'“AFTER the Storm?” results from conversations between St Stephen’s, Norwich, and seven artists from the Norwich 20 Group, which enable reflection on our own experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The project is an excellent example of collaboration with local artists in ways that benefit both while maintaining the integrity of all. Canon Madeline Light began the conversation with a verse from Ezekiel 34: “As shepherds go after their flocks when they get scattered, I’m going after my sheep. I’ll rescue them from all the places they’ve been scattered to in the storms.” Frances Martin, who organised the exhibition, says these words were “the genesis of the exhibition”. Martin has contributed a strong and yet tender female Farmer Gathering Sheep which, in Canon Light’s phrase, “links our present phase of the pandemic with the idea of being collected up after being scattered”.'
The project is an excellent example of collaboration with local artists in ways that benefit both while maintaining the integrity of all. Canon Madeline Light began the conversation with a verse from Ezekiel 34: “As shepherds go after their flocks when they get scattered, I’m going after my sheep. I’ll rescue them from all the places they’ve been scattered to in the storms.” Frances Martin, who organised the exhibition, says these words were “the genesis of the exhibition”. Martin has contributed a strong and yet tender female Farmer Gathering Sheep which, in Canon Light’s phrase, “links our present phase of the pandemic with the idea of being collected up after being scattered”.'
Other of my pieces for Church Times can be found here.
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Wovenhand - Good Shepherd.
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