Elements of Love

Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 February

Twenty-four artists from SW London are delighted to be exhibiting paintings, drawings, prints, textiles, glass, sculpture, ceramics and mosaic in the Menier Gallery, the week before Valentine's Day.

Love is at the heart of the human existence. A tender source of joy and happiness, love can declare itself in romantic gestures or simple acts of kindness. Love can stir passion and strong emotion, cause sadness and longing, leave us broken and betrayed, hurting and alone. Love can also heal. Artsts' diverse interpretations of this mysterious theme are revealed here.

The artists are some of the members from three art groups based in Kingston, Merton and the surrounding areas: Hawks Road Artists based at ASC Studios Kingston, KAOS (Kingston Artists Open Studios) and Merton Arts Festival.

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Pierce Pettis - That Kind Of Love.

National Marriage Week display

Here is this year's National Marriage Week display in the lounge at St John's Seven Kings. Designed and made by members of our Mothers' Union branch, this year's display focusses on the 40th Wedding Anniversary of a MU member.

Our All-Age Service next Sunday will take love as its theme, in recognition of National Marriage Week and Valentines Day, and will feature in the liturgy lines from a number of popular love songs. Why not come and see if you can spot them all! 

Anne Atkins recently noted in a Guardian interview that: "Most people get married, most marriages last for live, and most children are raised within a marriage. That's a thing to remember." 

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Bette Midler and Wynonna Judd - The Rose.