SYRACUSE — This summer won’t be just any summer for Brian Whirledge. Because he received a Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship Grant for $12,000, Whirledge, a visual arts instructor at Wawasee High School, will get to visit several countries in southern Europe during a seven to eight week span in the summer. He applied for …read more.

FORT WAYNE –  Explore the rich history and elaborate religious symbolism associated with painted icons during a hands-on, intensive, 5-day painting workshop taught by icon painter Brian Matthew Whirledge. The workshop takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 27; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, March 28; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. …read more.

Explore the rich history and elaborate religious symbolism associated with painted icons during a hands-on, intensive 4-day workshop taught by iconographer Brian Matthew Whirledge. The workshop takes place 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 12; and 2 p.m. …read more.

When local artist Brian Whirledge reached a plateau in his craft, he sought a teacher who could instruct him further. Unfortunately, teachers of Byzantine art and music are few and far between, and hundreds of miles from his home in Syracuse. But when this art teacher learned of the creativity grants for public school teachers …read more.