On August 27, 2023, an exhibition of children’s drawings, organized by art teacher Lilia Popova, opened at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York.
“Summer Exhibition” is a new exhibition by the Sunday School children, presenting paintings united by a single but many-sided theme — summer. The exhibition is timed to the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God and adorns the feast of the Theotokos with blue summer flowers.
The exhibition consists of just what its title suggests: green landscapes, bouquets, seascapes lit by the summer sun, and even cat portraits emphasizing the model’s distinctly summery mood, as well as copies of Henri Matisse’s “Still Life with Goldfish.”
All parishioners of the cathedral have the opportunity to see the works of the young artists.