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Discussion event
Story Weaving with George Fox: when I grow up
OnlineHave you ever wondered what George Fox wanted to be when he was a child? What were your own hopes about growing up? This is an invitation to experience ourselves as part of the living Quaker history and community through storytelling. In this session we will use a simple practice called ’Story Weaving’. Story Weaving
Creative Writing Group Drop in Space
Zoom , United KingdomAn open, unfacilitated space for Creative Writing Group members to meet and chat. No breakout rooms, open from 8am to 9pm every first Friday of the month. Please request the passcode from qancreativewriting@gmail.com
Performance as Witness – a QAN panel discussion on Zoom
An online panel and group discussion on performance as part of our Quaker testimony. We will be joined by actor and writer Michael Mears (the Mistake, This Evil Thing), musician storyteller and teacher Mary Troup (Wangari’s trees of peace) and singer and activist Jo Flanagan (Climate Choir and other events), hosted by Josiane Smith After
Creative Writing Group Networking/Buddying
On Zoom , United KingdomThese sessions are held regularly with varying times to accommodate Friends all over the world. This is an open, online session for Friends to network (or meet and chat). There will be breakout rooms you can pop in and out of to make connections with each other. Hopefully this will lead to opportunities to organise
Story Weaving with George Fox: learning and growing
OnlineHave you ever wondered which profession George Fox learned? What did you encounter on your own learning paths? This is an invitation to experience ourselves as part of the living Quaker history and community through storytelling. In this session we will use a simple practice called ’Story Weaving’. Story Weaving was developed by Forest Therapy
Story Weaving with George Fox: departures
OnlineHave you ever wondered why George Fox left home? What moved you to set off on a life journey? This is an invitation to experience ourselves as part of the living Quaker history and community through storytelling. In this session we will use a simple practice called ’Story Weaving’. Story Weaving was developed by Forest
Creative Writing Group: Young People’s Writing Chat
On Zoom , United KingdomA chance to get together online to chat about our experiences of writing for young people. Please send an email to qancreativewriting@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
Graffiti as Witness: The Art and Activism of a Quaker Pirate – Lecture at Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA, United StatesJoin Friend Todd Drake as he shares his lifelong journey and witness as a visual artist and social justice activist. Drake’s practice of witnessing and facing life’s great sadnesses with creative practice offers us all another North Star on our own journeys. He will speak to how he has been shaped by this practice, from
BYM Special Interest: How do the arts envision our witness?
On Zoom , United KingdomBooking through Britain Yearly Meeting only. Register via https://www.quaker.org.uk/ym/bookings. We will explore the variety of the arts in a discussion. How do they influence and create our response to witness in our Quaker values? Can we vision our future and connect community with the arts? We will include examples of how projects are doing this
Quaker Arts Network at the Groups Fair
Friends House 177 Euston Rd, Euston, London, United KingdomJoin us at the Britain Yearly Meeting Groups Fair at lunchtime. Come and see us! It's free! You will need to register for Britain Yearly Meeting at https://www.quaker.org.uk/ym/bookings . Further details will then be available to you nearer the time via the links you will be sent.