Relating the visual arts to Christianity and other faiths
What’s new
A&C Journal
Out this week: issue no 97 (Spring '19)
Features include: Ayla Lepine on women’s art, textiles and the church; Jorella Andrews on mystical materialities.
Reviews of Bill Viola/Michelangelo at the RA, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms at the British Library, and Ben Quash on Veiled Presence by Paul Hills.
Explore the fascinating body of work by Beryl Dean, embroiderer
Find out more on our events page
Image: The Juibilee Cope by Beryl Dean, 1977
Photo: Nigel Roberson
© The Chapter of St Paul’s and The Beryl Dean Education Trust
Share your ideas for member events
We would love to hear your ideas for member events. We are currently welcoming all ideas for one-off events, day trips, gallery visits or workshops in any part of the country. Please email admin@artandchristianity.org to share your thoughts with us.
Visual Communion symposia
The Holy Sepulchre Chapel, Winchester Cathedral, altar frontal by Alice Kettle
Bookings are now open for our next Visual Communion symposia:
2 March in Chichester and 18 May in Winchester
Events
The Rt Revd David Stancliffe talks to our group at Durham Cathedral, part of the series of symposia, Visual Communion
Our events include lectures, courses, workshops and day trips.
Art in Churches
Find out more about our current curating projects, case studies and guidelines.
Katia Kameli, Ritournelle (once more, from the top), 2017
Awards
Maciej Urbanek, HS, 2015 (at St Michael's Camden)
Art and Christianity Awards are for Art in a Religious Context and a Book that makes an outstanding contribution to the dialogue between the visual arts and faith. The next round of Awards in 2019 will be launched in May.
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Rona Smith, Power of Two, 2007
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Ecclesiart
Leonie Seliger, Windows for Godmersham Parish Church, 2017
Ecclesiart is an online resource for browsing modern and contemporary works of art in churches. Take a look; you might be surprised by what you find …
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Banner image: Thomas Monnington, ceiling mural, 1958, Mary Harris Memorial Chapel, University of Exeter