Icons: The Symphony of Divine Light

commission4mission member Irina Bradley is exhibiting at Christ Church Cathedral Oxford until 28 May 2018. The exhibition is entitled ‘Icons: The Symphony of Divine Light’.

Irina will also teach an Icon Painting Course during this time period. This course will introduce students to fluid egg tempera techniques with the aim of finishing a small icon depicting St Frideswide of Oxford in Russo-Byzantine style to take home. The course is organised in conjunction with the exhibition 'Icons: The Symphony of Divine Light' which features icons ‘written’ by course leader, Dr Irina Bradley.

Dr Irina Bradley is a visiting tutor for icon painting at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London, where she teaches at MA level. Her work is on display in churches, places of private worship and collections worldwide. See www.irinabradley.com.

Cost: £400 per participant, payable in advance. For more information, contact jacqueline.holderness@chch.ox.ac.uk or 01865 286003.

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John Tavener - Ikon Of Light.

Madonnas and Mad Hatters

'Madonnas and Mad Hatters', an exhibition of sculpture by Peter Eugene Ball, will be in Christ Church Cathedral Oxford from 6 to 24 September 2015.

'Ball's first religious piece, a simple crucifix, was bought in 1974 by a priest at Westminster Cathedral and four years later he obtained his very first church commission: a memorial crucifix at Preston-on-Stour in Warwickshire. However, it wasn’t until 1986, when Birmingham Cathedral commissioned a crucifix and altar pieces, that regular church work became an integral part of his life and over the next few years he began to place major pieces in some of the country’s great cathedrals as well as smaller figures in various parish churches. During this time he continued to exhibit and sell his sculpture, both religious and secular, in galleries and at exhibitions across the UK, Europe and America.

To date Peter’s sculpture has appeared in over 40 exhibitions and he now produces a major one-man show once every two years, which usually takes place in a cathedral setting and brings together some of his transcendent religious figures along with quirky, often witty secular pieces, both of which define his work.

His career now spans more than 50 years and Peter currently has over seventy major works in churches and cathedrals throughout the UK – almost certainly more than any other living artist. He lives in Newark in Nottinghamshire with his wife, Jane, where he works from his garden studio and continues to undertake regular commissions, both religious and secular.'

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Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford - Nearer My God To Thee.