Classical Iconography Institute
Classical Iconography Institute is a fine arts educational nonprofit dedicated to teaching the ancient method of egg tempera iconography to preserve one of the oldest, traditional cultural sacred arts of the ancient Christian East and West.
2024 Summer Iconography Retreat
2024 Students at Mount Angel Abbey Summer Retreat
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* 14 Week Programs
* Summer Iconography Intensive Retreats
* Sacred Art Tours
Learn How & Why
Classical Iconography Institute is dedicated to training iconographers, capable of writing liturgical icons to preserve one of the world’s most ancient cultural heritages. Students receive a comprehensive circumscription of the saint or subject matter to learn history, underlying message of the icon, and the subject’s depiction throughout the centuries to convey its message in today’s language.
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Nativity of the Virgin Icon
Nativity of the Mother of God, 1314, Studenica, Serbia. Icons do not depict events in chronological or in accurate historic [Read More]
Iconography Retreat at Mount Angel Abbey
A total of 33 icons were written by those attending the Classical Iconography Institute's Summer Iconography Intensive Retreat [Read More]
The Transfiguration Icon
And He was transfigured before them; His face shone like the sun and His clothes became white as light. Mt [Read More]
Iconography Exhibition 7/25-8/10
Contemplate with your favorite saint at the Iconography Exhibition at Mount Angel Abbey Library, from July 25 through August 10, [Read More]