Events

Talk with Erin Piñon: Eighteenth-Century Vernacular Images and the Making of an Armenian Icon

The Icon Museum and Study Center

Thursday, September 12, 12:30 pm Free Join us in welcoming Erin Piñon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz. Erin is a specialist in early modern Armenian book arts and visual and material culture spanning Istanbul to Isfahan. She will discuss her current work, which aims to define the aesthetics of the diasporic condition between the […]

FREE

Hybrid Contemporary Russian Literature Book Group

Virtual +1 more

Sunday, September 15, 1:00 pm Free. New members always welcome. You can join in person or via Zoom. This month's book is The Ukraine by Artem Chapeye. The Ukraine is a collection of 26 pieces that deliberately blur the line between nonfiction and fiction, conjuring the essence of a beloved country through its tastes, smells, […]

Event Series Free First Sunday

Free First Sunday

The Icon Museum and Study Center

Enjoy free admission on the first Sunday of each month, courtesy of the Nypro Foundation.

Join us for a fun and free day at the Museum, where everyone can explore our iconic art collection in a whole new way!

Images within Images: Exploring Composite Icons

The Icon Museum and Study Center

The talk focuses on "composite icons"– icons consisting of two panels, usually made at different times, joined together by inserting the smaller icon into a larger panel. It presents the internal diversity of the phenomenon and reinterprets the act of insertion in order to provide a better understanding of this unusual way of reusing icons.

Free with admission

Annual Holiday Toy Drive

The Icon Museum and Study Center

Drop off a new, unwrapped toy to benefit the Clinton Elementary School’s Holiday Toy Drive and receive free admission for one! The most requested items include: legos, arts and crafts kits, teddy bears/stuffed animals, any building toys, baby dolls, and action figures. Please drop off your donation by Sunday, December 8.

Lecture with Waldemar Deluga: Woodblocks from Mount Sinai

The Icon Museum and Study Center

Art historian Waldemar Deluga will discuss important 17th-century woodcut prints related to the monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, Egypt. These works of art are included in the exhibition Printing Icons: Modern Process, Medieval Image on display at the Icon Museum and Study Center. Made in Lviv, one of the most beautiful cities in Central Europe, by Ukrainian artists, they are among the most rare examples of prints created in Eastern Christianity.

FREE

Kitchen Sink Candle Making Workshop  

The Icon Museum and Study Center

Get into the holiday spirit with a hands-on candle making workshop hosted by Kitchen Sink Candle Company at the Icon Museum and Study Center. Learn the art and science of candle making as you create your own scent from an array of over 50 fragrances.

$40 – $45