The moving exhibit “LIVING ICONS: A Commemoration of the Victims of Houston’s CoVid-19 Pandemic” has found a permanent home at the Quentin Mease Health Center. It will grace the grand entryway of the administrative and rehab center there. The exhibit created by international artist Joni Zavitsanos with her collaborator Karen Hoovestol Weimmer has had a […]
International artist Joni Zavitsanos was interviewed here on the Waynesburg University television station about her art exhibit at the university and how her work stems from a long family tradition. She recently lectured at the school. Her show there, which includes works by both her and her late father, is called “My Father’s Daughter: Byzantine […]
International artist Joni Zavitsanos’ “LIVING ICONS: A Commemoration of the Victims of Houston’s Covid-19 Pandemic” will be on display this October 16 and run at least through May 2022 (update) at the John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science in Houston. The museum website notes: “Living Icons is a photo exhibit that features hundreds […]
Four of international artist Joni Zavitsanos’ pieces will be featured September 17 through September 26 at the Orthodox Arts Festival 2021 in Glastonbury, UK. The galleries will be available for viewing online through sophisticated virtual reality tools. The event hosted at the Heavenly Path Art Gallery features orthodox artists and can be seen at www.orthodoxartsfestival.com […]
International artist Joni Zavitsanos was quoted and pictured in a Reuters’ piece U.S. COVID-19 deaths cross painful 600,000 milestone as country reopens. In a story about the pain American families have suffered because of CoVid, the news service discusses the amazing memorial Ms. Zavitsanos has developed to honor the Houston area dead. “In Houston, artist […]
International artist Joni Zavitsanos writes about the tragic stories of Texas prisoners who died of Covid-19 that she learned about while creating her tribute art piece “LIVING ICONS: A Commemoration of the Victims of Houston’s Covid-19 Pandemic.” In Covid in the Prisons: The Ungrievable Neighbor featured in Public Orthodoxy, a publication of the Orthodox Christian […]
In an ABC-TV “Localish” feature “Artist wants you to see the faces of COVID-19 victims” the COVID-19 victims memorial of international artist Joni Zavitsanos is illustrated and explained. “It doesn’t mean so much when you hear the statistics on the news. So I hope that I am giving these people a face and a name,” […]
International artist Joni Zavitsanos’ touching mosaic memorial honoring the Houston area people killed by COVID-19 was featured in the Houston Chronicle story “Houston artist launches a COVID memorial project.” A story by senior writer Molly Glentzer chronicled how Ms. Zavitsanos started gathering names slowly in the spring but wound up getting more and more folks […]
In a story “Local artist remembers faces of COVID-19 through new project,” KPRC-TV reporter Brandon Walker explains to Houston viewers the art project that international artist Joni Zavitsanos is developing to honor the lives of Houston area people lost to the virus. “I don’t want these loved ones to be forgotten . . . A […]
International artist Joni Zavitsanos’ Jan. 23 – Feb. 5 show “My Father’s Daughter: Byzantine Art in the Modern World” is featured in a Houstonia magazine story by Holly Beretto called “New MATCH Exhibition Showcases a Modern Twist on Byzantine Iconography.” Ms. Zavitsanos’ exhibit at MATCH Gallery in Midtown chronicles more than 30 years of her […]