As a passionate iconographer and teacher of iconography, she welcomed the invitation to join the team at the Trinity Iconography Institute in 2019, with joy. In 2006, she became an instructor at this program, where she continues to teach. She came to US in 2001 and very shortly after began her studies in iconography at the Iconographic Arts Institute in Mt. Ania’s specialization is in drawing and the underlying placement geometry of icons for the proper portion, scale and creation of original work. Courtesy of the Catholic Sentinel.Īnia Kocurek-Williams, Assistant Iconography InstructorĪnia Kocurek-Williams was born in Poland where she received her education in fine art and art history. Therese, in this article by the Catholic Sentinel, posted 10/1/19. In 2012, Fr Jon began teaching at Trinity Iconography Institute at Trinity Cathedral in Portland, where he moved students from the use of the acrylic medium to traditional egg tempera he was subsequently designated the Institute’s Master Iconographer and continues to teach at the Institute.Ĭlick here to see both of Father Jon’s icons in situ at St. He has written numerous icons in various styles, which are now in churches, chapels and in private collections in more than six countries on three continents and in over twenty US states. Jon completed his sabbatical by spending an additional three months studying the development of the icon in Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Turkey and Greece.

Sendler is a recognized authority and leading figure in iconography and wrote a seminal, widely sought after book on the subject In 2007, Fr Jon took a three month sabbatical to study with master iconographers in Florence, Rome, and Siena. In about 1997, studying books on the subject, Fr Jon began to teach himself Iconography and in 1999 undertook studies with the Iconographic Arts Institute in Mt. Jon moved to Portland, Oregon to become a Chaplain at Providence Portland Medical Center. After three and half years he moved back to San Francisco and began an almost 30 years career in hospital chaplaincy.

He later moved to Detroit as secretary to the new Chaldean Bishop and Chancellor of the new Chaldean Eparchy (diocese). Jon’s first year of priesthood was as a chaplain at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. After several years of helping in the parish, he was ordained in 1981.įr. He became involved with a Chaldean Catholic Parish in Turlock, California while at the GTU. After 10 years as an actor and living in San Francisco, he attended the Franciscan School of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, California, studying Patristics and Early Church History, earning an MA. He attended Ohio State, University of Southern California and worked on an MS in Sociology at the University of Utah. After much moving, he grew up on the South Carolina/Georgia border. Jon was born in Germany in 1947, an American Army brat – the youngest of three. Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Churchįr. Father Jon Buffington, Master IconographerĬonsecrated Augat St.

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