Faces Of Byzantium: Iconography and Self Portraiture
Monday, 3 classes
6pm – 8pm
Spring Session (Apr. 13, 20, 27)
Price:
$200
Explore the fascinating, beautiful realm of Byzantine iconography–and self portraiture!
Within this course, we will visit the Byzantine Period and investigate the iconic art styles of this enigmatic historical era. We will learn what key components make up a Byzantine portrait, various gold leaf techniques, and how to make traditional tempera paint–all while creating our own Byzantine icons of ourselves! Join us for this three-week course to learn intriguing history, a millenia-old paint-making technique, iconographic stylization of a portrait, and just a little bit of Latin and Greek! Materials will be provided for this course; just bring your passion for art-making!
All Materials are provided
Grace Hoppie, a Rocky Mountain native, graduated from Eckerd College in 2024 with her BFA in
Visual Arts. With backgrounds in ancient historical analysis, anthropology, Latin linguistics, along with natural sciences and the arts, she incorporates a wide range of motifs and themes into her pieces. Her preferred focus is rearticulation of extinct animals and their osteological remains, on a life-sized scale. She works in predominantly charcoal and ink, but produces works using taxidermy, bone, oil paint, watercolor, and various printmaking techniques. Her work showcases her versatile skill, while bringing diverse subject matter to her viewers. When she is not creating, she can be found miles-deep in the forests and swamps exploring local biota. Or, enjoying King of The Hill with her three snakes, two cats, and one strawberry-obsessed parrot.
