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Geoffrey Weeden Poetry Prize
Kingston and Wandsworth Area Meeting Outreach Committee are holding their first Geoffrey Weeden Poetry Prize event, with entries welcome from 2 Oct. 2022 and closing date 18 Dec. 2022, with a prize giving and reading of poems on 25 Feb. We welcome contributions from all sections of the community and particularly from children and young
Groundwork: connecting with each other and the earth through creative arts practice
An opportunity to be part of an international creative conversation between the visual arts and poetry, against the background of environmental concern. Grown from Voices of the Earth, Woodbrooke's long-running course created and led by Philip and Zélie Gross, Groundwork invites participants to share ongoing projects and experiments at the meeting point of art forms,
Loving Earth exhibition in Street, Somerset
An exhibition of Loving Earth textile panels will be on display at the Quaker Meeting House in Street during October and November. Details will be posted at http://lovingearth-project.uk/events-2/ in due course.
Loving Earth Project in St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Groups of Loving Earth Project textile art panels will be on display from late October to end November at various venues including: St Neots Museum, St Neots Library, Art and Soul Cafe, Berkley Street Methodist Church , The Refill Shop , Love’s Farm House, Wintringham Primary Academy, and The Roundhouse Primary School Details of opening times
Loving Earth Panel exhibitions in Manchester
A group of Loving Earth Panels will be displayed in central Manchester at 6 different venues from Friday 28 October until Friday 25 November 2022. Opening times and addresses, see information below. The venues are: *Central Manchester Library, St Peter’s Square, M2 5DP: panels available to see every day, Mon - Sat Cross
The Loving Earth Project in Taunton
We are hosting an exhibition of panels from the Loving Earth Project collection.
8 events,
The Artist’s Rule
The Artist’s Rule
This twelve session fortnightly programme draws on the insights and practices of Benedictine spirituality to explore the interplay between contemplation and creativity. Through the programme we will explore together how the contemplative and creative parts of ourselves meet. Each two-part session will be offered on Zoom with the hour in-between for private reflection and creativity.
Nudges and Winks
Nudges and Winks
“Songs of depth and feeling delivered by a voice that has the substance and richness that only time and experience can engender.” (Folk Words) Winchester Quakers present Mark Waistell in his reflection on Quakers at St Lawrence's Parish Hall (next door to the Meeting House) on Thursday 3 November at 7pm. Mark is a singer-songwriter,
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The Loving Earth Project in Sherborne
We are hosting an exhibition of panels from the Loving Earth Project collection.
7 events,
Songs of Protest for Remembrance Sunday in Birmingham
Songs of Protest for Remembrance Sunday in Birmingham
An afternoon concert featuring the first performance of Sally Beamish's new work "A knock on the Door", commissioned by Quaker Concern for the Abolition of Torture. MacMillan - Cantos Sagrados Beamish - A Knock on the Door (world première) Joubert - South of the Line Roth - The Peace of the Night (world première) EX
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Poetry competition deadline for submissions
Poetry competition deadline for submissions
18 December is the deadline for Kingston Quakers' poetry competition. Details for submitting poems on the theme " Draw Breath" are at https://kingstonquakers.org/poetry-comp/. The competition is open to all , with special categories for young people.