A list of contact details for FAR representatives
Art and Christianity Enquiry www.acetrust.org
Contact ACE: enquiries@acetrust.org
Our activities focus on: a membership organisation which offers advice, research, liaison, project-management and publishing.
All Hallows on the Wall, 83 London Wall, London EC2M 5ND t/f: 020 7374 0600Art and Sacred Places www.artandsacredplaces.org
Contact ASP: angela@artandsacredplaces.org
Our activities focus on: promoting interaction between religion and art, largely by siting contemporary art in sacred places. ASP engages new audiences by exploring the relationship between art and spirituality, encouraging debate and understanding.
Bakerswell, Meonstoke, Southampton SO32 3NA t: 01489 878725Trustees of the Methodist Church Collection of Modern Christian Art
Enquiries about borrowing the Collection: Mrs Angela Dewar, artdewar@talktalk.net
The Methodist Church Collection of Modern Christian Art has been seen and appreciated by thousands - at exhibitions of national and international interest, at lectures and study days. Famous names from the British art world of the last 100 years are represented, such as Edward Burra, Elisabeth Frink, Eric Gill, Patrick Heron and Graham Sutherland. The Collection was established during the 1960s with funds from a charitable source and has travelled widely since then to city galleries, theological colleges, cathedrals, churches and schools, usually showing at five or six venues a year. Works by Sadao Watanabe, Jyoti Sahi and David Jones are amongst the more recent acquisitions. Still expanding, it comprises more than 40 works. All of them feature aspects of the Christian narrative and experience. The managing trustees see the Collection as a treasure of both the Church and the wider community, regardless of denomination or adherence. The vision is that it should feed the spirit and stimulate conversation about faith in the world today.
Website (showing schedule of exhibitions) http://www.methodist.org.uk/artcollection Trustees: Dr John N Gibbs, Rev Graham R Kent, Professor Ann Sumner, Ms Sarah Middleton, Rev Geoff Cornell, Ms Miriam Davies; Custodian: Dr Peter Forsaith; Ecumenical advisors: Ms Meryl Doney, Mr Paul Bayley; Secretary to the Friends Group: Mr Bob WilliamsChaplaincy to the Arts and Recreation www.artschaplaincy.org.uk
Contact: robert@cooperphoto.co.uk
The Chaplaincy to the Arts and Recreation works both within and beyond the Church to explore and promote the open questions asked by art in contemporary society. It recognizes the creative gifts in all people and the particular insights and skills of artists, and respects the integrity of those gifts, while remaining committed to the integrity of the Christian vision and story.
The Revd Robert Cooper, 24 North Close, Thorpe Thewles, Stockton-on-Tees TS21 3JY