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Art and Spirituality

Art and Spirituality began as a year long course at Leith School of Art. 2014 -2018. Art and Spirituality Workshops are now regularly offered as one day workshops and summer school weeks at LSA. Art and Spirituality explores the intersection of the material and the spiritual in visual art. Lectures inform and stimulate practical work given at…

Art and Prayer

Using the visual arts as a tool, these workshops provide a safe hospitable environment in which to reflect, imagine, express and explore the inner self and listen to the voice of God. The Art and Prayer Workshops were begun by Carol at Leith School of Art in 1999 and became foundational to the Soul Marks Workshop oeuvre.…

Quiet Spaces

Soul Marks have created a variety of quiet spaces for places and events working in every kind of venue from rooms and halls in local churches to Cathedrals, tents and conference centres for diverse institutions, organisations and events such as Church of Scotland, the Episcopal Church, Forthview Primary School , Women Walking With God and Edinburgh’s Official…

Space and Worship Workshops

Space Speaks… “Before anyone has uttered a word, [the worship space] embodies the truth that the Christian experience is one of vibrancy and colour and creativity, of flux as well as permanence.” Nick Thorpe, writer The workshops encourage groups to consider the environment[s] in which we worship, and to reflect on how the space frees…

Conferences, Retreats and Festivals

Carol has worked on many projects, often as part of a team, for conferences, retreats and festivals to create unique, contextual artwork and liturgies for worship. Selected: Morphē Arts Interface Conference: Leith School of Art. Saturday 18th February 2023. Art is the highest form of Hope Carol led a practical reflective workshop entitled Artists as Prophets…

Art and Worship

For Gallery go to the bottom of the page. Selected Work: Ongoing Work: St. James the Less Episcopal Church, Leith. St. James the Less Episcopal Church, Leith, 2021 – present: St. James is Carol’s home church where she helps to facilatate the liturgical art and space See .http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/art-and-worship/st-james-episcopal-church-leith/ Short term projects and workshops: Wild Goose…

In-person Workshops

2023 ART AND SPIRITUALITY Summer School Worshop: Divine Sparks. Leith School of Art. Monday 10th – Friday 14th July 202310am – 4pm Searching for divine sparks in the ordinary through the practice of observational drawing and mixed media. This Summer School week will reflect on the Hasidic Creation story, which tells of God putting His/Her Divine Light…

Previous In-Person Workshops +

Art and Prayer http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/art-and-prayer/ Art and Spirituality http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/art-and-spirituality-course/ Art and Worship http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/art-and-worship/ Art and Worship @ St. James the Less. Leith. http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/art-and-worship/st-james-episcopal-church-leith/ Quiet Spaces http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/quiet-spaces/ Space and Worship http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/space-and-worship-workshops/ Working Collaboratively: Conferences, Retreats and Festivals http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/working-collaboratively/ Presentations. Lectures. Symposia http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/presentations-lectures-and-symposia/ Misscellaneous http://www.soulmarks.co.uk/home/soul-marks-worshops/talks-and-other-projects/

Miscellaneous

Projects and Workshops that do not fit easily into the other categories. Strathcarron Hospice. Bookmaking Workshop: Exploring books as ‘Memoir, Gift, and Journey’. For staff, 2009. Ladybrook Parish Church, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. 2008. A week long workshop with Ladybook church, five surrounding schools and the local community. To create to large hangings to initially hang in the…

Presentations, Lectures and Symposia.

Selected: In Conversation with Issam Koubarj: Dark Water Burning World. 25th August 2023. St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, in Partnership with the Just Festival. In Conversation with Susan Mansfield: Religious Art Today,23rd June 2023. In association with the exhibition ‘When the Apple Ripens: Peter Howson at 65 – A Retrospective @ the City Art’s Centre,…