SAI 503Russian Iconography Workshop

SAI 503Russian Iconography Workshop

Spring 2016: April 10-16, 2016

1 Credit Intensive Workshop

Onsite at Sacred Art Institute Enders Island, Mystic, Ct.

Instructor

Instructor: Marina Forbes

(603) 332-2255, ,

1. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

This workshop will guide and introduce students to the meaning and creation of Russian icon through practice, theory and theological discussion. Each participant will write a complete Icon to take home at the end of this one-week workshop. No artistic skills needed to attend this workshop.

2. ENVISIONED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will demonstrate practical skills needed to successfully write a Russian Icon.
Students will demonstrate theoretical knowledge related to the successful creation of a Russian Icon.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the theological foundation of Russian Iconography.

3. DAILY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

7:45 Breakfast
9:00 Mass
9:45 – 12:00 Studio Work
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 Studio Work
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 5:00 Studio Work
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner
6:30 – 10:00 Open Studio

4. COURSE SCHEDULE

- Day 1:

Introduction and history of Russian Iconography

Preparation and starting hands-on 1st step of the artwork project.

- Day 2: Studio Work, hands-on artwork project.

- Day 3: Studio work, hands-on artwork project.

- Day 4: Studio work, hands-on artwork project.

-Day 5: Studio work, hands-on artwork project.

-Day 6: Studio work, finishing the required artwork.

5. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

•Daily Tasks – 14%

•Final Project (Artwork) – 30%

6. SUGGESTED READINGS and RESOURCES:

•Oleg TARASOV, Icon and Devotion: Sacred Spaces in Imperial Russia, Reaktion Books, 2012, 448 pges, ISBN: 9781861891181, $24.99

Note: Workshop Material List will be announced 4 weeks before starting the workshop. The total of this list will not exceed more than $100

7. EVALUATION

GRADING SCALE

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8. DISABILITIES ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY

Holy Apostles College & Seminary is committed to the goal of achieving equal educational opportunities and full participation in higher education for persons with disabilities who qualify for admission to the College. Students enrolled in oncampus courses who havedocumented disabilities requiring special accommodations should contact Bob Mish,the Disability Resource Center ADA Coordinator, at or 860-632-3015.In allcases, reasonable accommodations will be made to ensurethat all students with disabilities have access to course materials in a mode in which they can receive them.

9. ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY

Students at Holy Apostles College & Seminary are expected to practice academic honesty.

Avoiding Plagiarism

In its broadest sense, plagiarism is using someone else's work or ideas, presented or claimed as your own. At this stage in your academic career, you should be fully conscious of what it means to plagiarize. This is an inherently unethical activity because it entails the uncredited use of someone else's expression of ideas for another's personal advancement; that is, it entails the use of a person merely as a means to another person’s ends.

Students, where applicable:

•Should identify the title, author, page number/webpage address, and publication date of works when directly quoting small portions of texts, articles, interviews, or websites.

•Students should not copy more than two paragraphs from any source as a major component of papers or projects.

•Should appropriately identify the source of information when paraphrasing (restating) ideas from texts, interviews, articles, or websites.

•Should follow the Holy Apostles College & Seminary Stylesheet (available on the Online Writing Lab’s website at

Consequences of Academic Dishonesty:

Because of the nature of this class, academic dishonesty is taken very seriously. Students participating in academic dishonesty may be removed from the course and from the program.

10. ATTENDANCE POLICY

You are required to be at onsite workshop for 5 consecutive days on thedatesmentioned above. Because this class is being taught entirely on-site it is important to actively participate all the week of this course. A failure on the student’s part to actively participate in the life of the course may result in a reduction of the final grade.

11. INCOMPLETE POLICY

An Incomplete is a temporary grade assigned at the discretion of the faculty member. It is typically allowed in situations in which the student has satisfactorily completed major components of the course and has the ability to finish the remaining work without re-enrolling, but has encountered extenuating circumstances, such as illness, that prevent his or her doing so prior to the last day of class.

To request an incomplete, distance-learning students must first download a copy of the Incomplete Request Form. This document is located within the Shared folder of the Files tab in Populi. Secondly, students must fill in any necessary information directly within the PDF document. Lastly, students must send their form to their professor via email for approval. “Approval” should be understood as the professor responding to the student’s email in favor of granting the “Incomplete” status of the student.

Students receiving an Incomplete must submit the missing course work by the end of the sixth week following the semester in which they were enrolled. An incomplete grade (I) automatically turns into the grade of “F” if the course work is not completed.

Students who have completed little or no work are ineligible for an incomplete. Students who feel they are in danger of failing the course due to an inability to complete course assignments should withdraw from the course.

A “W” (Withdrawal) will appear on the student’s permanent record for any workshop dropped before the end of the third day of the workshop. A “WF” (Withdrawal/Fail) will appear on the student’s permanent record for any workshop dropped before the end of the fifthday of the workshop.

12. ABOUT YOUR PROFESSOR

Marina Forbesis a Master Iconographer(2013, 2014 and 2015 Awards for the Artistic Excellence byTheNational Endowment for the Artsand TheNew Hampshire State Council on the Arts)with 25 years of experience teaching icon painting in the US, Europe and Russia. She is featured onthe New Hampshire State Council on the Arts' Rosters for Traditional Arts and Arts in Education as well as on the New Hampshire Humanities Council Roster as a speaker on Russian Arts, History and Culture.She has lecturedextensively on Russian traditional arts, history and the rich tapestry of Russian culture. Each year, Marina leads her cultural tours to Russia where shealways participates in the icon restoration projects at theancient Russian monasteries and churches. Marina'saward-winning icons are on display in churches and private collections in Russia, Europe and the US.