Writing the Light presents an annual 10-day residency to immerse in icon-making in Athens, Greece with master iconographer Dr. George Kordis onsite at his Eikonourgia School and with special events at the Mets Art Center. Daily instruction will be combined in teaching both the technique and methods of icon drawing and painting in the Byzantine System. Immersion in a daily studio practice will be optimized by being within the framework of a city rich with great historical examples of Byzantine history and cultural inspiration.  An excursion to a specific Byzantine historical site destination as well as an opportunity to visit a church that Kordis has painted will be a part of this unique and balanced creative curriculum held in the artistic and ancient city of Athens.