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Summer Schools Teaching Art, Theory and Practice, in a Beautiful Abbey in Devon, England; and Kansas

by David Clayton on April 19, 2013 · 0 comments

Taking place at Buckfast Abbey, a Benedictine monastery set in the beautiful Devon countryside, the Maryvale Institute has offering a short residential summer school that will take place in August and which offers you the chance to study Catholic traditions…

Summer courses: Diploma on the Theology of Sacred Art Offered in US and UK; Icon painting course in Kansas

by David Clayton on March 19, 2013 · 0 comments

Once again, Dr Caroline Farey and myself will be teaching the summer residential weekends for the diploma offered by the Maryvale Institute.  There will be a five-day icon painting class afterwards taught by myself. 
It is offered in the US…

Q&A- Welcome Lily and Drew edition

by Daria Sockey on August 22, 2012 · 0 comments

Two more people have managed the complicated process of getting themselves on the follower list! Welcome Lily and Drew! Glad to have you here at Coffee&Canticles, the online community of Divine Office devotees!
Tonight I’m hosting a barbecue potluck for…

Western Iconography – work by students from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

by David Clayton on May 29, 2012 · 0 comments

I am going to post short series of features that display the work of the students at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts done during the course of the year. The first will be figurative art from Western illuminated manuscripts.…

Un-dressed on the Altar

by Marisa Pereira May 27, 2012

With the lazy, hazy days of summer upon us, I have been asked to address the topic of appropriate dress for church on Sunday. However, at the moment, I’d like to focus the attention on appropriate dress for lay people…

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How the Way of Beauty Atelier has helped a Young Architect to Move Forward in his Career

by David Clayton May 22, 2012

An architecture student who attended a drawing class in last summers the Way of Beauty program at Thomas More College in New Hampshire tells how what he learnt about traditional proportion has improved his designs and enabled him to get…

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A Traditional Western Icon – from the Rheinau Psalter

by David Clayton May 1, 2012

How we might re-establish Catholic traditionsin sacred art After my references to Western icons and also my assertion of the importance of re-establishing the gothic style as living traditions, people have been asking me to give examples of the images…

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A Weekend Course that Teaches About Western Culture and the Liturgy

by David Clayton April 24, 2012

Learn the Way of Beauty at Thomas More College, NH. Here is a reminder about part of the summer school at Thomas More College that might be of interest to readers. There are two weekend courses at Thomas More College…

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Learn to Live the Way of Beauty at Thomas More College

by David Clayton February 14, 2012

Learn to Live the Way of Beauty at Thomas More College
by David Clayton on February 14, 2012

The Summer Program 2012 of the Way of Beauty Atelier at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, Merrimack, NH. We are pleased…

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