ALMA Exhibition at St Paul's Cathedral enters closing weekend

09/07/10

Visitors to St Pauls Cathedral will this weekend have a final chance to visit the Angola London Mozambique Association's (ALMA) 'Swords into Ploughshares' exhibition, which formed a part of the City of London Festival.

The 'Swords into Ploughshares' exhibition showcases sculptures made from decommissioned weapons after the end of the Mozambican civil war in 1992. It includes 'Music Man' by Kester, the artist behind the 'Throne of Weapons' sculpture, which will be featured on BBC Radio 4's 'history of the World in 100 Objects'. This weekend will be the final chance for visitors to view the exhibition at the Cathedral.

Also part of the City of London Festival, ALMA organised a successful exhibition of capulanas (the vibrant fabric widths worn by Mozambican and Angolan women) at St Botolph’s-without-Bishopsgate. On display was an array of the multi-functional fabrics including a capulana showing the Mozambican president and a capaluna made after the devastating floods in 2000.

ALMA will celebrate the 12th Anniversary of the London Diocesan Link with the Anglican church in Angola and Mozambique at an Evensong service at St Paul's Cathedral on Sunday (11 July). ALMA Visitors to Evensong will be able to visit the exhibition from 2.00pm to 3.15pm prior to the service.

ALMA is the partnership between the Anglican Church in Angola, London and Mozambique. The original covenant was signed on 12 July 1998.