Soul Marks encourages and enables creativity using all the senses. Particulary through the visual arts, to express and inspire faith in God.ess site
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Art and Spirituality Art and Spirituality explores the intersection of the material and the spiritual in visual art. Lectures inform and stimulate practical work will be given at the beginning of each day, along with regular group discussion and seminars. The course will also draw on music, poetry, everyday objects, and the natural world as a resource to stimulate creativity…
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. No artistic experience is necessary as people are encouraged to participate wherever they are on their own artistic and spiritual journeys. The Art and…
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 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…
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 Collaborations: Diocese of Oxford, Clergy Conference, 2018, The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire. Carol worked alongside the liturgy group to create a central liturgical installation for the…
This workshop can overlap or be amalgamated with the ‘Space and Worship’ workshop. Other Art and Worship workshops are offered as resource days exploring different ways to approach the themes and seasons of the church year through practical and reflective group work. Selected Work: Long term projects: St. James the Less Episcopal Church, Leith, 2000-2011: Carol worked…
ART AND SPIRITUALITY WORKSHOP: SEEN AND UNSEEN LEITH SCHOOL OF ART SATURDAY 5th MARCH 2022, 9.30am – 4.30pm. This quiet, reflective workshop will use art as a contemplative tool to explore the tension between our concrete material world and its spiritual realm. Drawing on the work of a variety of visual artists as well as poetry,…
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/ 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/
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…
Selected: Art Seeking Understanding Project: (2020-2022) “Investigating Art and the Sacred at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Practice-Based Research with Theological Reflection” Edinburgh University. Carol is one os 12 people invited to part of this symposium. ‘Freedom Within a Framework.’ October 2020, SEI (Scottish Episcopal Institute. (Online) ‘Danger Art at Work!’ December 2020,S EI (Scottish Episcopal Institute. (Online) ‘Installation Art and…