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 was featured in the February 2020 issue of Swoon Memorial magazine which called her work “spiritually infused art.” The magazine issue noted her January-February Houston gallery showing and that she honored her father’s work at that MATCH Gallery mid-town event. “As a contemporary artist, Joni eschews the constraints of traditional iconography […]
In A Review of “Distant Relatives: Ancient Imagery of the Classical Pagan Past and Modern Byzantine Icons” published by Public Orthodoxy on the Fordham University website, the author explains how the holistic message of international artist Joni Zavitsanos’ exhibit is that “God is perfect love, we are imperfect, but He can make us perfect.” Reviewer Kassandra Ibrahim focuses on […]
Online Houston culture magazine VoyageHouston, featured international artist Joni Zavitsanos in a Q and A interview about her art called “Meet Joni Zavitsanos.” Here is the interview: Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours? Growing up, I was greatly influenced by my father, renown Byzantine Iconographer Diamantis Cassis. Unlike most […]
VoyageHouston, an online magazine about Houston neighborhoods’ vibes, cultures, and histories, featured international artist Joni Zavitsanos’ piece Baptism (2015). In an entry called #HoustonCreatives: the local artists who inspire us the zine used the Baptism piece up top and included Ms. Zavitsanos’ Instagram post about the art with live links to comments. Several other local […]
International artist Joni Zavitsanos taught a class at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Houston in March on icons and the 7th Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. She explained this council addressed the question because the Empress Irene felt strongly that icons should be reinstated after the objects were systematically removed and destroyed around the year 723. […]