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Quaker Arts Network Day in Birmingham
Priory Rooms, Birmingham Quaker Meeting House, 40 Bull St,, Birmingham, United KingdomOn Saturday June 1st, QAN plans to hold a day event in central Birmingham, to include our 2024 AGM, some arts activities and opportunities to meet informally in person. The day will start at the Priory Rooms and online 10.00 for 10.30 with the AGM starting around 11.30. There will be opportunities for participants speak
Endless Forms, Most Beautiful
Northern Print Gallery Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomYou are Invited! I’m exhibiting in Endless Forms, Most Beautiful, a new bestiary and herbarium for at risk species by artists from Northern Print. Join us on Thursday 6 June, 6-8pm for a special viewing event at the Northern Print gallery in Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle.
Draw Breath: Poetry on a Summer Evening
Kingston Quaker Centre, Fairfield East, Kingston Fairfield East, Kingston, United Kingdom'Draw Breath' by Quaker poet Geoffrey Weeden describes the experience of a Quaker meeting for worship, and was the inspiration for the Geoffrey Weeden Poetry Prize, held in 2023. Geoffrey Weeden was part of a vibrant tradition of Quaker poets, including U.A. Fanthorpe, Philip Gross, and Basil Bunting. On Thursday 13th June, prize winners will
Spring Art Retreat at the Maison Quaker
Maison Quaker, 11 Avenue des Quakers, 30111 Congénies, France Maison Quaker, 11 Avenue des Quakers,, Congénies, FranceAll levels all media For artists and friends of artists! Held at the Maison Quaker between the Cevennes mountains and the Mediterranean Sea A very special week, in a very special place! Our Spring Art Facilitator is Erik Dreis. Erik has explored watercolour, acrylic, digital, and drawing media in his life as an artist. He
QUAKER JAM – pocket sized music festival
Winchester Quaker Meeting House SO23 9LH 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester, Hampshire, United KingdomWinchester Quakers open their garden gate to the public for a day of music - in association with Sound Winchester - at the Meeting House; a Quaker Jam. The pocket sized festival features an eclectic mix of classical guitar and piano recitals, pop and rock performances, a ukulele orchestra and meditative sound experience. As well
Poetry: Post atomic glossaries with Antony Owen
Friends House Euston London Friends House, London, London, United KingdomPeace Poet Antony Owen joins us in the Friends House Library for the launch of his latest compilation, Post Atomic Glossaries. We will hear from Antony and explore the intersections between poetry and peace work.
Creative Writing Group – Using the Body’s Wisdom to Uncover Stories about what Love Requires of us
On Zoom , United KingdomBonnie leads this creative workshop. Please email qancreativewriting@gmail.com to book your free place as numbers are limited. Every stage of our lives offers fresh opportunities. Responding to divine guidance, try to discern the right time to undertake or relinquish responsibilities without undue pride or guilt. Attend to what love requires of you, which may not
Stories, Music, Poetry, Cake
NORWICH Friends Meeting House Upper Goat Lane, NorwichTickets by donation (£10 suggested) via Eventbrite or on the door Fundraiser for three legal challenges to government breaking its own law re carbon emissions of planned developments
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
The Fire and the Hammer. Rehearsal.
All Friends, and their friends, are invited to the next rehearsal of this cantata which celebrates the early life of George Fox and the beginnings of Quakerism. This will be at Central Manchester Meeting, Mount St, M2 5NS. It is possible to attend in person or on Zoom. We are aiming for a performance in