Vessel is a curated art trail in remote rural churches near the Black Mountains between Usk and Hay-on-Wye.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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 is a curated art trail in remote rural churches near the Black Mountains between Usk and Hay-on-Wye.
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.
A specially devised day to take you through the practical and creative steps involved in addressing contested heritage.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’
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.
A performance by the artist Holly Slingsby drawing on the iconography of remarkable 15th-century Tree of Jesse within St Mary’s.