Study Day – Icons: Old Believers and Their World
Held in conjunction with the exhibition, Icons: Old Believers and Their World, this study day brings together scholars, students, and professionals for a day of conversation and collaborative study at the Museum.
The event will include a guest lecture by Professor Peter De Simone, historian of the Old Believers at Utica University, as well as an exhibition tour by Elliot Mackin, Curator of the Icon Museum and Study Center, and Professor Justin Willson of Yale University. Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at the Icon Museum’s deep and growing collection of Eastern Christian sacred art hosted by Executive Director, Simon Morsink, and Museum Registrar, Laura Garrity-Arquitt.
This is a private event; if you’re interested in participating, please contact Elliot Mackin at .
Icons: Old Believers and Their World is a unique collaboration between the Icon Museum and Study Center and the Oleg Kushnirskiy Russian Icon Collection, featuring over sixty rare Old Believer icons, some of which have never been on display before. This exhibition highlights the artistic ingenuity and devotional power of icon painting from the nineteenth century Golden Age of Old Believer painting in Imperial Russia. The icons in this exhibition reveal a remarkable story of artistic beauty and devotional resilience cultivated by centuries of persecution and violence.
Clinton, MA 01510 United States
Held in conjunction with the exhibition, Icons: Old Believers and Their World, this study day brings together scholars, students, and professionals for a day of conversation and collaborative study at the Museum.
The event will include a guest lecture by Professor Peter De Simone, historian of the Old Believers at Utica University, as well as an exhibition tour by Elliot Mackin, Curator of the Icon Museum and Study Center, and Professor Justin Willson of Yale University. Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at the Icon Museum’s deep and growing collection of Eastern Christian sacred art hosted by Executive Director, Simon Morsink, and Museum Registrar, Laura Garrity-Arquitt.
This is a private event; if you’re interested in participating, please contact Elliot Mackin at .
Icons: Old Believers and Their World is a unique collaboration between the Icon Museum and Study Center and the Oleg Kushnirskiy Russian Icon Collection, featuring over sixty rare Old Believer icons, some of which have never been on display before. This exhibition highlights the artistic ingenuity and devotional power of icon painting from the nineteenth century Golden Age of Old Believer painting in Imperial Russia. The icons in this exhibition reveal a remarkable story of artistic beauty and devotional resilience cultivated by centuries of persecution and violence.