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.

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.

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.

An evening of performance, film and discussion exploring the liquid content of the human body, and its theological significance.

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.

A panel discussion examining the impact of Wren’s churches on artists and designers.

A chance to get your creativity flowing with a paper-cutting workshop led by Chloe Campbell.

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.

Join us for a walking tour of Wren churches and the art within them with Alexandra Epps.

A members’ only visit to St Francis at the National Gallery with the co-curator Joost Joustra on 22 June at 9am.

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.

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’

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Following the devastation of wartime bombing, a remarkable generation of architects, artists and craftsmen emerged to recreate the churches of the City of London in the spirit of Sir Christopher Wren. Discover the identity of the City – unique stories of people, time and place – all expressed within the fascinating post-war stained glass of many of these historic churches.

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'Enlightened at the font: seeing the meaning of baptism' - A talk by Chris Irvine, theologian and liturgist

'Water as an artist’s medium' - A talk by William Pye, artist and creator of the Salisbury Cathedral font

Join us to visit New Dawn, a work that expresses its meaning through the river tides and coloured light, at the Houses of Parliament, with the artist Mary Branson.

Join A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, for an afternoon of modern and contemporary art in central and north London churches, ending with drinks at the studio of Pauline Caulfield and a viewing of her ecclesiastical textiles.

A lecture by Alec Hamilton, winner of A+C Book Award, followed by drinks reception.

Come north to join Alison Milbank in a guided tour of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to explore the relation between art and nature.

Join a guided tour of the National Gallery, London with Ayla Lepine, Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion.

Sandy Nairn, former director of the National Portrait Gallery, will give an illustrated lecture about the video works at St Paul’s Cathedral by the internationally acclaimed artist Bill Viola. He will be joined in conversation by Lucy Winkett, Rector of St James’s Piccadilly.

In Buhlebezwe Siwani’s film AmaHubo the artist interrogates the historical entanglements between African spirituality and Christian belief systems, and specifically, the role women play in the practice, position and power of religion.