD SE, CALGARY
Fee: $200 plus GST, plus $25 for materials
Schedule: Friday 6:30 - 9:30 pm; Saturday 9 - 5 pm; Sunday 9 am - 12 pm
For more information and to register, please call (403) 531-9130
A beginner's level introduction to iconography in the Byzantine tradition. Students will learn to write their own icons using acrylics. No previous experience necessary.

ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SPEAKERS SERIES
Marianna Savaryn: Byzantine Iconography
Thursday, March 18, 7:30 pm, Midlands building, Free and open to all
Join us for a fascinating introduction to prototypes from Byzantine Iconography. The word iconography literally means "image writing". It is the science of identifying, describing and interpreting symbols, themes and subject matter in the visual arts. Expert iconographer Marianna Savaryn will discuss the history of iconography, the theoretical interpretation of Byzantine icons as symbolic art forms, and the role iconography plays in Eastern spirituality.

Marianna Savaryn was born in Toronto in 1960 and now lives in Edmonton. She completed her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Education at Queen’s University. Her studies in iconography began in 1989 at the Sacred Arts Academy in Pennsylvania and continued with a twelve-year apprenticeship with Studite monk Fr. Juvenile Mokrytsky. For the last three years she has collaborated with Fr. Gianluca Busi, an iconographer from Bologna, Italy, on various projects including large icon commissions for churches in Italy and co-teaching iconography workshops. Her icons are in churches in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Dauphin, Winnipeg, and Ottawa, and are also found in the collection of the Edmonton Catholic School Board, Archbishop O’Leary High School and St. Martin’s Elementary School in Edmonton.