This is a new community textile project on the theme of building a more sustainable Earth. The aim is to encourage awareness of how ecological threats endanger the world we love, how we ourselves contribute to this danger, and what more we can do to prevent it. It may also help us mourn past or
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John Lampen has been researching the history of Quakers and music-making, and published a chapter about this in his recent book Quaker Roots and Branches . He wonders whether there is more that could be done to support Quaker composers and publicise their music. John writes: British Quakers gave up their resistance to music long ago.
The Penn Club in Bloomsbury has been providing a quiet Quaker presence, offering a warm welcome and friendly hospitality, for nearly 100 years. To celebrate our Centenary in 2020 we want to commission a piece of art which expresses the spirit and meaning of the place. We anticipate there also being reference to the Club’s origin as a
Our new flyers are just back from the printers – you are very welcome to download them here.
Deadline: 6th April 2019 Swarthmoor Hall in collaboration with Quaker Arts Network would like to invite Quaker artists to submit proposals for our new exhibition Seeking Routes opening in July 2019. The exhibition aims to display art which explores and interprets Quaker experience and action in building a more sustainable Earth. We welcome works in any media, including spoken word, performance, video
We had a splendid day together on 1 September, with some great performances and conversations. There are some responses on our Facebook page (which you can also see from the home page of our website). Performances included songs and poems in a variety of styles, some written by the performers, dance, and an extract from
The Quaker Arts Network hopes to support creative writing in practical ways. One thing we may be able to do is to pair writers who would like to exchange work in progress and comment on it. If this appeals to you, please write to John Lampen <lampen@hopeproject.co.uk> saying if you would most like to offer
We had a splendid day together on 1 September, with some great performances and conversations. There are some responses on our Facebook page (which you can also see from the home page of our website). Performances included songs and poems in a variety of styles, some written by the performers, dance, and an extract from
This community textile project commemorates victims of wars in the century since World War One by inviting anyone to make unique textile poppies in honour of particular victims. About 50 Quaker groups and many other people made around 4,000 poppies for a mass installation at Friends House which is on show until 21 December . Poppies