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Melbourne Uniting Church Schools 2024 Exhibition

  The Uniting Church Icon Schools annual icon exhibition of icons and religious art, 2024, “The Beauty of Holiness”, runs from 1 October to 4 November 2024 at the Centre for Theology and Ministry, College Crescent (Melbourne University), Parkville. It features icons and religious artwork by students of the three Uniting Church icon schools. All the exhibits are panel paintings and most are in egg tempera, though very few are painted in acrylics or are mixed media (ie some parts tempera and some parts acrylics). Some icons are for sale. Melbourne Uniting Church Schools 2024 Exhibition - flyer     The subject matter ranges from studies of Byzantine icons, to Spanish panel painting from 12 th century Catalonia, to contemporary interpretations of religious figures from the British Isles, to a painting by Fra Angelico and many more intriguing motifs. Students range from newbies (like my husband David, who picked up a brush for the first time after several decades), to accomplis

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