Exhibition at St Augustine Church, 29th May – 29th June 2010

A Public Art Exhibition of Rites & Rituals
On the Pews
co-curated by Jolanta Jagiello & Sara Scott

Private View Thursday 3rd June 6pm-9pm

A Public Art Exhibition of over 20 artists will take place on the pews in the church of St Augustine in Forest Hill. St Augustine is an Anglican parish neo-gothic church, and was consecrated in 1874. The tower was added in 1887, to mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s accession to throne. As the local population grew an additional aisle was added on the North side in 1900. The church was restored after being bombed in the 2nd World War, and is a Grade 2 listed building.

The exhibition will take place on the 9 pews on the right-hand side of the church, and the 11 pews at the back of the church, with installations on the prayer stools. The pews are long bench seats used for seating members of a congregation. The rise of the sermon made the pew an indispensable item of church furniture. In churches with no general public seating, pews were installed at the expense of the congregants, and were their personal property, pew deeds recorded title to the pews.

Each artist has been given a title deed to Take A Pew over temporarily to display an exciting array of artwork to the general public in a variety of media. Ceramics, textiles, metalwork, photography will grace the pew shelves. From communion wafers, prayer books, palm leaves, wedding cakes, piano keys, elbow rests, to church architecture inspired by the rites, rituals and festivals that occur over the year in the church. The exhibition draws on a number of religions which make up our multi-faith society today. Co-curated by Artist-curator Jolanta Jagiello and The Reverend Sara Scott, a perfect marriage of art and spirituality created by the soul of the artist awaits you!

Participating Artists: Lorenzo Belenguer, Debora Mo, Emma Hobbins, Nick Baelz, Jean Hill, Sara Scott, Desiree Ickerodt, Jolanta Jagiello, Austin Emery, Jill Rock, Mali, Jayne Lloyd, Nadia Berri, Megan Broadmeadow, Julia Peat, Deborah Gardner, Elisabetta Fussi, Julia Dennis, Stephen Duncan, Dorothy Love, Robert Aldous and Elizabeth Chojak-Mysko.

Private View - Thursday 3 June - 6-9pm
Take part in creating sounds and listening to the poetry of WordyGirl, Narayani L Guibarra.

Sound by Larry Poulton.

Location: St. Augustine's Church, One Tree Hill, Honor Oak Park, London, SE23 3LE (see our "getting there" page for travel information).

Opening Times: Tues 6pm-9pm; Sat: 11am-5pm; Sun: Noon-5pm.

Web-site: http://www.augustineonetreehill.org.uk/