It is offered in the US through the Maryvale Centre at the Diocese of Kansas City, Kansas. The dates of the first residential weekend are July 12-15 (Friday-Monday). The link for courses are here. Contact Kimberly Rode from the archdiocese for information about both. The icon painting class will be in the week days afterwards, and will be focusing on Western gothic style, as seen, for example in the illuminate manuscripts such as the Westminster Psalter. Below I have shown an example of work done myself based upon this.
For those who are interested in doing the diploma through the UK, this year the residential weekend will be at beautiful Buckfast Abbey in Devon from Thursday 15th August to Sunday 18th. For me details contact Dr Caroline Farey in England at bdivdirector@maryvale.ac.uk
The Maryvale Institute is the only Higher Institute of Religious Sciences - graduate and post-graduate level educational institution - with pontifical status in the English speaking world. It is good news that its courses are now offered in the US via the Diocese of Kansas City, Kansas. This is not your standard online course - the Maryvale Institute has developed its own method of teaching at a distance through use of expertly designed coursebooks and attendance periodically at residential weekends. Termed 'collaborative learning' that is so effective that they view it as superior to the education recieved at conventional full time courses. The recent awarding of pontifical status is recognition of not only of its faithfulness to the Magisterium of the Church, but also the standard of excellence in the teaching offered.
The opening residential weekend for their courses are intended both for working artists and those interested in art (with the thought that you might become the future knowledgeable patrons of the art). Maryvale's mission is to deliver degree level education to working, mature students. As such it is designed so that no previous qualification is required in order to attend this course. The teaching method works from first principles and so anyone with the innate ability, almost regardless of previous levels of education, will flourish.
The year course costs only $1095 including course materials, tuition, accommodation and meals for the residential weekends and assessment. You will be required to buy a few books in addition to this.
