Artifex Guild

Sacred art, taught and restored.

Post Falls, Idaho

Small daytime classes in drawing, painting, illumination, and iconography — taught step by step, with real materials, alongside the history students are already studying. Ten seats in each class; materials are included.

Open now

One Saturday, for teens and adults.

Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help painted on a gold ground

Beginning Iconography

Saturday, September 12 · 10am–1pm · teens & adults · $125

A first step into the icon tradition — a craft learned over years, begun in an afternoon. Draw, gild, and paint under step-by-step guidance. All materials included. The studio stays open until 2 for anyone who would like to keep working.

Reserve a seat$125 · ten seats

Fall classes

Tuesdays, beginning October 13. A $50 deposit reserves a seat; the balance is due at the first class.

Watercolor bluebird painted by a student

Little Artists

Grades K–3 · Tuesdays 9:00–10:00 · four weeks · $100

Drawing and painting for the youngest artists, taught in clear steps they can follow and repeat.

Reserve a seat$50 deposit

Medieval Art for Kids

Grades 4–8 · Tuesdays 10:30–11:30 · six weeks · $150

The art of the medieval world — mosaic, fresco, panel painting — made by hand, alongside the history they are already reading.

Reserve a seat$50 deposit

Illuminated manuscript page in gold leaf made by a student

Medieval Manuscripts

Grades 9–12 · Tuesdays 12:30–2:00 · six weeks · $175

Illumination and lettering with real 24k gold leaf, on prepared paper — the methods of the scriptorium, done properly.

Reserve a seat$50 deposit

Introduction to Icons

Grades 9–12 · Tuesdays 2:30–4:00 · six weeks · $175

Writing an icon in the traditional method — drawing, gilding, and painting in layers, from the board up.

Reserve a seat$50 deposit

Interior of a handmade model church, lit from within

Create an Advent Calendar

Grades 3–8 · Fridays, November 6, 13 & 20 · three weeks · $80

Build and illuminate an Advent calendar to carry home before the season begins.

Reserve a seat$50 deposit