Byzantine Icon Painting Workshop with Christopher Gosey
Friday , September 14 , 1:00-6:00pm Saturday , September 15 , 9:00am-6:00pm Sunday , September 16 , 12:00-5:00pm
Members $ 350 , Nonmembers $ 400 . Early bird discount of $ 50 before August 1 .
Limited to 10 students . Must register by Thursday , September 6 , by calling 978.598.5000 x121 .
For adults and teens 13 or older . Under 16 must be accompanied by an adult also taking the class . NO drawing or painting experience is required .
In this three-day class , iconographer Christopher Gosey provides personal , hands-on technical instruction to guide students to complete their own 7 ” x 9 ” icon of the Mother of God / Virgin Mary in the Byzantine tradition . Mr . Gosey will also teach the origins of Byzantine icons and the iconographer ’ s spiritual preparations for writing an icon .
Christopher Gosey , founder of the Holy Images icon studio , has been writing icons since 1990 , and has extensive experience in Russian , Byzantine , and Ethiopian styles . He taught an Ethiopian icon painting class at the Museum in 2017 .
Film Events
You may pay at the door , but preregistration is suggested for all films . Call 978.598.5000 x121 .
Jeff Rapsis “ Organizes ” the Russian Revolution
Saturday , September 29 , 2:00pm Members $ 12 , Nonmembers $ 18
Join us for a very special presentation of the silent film The Last Command with live music accompaniment by composer and performer Jeff Rapsis .
An intense drama about a high-ranking military officer in Tsarist Russia reduced to playing an extra in 1920s Hollywood , The Last Command is an example of the “ Russian Revolution ” movies produced by Hollywood which made use of the then-recent upheaval in Russia as a background for romantic drama .
Jeff Rapsis specializes in creating live musical scores for silent film screenings . He will offer commentary on the era and the film , and will lead a post-film Q & A .
Directed by Josef von Sternberg ( 1928 , 88 mins )
Popcorn Sermons
Members $ 10 , Nonmembers $ 15 / film
In the last two of this four-program series , film columnist JoAnn DiVerdi shines a light on four classic American films to reveal how symbols of Christian faith and stories of Christ have been recreated in ways that we may not recognize at first , but that have much to do with why they resonate with us to this very day .
Force of Evil
Sunday , July 15 , 1:30-4:30pm Directed by Abraham Polonsky ( 1948 , 82 mins )
Mr . Smith Goes to Washington
Sunday , August 19 , 1:30-4:30pm Directed by Frank Capra ( 1939 , 129 mins )
Please note : registration fees are non-refundable
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