Unveiled
A new, regular Friday night arts and performance event at St Andrew’s Church, 7.00 – 9.00 pm, 11 London Road, Wickford, Essex SS12 0AN
Exhibitions, open mic nights, performances, talks and more!
- Unveiled – a wide range of artist and performers from Essex and wider, including Open Mic nights (come and have a go!).
- Unveiled – view our hidden painting by acclaimed artist David Folley, plus a range of other exhibitions.
Friday 21 October, 7.00 pm, St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford, Essex SS12 0AN. Wickford Famous, a talk by Ken Porter of Basildon Heritage on famous people from Wickford.
Friday 28 October, 7.00 pm, St Andrew's. Henry Shelton in conversation. Meet the artist and hear about his work with Stephen Cottrell, Ranulph Fiennes, Trevor Huddleston, David Lean and others. Plus commissions in Goodmayes, Hutton, Romford, Stoke and elsewhere.
Friday 4 November, 7.00 pm, St Andrew's. Jackie E. Burns in conversation. Meet the artist and hear about her work as a Space Artist. Jackie is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists whose members are dedicated to creating images of space - galaxies, stars, planets, moons – combining science and art to expand the human mind and soul.
Friday 11 November, 7.00 pm, St Andrew's. Jonathan Evens will give a presentation on 'Congruity and controversy: exploring issues for contemporary commissions.' Modern art commissions have led to debates about the Church working with artists that have significant mainstream reputations versus those without, and between secular artists and artists who are Christians. In his illustrated presentation Jonathan shows work made for churches by all these groups of artists and examines the resulting debates.
Friday 18 November, 7.00 pm, St Andrew's. Rev Simpkins & the Phantom Folk: Rev Simpkins’ music mixes the colourful folk tradition of Appalachians Mountains with the melodiousness and carefully-observed lyrics of the Kinks. Close harmonies intertwine with banjo, French horn, and bass. At this concert the band will perform the Rev’s acclaimed fourth album and book, 'Saltings' in its entirety.
Created with the Illustrator, Tom Knight, Saltings is a loving portrait of the mystery and beauty of Essex's salt marsh wilderness, and a meditation on the real human cost of the wilderness time of the pandemic.
Found within 50 miles of London, the saltings are one of England’s last natural wild spaces. Working as a parish priest a few miles away, Matt came to the saltings to retreat and compose these compelling and compassionate songs about his community’s real-life experiences during the pandemic. Saltings portrays hope found amid wilderness.
The Reverend Matt Simpkins is the fourth generation of his family to be ordained priest in the Church of England. Prior to ordination, Matt was a professional musician having been a choral scholar at Oxford University and a Lecturer in Music. He collaborated with Kenney Jones of the Small Faces to reconstruct the orchestral parts of their 1968 psychedelic masterpiece Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake. In 2019 a diagnosis of cancer and a period of illness brought an opportunity to make new music and the Rev released the hope-filled album Big Sea in 2020, which was selected as one of Louder than War’s albums of 2020.
‘a triumph…hypnotic and compulsive listening’ Fatea on Saltings
‘tender...magnificent...outstanding’ Vive le Rock on Saltings
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