Events
EdgeExchange considers Art in and for Churches
A HeartEdge event
On-line with Laura Moffat and Jonathan Evens.
Ecclesiart talk: More Than a Nail Man
Canon Christopher Irvine, former Canon Librarian at Canterbury and now Honorary Teaching Fellow at St Augustine’s College of Theology, will look at three extraordinary pieces of contemporary sculpture in Canterbury Cathedral: Stephen Cox’s altar and water stoup in St Anselm’s Chapel and the Nave, and Anthony Gormley’s ‘Transport’ in the Crypt.
Workshop: Lucy Glendinning – Unleash Your Drawing Skills at St Jerome’s
This is a workshop for experimenting and exploring the fun of drawing through different materials. Using a combination of speed, meditation and drawing with movement, we will be drawing from the imagination and subconscious, responding to the beautiful atmosphere of the church at St Jerome’s.
Workshop: Lou Baker – Social Knitwork at Dore Abbey
Join Lou Baker in some mindful making alongside her installation of red knitting in the spectacular Dore Abbey. Making is good for you; research shows that the repetitive actions of many textile processes can improve wellbeing. Making with others adds a different dimension; it leads to mellow conversation and a sense of connection.
CANCELLED - Workshop: Jane Sheppard – Yielding to Softness at St Michael and All Angels
Our relationship with clay is as old as humanity. Working with it can bring us softly back into ourselves using ancient skills.
This 2 hour session aims to stretch time with a blend of guided meditation, basic making skills and a relaxing, applied and open approach to our lives and treasures.
Workshop: Barbara Beyer – Mud, Sticks and Stones at St Cadoc’s
A hands-on sustainable workshop creating sculptures with cob and a variety of found materials. We will use cob as our main building material and combine it with other natural materials and objects to create small scale sculptures.
Performance - Felled, yet unfurling - by Holly Slingsby
A performance by the artist Holly Slingsby drawing on the iconography of remarkable 15th-century Tree of Jesse within St Mary’s.
Lecture - ‘Living Stones: Buildings, Bodies and Spirit’
This lecture will explore the ways in which art, architecture and theology are intertwined - it will explore the ways in which stones speak of God in the communities where they are placed, and how flesh and spirit encounter the divine in and around religious spaces.
Annual A+C weekend retreat in Wales
Join us this September for a weekend in the beautiful area of the Black Mountains in South Wales with talks, walks and an art trail in churches curated by A+C exploring the theme of ‘Vessel’.
Ecclesiart in Cathedrals: Llandaff
Join us for a tour with A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, as we look at the many and varied works of art from the last century in Llandaff Cathedral.
Vessel: an art trail in remote rural churches
Vessel is a curated art trail in remote rural churches near the Black Mountains between Usk and Hay-on-Wye.
Ecclesiart in Cathedrals: Manchester
Join us for a tour with A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, as we look at the many and varied works of art from the last century in Manchester Cathedral.
Art and Atonement: exploring artistic responses to contested church heritage
A specially devised day to take you through the practical and creative steps involved in addressing contested heritage.
Ecclesiart in Cathedrals: Liverpool Anglican and Metropolitan
Join us for a day of two tours with A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, as we look at the art within two outstanding 20th-century cathedrals.
CANCELLED: Ecclesiart in Cathedrals: Westminster
WE APOLOGISE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Join us for a tour of Westminster Cathedral, which is filled with 20th-century artwork featuring Tom Phillips, Giacomo Manzu, and Leonard McComb.
Ecclesiart in Cathedrals: Winchester
Join us for a tour with A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, as we look at the many and varied works of art from the last century in Winchester Cathedral.
2024 Annual Lecture
Given by the Director of V&A East, Dr Gus Casely-Hayford, the A+C Annual Lecture will explore the story of the African wise man, and race and racism in religious art.
Fluid Body
An evening of performance, film and discussion exploring the liquid content of the human body, and its theological significance.
Art in Churches tour
Our tour – which involves some walking but can also be done on a bus if you need – will begin at 2pm at Mile End Tube station. We’ll visit St Benet’s Chaplaincy and the extraordinary sgraffito murals by Adam Kossowski depicting John’s Revelation. We’ll also visit St Paul’s Bow Common and its mural cycle of the Heavenly Host by Charles Luytens made over a 5-year period from Venetian mosaic tesserae.
To end the afternoon, the artist Alice Sielle has generously offered to host us for Cava (or tea) and cake at her home in nearby.
Design: Wren’s impact on artists and designers
A panel discussion examining the impact of Wren’s churches on artists and designers.
Paper-cutting workshop
A chance to get your creativity flowing with a paper-cutting workshop led by Chloe Campbell.
Wren Churches day event
Join us for a day of Wren-inspired activities: an exhibition, walking tour of Wren churches and a paper-cutting workshop. You can join for the whole day or choose just the walking tour or workshop.
Stained glass in Wren Churches tour
Join us for a walking tour of Wren churches and the art within them with Alexandra Epps.
Exhibition - Wren on Paper
An exhibition of works on paper inspired by Wren’s churches: paper-cuts of all 52 Wren churches by Chloe Campbell and photography by James Newton.
Visit to St Francis at the National Gallery with the co-curator Joost Joustra
A members’ only visit to St Francis at the National Gallery with the co-curator Joost Joustra on 22 June at 9am.
Call to Holy Ground, film screening
A chance to see the 20 min film commissioned by A+C as part of the Call to Holy Ground project which took place in Leytonstone, east London in 2020-21.
Online tour of Fruits of the Spirit
In this online tour of a virtual exhibition, Ayla Lepine will be guiding us through Fruits of the Spirit, inspired by Saint Paul’s description of themes including love, joy, and peace.
2023 annual lecture
Given by the painter and the current President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Rebecca Salter: ‘The Dust of the World – a personal reflection on painting and transience’
A performance by the artist Holly Slingsby drawing on the iconography of remarkable 15th-century Tree of Jesse within St Mary’s.