Free event
In partnership with the Diocese of Liverpool, Liverpool Cathedral and the Walker Art Gallery
Join us in person 1.30–3pm in the Walker Art Gallery for a tour and discussion of the ‘Conversations’ exhibition. This will be followed by a 1 hr reflective event online at 7pm on 19 Feb (please book separately) so that the conversation can be opened up to anyone not able to come to the gallery.
The exhibition ‘Conversations’ brings together work by 40 leading Black women and non-binary artists. This is an opportunity to elicit dialogue and conversations around the issues of racial justice with participants drawn from faith communities in the north west and beyond. You can view all of the works in the exhibition and read about the artists here:
liverpool-museums.shorthandstories.com/conversations
This event will ask questions about
how we can be more inclusive in our use of images in churches and cathedrals;
how images produced by Black women and non-binary artists speak to values and beliefs in today’s society;
why and how contemporary art can be used in the process of re-framing the dominant narratives implicit in our colonial past, as it pertains to both secular and faith communities.
The event will be hosted and led by Sumuyya Khader (curator of the exhibition), Laura Moffatt (Director of Art and Christianity), Rev’d Dr Ayla Lepine (trustee of A+C and member of the Archbishop’s Council‘s Contested Heritage committee), Jennie Taylor (Diocese of Liverpool, Racial Justice Officer), Canon Dr Ellen Loudon (Liverpool Cathedral).
Funded by the Racial Justice Unit of the Church of England