26 March 2021

North Lambeth art trail prompts reflection on loss

North Lambeth art trail prompts reflection on loss

... Created by 14 churches and schools in the Lambeth North deanery, the nine-mile, self-guided discovery trail embraced the communities of Brixton, Clapham, Stockwell, Oval, Vauxhall, Kennington, and Lambeth, and followed the Stations of the Cross, the First being St Andrew’s C of E Primary School, Stockwell. 

Participants were invited to reflect not only on the experience of the pandemic at this anniversary time, but also to view issues such as racial injustice through the same prism. In a video at the Tenth Station, St John the Divine, Kennington, parallels were drawn between Jesus stripped of his human dignity and those facing racism stripped of theirs. ...

... The bringing down of Christ from the cross, at St Anselm’s, Kennington, demonstrated the agony of loss, but also the qualities of gentleness, care, and love demonstrated throughout the pandemic. Here, participants were asked to complete a floral display recreating a Rubens painting. ...

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