Art and Christianity

14/08/2026

🌟 GIVEAWAY ALERT 🌟

Tell us your favourite pilgrimage and we’ll enter your name into a draw to win a free copy of 2026 A+C award-winning book: 'Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience' by
Kathryn R. Barush (Bloomsbury, 2021).
The list of pilgrimages will also appear on the A+C website: artandchristianity.org

How to enter:
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🥾 Comment your favourite pilgrimage
🥾 Tag your friends in the comments (1 tag = 1 entry)
Winner will be selected on 30/09. Winner will be notified via DM! Open to UK residents 18 years or older.
Good luck! and Happy Summer!

13/08/2026

Lecture - "The Artists’ Gift: how centuries of artists have used the life of Christ in art", by Blanche Girouard
📅 Saturday 19 September 5pm to 6.30pm
📍Weston Room, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk
As part of the 2026 Annual A+C weekender in Norwich

Blanche Girouard is an experienced writer and journalist and a wonderful communicator.

👉 Book here artandchristianity.org/events/lecture-the-artists-gift-how-centuries-of-artists-have-used-the-life-of-christ-in-art-by-blanche-girouard

13/08/2026

A new host cathedral for ‘Called As We Are’ … this time Exeter! Facilitated and installed by A+C, and commissioned by the Disability Project of the Church of England, Ruth Samuel’s portraits of leaders living with disability explores “the enriching and dynamic contribution that difference brings to their personal ministries and to the ministry of the Church” (John Beauchamp, Disability Ministry Enabler).
The exhibition is up in Exeter until 19 Aug.
For more dates visit artandchristianity.org/called

06/08/2026

Performance - ‘Hildegard of Bingen Invocations’, by Vida Vojić
📅 Friday 18 September 6:45pm to 7:45pm
📍, Norwich, Norfolk
(as part of the 2026 Annual A+C weekender in Norwich)

Vida Vojić invokes the spirit of Saint Hildegard, by singing her medieval chants accompanied by the glass harp, subtle electronics, spatial feedback and light design, in delicate response to the liturgical season. Hildegard of Bingen was a prophetic Benedictine abbess and polymath during the 12th century Roman Germany, active as a music composer, preacher, writer, theologian, artist, playwright, herbal scientist, cosmologist and mystic.

👉 Book here: artandchristianity.org/events/performance-hildegard-of-bingen-invocations-by-vida-vojic

29/07/2026

In this new series, we ask the Art+Christianity Team all about their engagement with the charity. They will be talking about their favourite work of art in a church, reflecting on how artworks can affect people’s faith, and sharing more about their role within Art+Christianity.

In this clip, Ayla Lepine talks about the Ecclesiart project, highlighting how it encourages people to engage with art within sacred spaces.

Featured works of art:

'The Road to Emmaus' by John Piper

'Revealing Glory, Renewing Hope' by Sophie Hacker

'Communion Table and Lectern' by Stephen Owen

'Desert Window' by Christopher Le Brun
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24/07/2026

2026 Annual A+C weekender in Norwich
📅 Friday 18 September 5pm to Sunday 20 September 4.30pm
📍Norwich, Norfolk

A weekend of specially arranged tours, talks, and art, including a performance of songs by Hildegard of Bingen, a lecture by Blanche Girouard, the exhibition ‘Living by the Rule’ and John Maddison’s expertise guidance around medieval churches in the city (as well as the cathedral).

Book here 👉 artandchristianity.org/events/2026-annual-weekender

Sainsbury Centre Norwich Cathedral St George's Church, Colegate, Norwich ShrinewithAllHallowsGuesthouseNorwich

A weekend of specially arranged tours, talks, and art including a performance of songs by Hildegard of Bingen, a lecture by Blanche Girouard, the exhibition ‘Living by the Rule’ and John Maddison’s expertise guidance around medieval churches in the city (as well as the cathedral).

19/07/2026

In the Summer issue of Art and Christianity:

Debra Shipley writes as Artist in Residence at the Julian of Norwich Shrine in Norfolk

“Launched in July 2025, my residency was a first for the shrine. The title of my inaugural talk, Temporal-Spatial-Spiritual, has since become the theme for the entire residency. Temporal is a reference to the time of Julian’s writing in medieval England and to the history of the intervening years. My residency has been anchored in the place of Julian’s cell, her church, the visitor centre, guest house and the surrounding gardens. Finally, spiritual: that I left an open question, thinking of the varied motivations of those who come to the shrine including pilgrims, tourists, academics and locals, people of all faiths and of none. Naively, I assumed that working within these selfimposed boundaries would set limits on my creative capacity, but that is far from what happened. My task has been to respond to these three strands and to find
“Launched in July 2025, my residency was a first for the shrine. The title of my inaugural talk, Temporal-Spatial-Spiritual, has since become the theme for the entire residency. Temporal is a reference to the time of Julian’s writing in medieval England and to the history of the intervening years. My residency has been anchored in the place of Julian’s cell, her church, the visitor centre, guest house and the surrounding gardens. Finally, spiritual: that I left an open question, thinking of the varied motivations of those who come to the shrine including pilgrims, tourists, academics and locals, people of all faiths and of none. Naively, I assumed that working within these self-imposed boundaries would set limits on my creative capacity, but that is far from what happened. My task has been to respond to these three strands and to find

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Image: Debra Shipley, Bowls in a Fragile World, 2025

18/07/2026

2026 Annual A+C weekender in Norwich

A weekend of specially arranged tours, talks, and art including a performance of songs by Hildegard of Bingen, a lecture by Blanche Girouard, the exhibition ‘Living by the Rule’ and John Maddison’s expertise guidance around medieval churches in the city (as well as Norwich Cathedral ).

Book here: https://artandchristianity.org/events/2026-annual-weekender

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Photo of Vida Vojić's performance: Olga Androsova_LUMEN_21.12.25_4

13/07/2026

In the Summer issue of Art and Christianity:
by Charles Miller
Henri Matisse: Chemin de Croix (The Stations of the Cross)
Paris: Bernard Chauvaux, 2025
ISBN 978-2487227002, p/b, $35/€32

“The exhibition last autumn was titled ‘Henri Matisse: Chemin de Croix – Dessiner la Passion’. The verb dessiner, ‘to draw’, is essential to the content of the exhibition: over 80 drawings in pencil, crayon, charcoal and ink reveal Matisse’s developing engagement with the subject over four years. As such, this exhibition represents a milestone in the critical account of a much neglected part of the artist’s oeuvre, for never has such a hefty number of Matisse’s studies for this distinctive and most dramatic feature of the Chapel’s otherwise sublimely bright, calm and joyous interior been assembled. Given its 91 illustrations, the catalogue is, therefore, an important documentary source for those who wish to trace the evolution of Matisse’s studies for the Chemin which visitors see today in the Vence Chapel. ”

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