London is a place where the arts thrive, and churches are no exception. Many of them are works of art in their own right, or contain significant artwork, but they also host arts from within the communities, including music, performance art and drama.
Image: New paste-up artwork from @ezzypezzyart" (CC BY 2.0) by bablu121.
The Haven-London is a social enterprise to help make the Church more accessible and relevant to the creative industries based in London.
Willesden Area’s Clergy Inset day looked at “Art and Christianity”, where participants found it challenging and theologically rich.
More than 50 people from the Creative 2020 Network recently attended a private view, conversation and meditation on the Bill Viola installation – Martyrs, at St Paul’s Cathedral organised by the Creative Arts team, as part of Capital Vision 2020.
Who said churches were dying and not helping their communities? Here is a glimpse of what happens on a spring day at a busy church in West Hackney.
Six amateur artists have won prizes in a Diocese of London art competition, created to show the work of the Diocese and to decorate the walls of the London Diocesan House (LDH), in Pimlico.