I’ve taken on the clerkship of QAN, in order to relieve Linda Murgatroyd who has been the clerk for some years and who has also taken the lead on QAN’s hugely successful Loving Earth Project. At present, Linda and I are working together to ensure a smooth transition. I accepted the role just until our
The Loving Earth Project continues to exhibit around Britain, with exhibitions and events this summer in various venues around Devon, Sussex and Dorset, in Alnwick (Northumberland) , and Tring (Hertfordshire). A series of exhibitions has just finished in a range off venues in California and others will be taking place in Normandy and Brussels over
Amanda attends QAN Committee Meetings regularly and is part of the Communications Group. She posts on Facebook on the QAN and LEP pages and in the QAN Facebook group, where you’ve probably seen her name popping up. In her childhood her late Mum inspired Amanda to be creative. From the early days of the 1980s
The topic of this year’s Quaker Universalist Conference (12-14 May 2023) was ‘How creativity expresses and enhances spirituality across the world’. Around eighty people attended, either in person or online, and for the fifty of us who met at Woodbrooke it included home groups, sunny walks in the garden, socialising and good food. The weekend
After discerning to seek charitable status in our 2022 AGM and following many months of work led by our Assistant Clerk, Kate Green, including amending our constitution, drafting and submitting an application to the Charity Commission and responding to follow up questions, we are thrilled to announce that the Quaker Arts Network is now officially
Our March 2023 Newsletter has just been sent to subscribers (it’s available here to view online). It contains news about the AGM on Zoom this Saturday, March 11th, upcoming art events, the search party formed to find a new QAN clerk, QAN at BYM, and more. If you aren’t a subscriber and would like to
QAN Committee Members Sean Jacke and Andy O’Hanlon are seeking names of those willing and able to join in the leadership and administration of the network, which has recently become a registered charity. QAN is looking for individuals to help guide and support its mission and exciting work in expanding membership across diverse art forms/approaches,
To honor that legacy on the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth in 2024, QAN will begin working in partnership with Children’s and Young People’s Committee (CYPC, Quaker Life) and young Friends around the UK to support the creation of short, animated films exploring the contributions of George Fox and early Quaker history. This project is still
We invite you to send us a poem inspired by one of the Loving Earth Project panels , which you can see at http://lovingearth-project.uk/test-gallery/ . Poems should be no longer the 20 lines long, and preferably shorter than 14 lines. We hope to include the poems submitted in future publications or events. Please send your
This beautiful poster featuring textile panels from the Loving Earth project and some simple Loving Earth queries, is now available on request in sizes A1 and A2. The project is helping people engage with the climate crisis and find actions they can take, inspired by love. A series of queries for personal reflection, textile art
