the Art of Faith AN EXHIBITION OF 3,500 YEARS OF ART & BELIEF IN

Saturday 2 October 2010 - Sunday 23 January 2011 Castle Museum & Art Gallery Religious faith has been the creative force behind works of art throughout history. Lunchtime Talks in the Without it there would be no pyramids, no Sistine Chapel, and no Tian Tan Buddha. Town Close Auditorium All of us, whatever our beliefs, owe much of our culture, art and history to the faiths of the past and present. Norwich Castle Tuesdays, 12.30pm Museum admission only The Art of Faith is an exploration of religious art and history from Norfolk’s many and diverse faiths; including the Viking and Roman settlers, through Judaism and 12 October Christianity, to the current population, which includes Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, Conquest To Conquest: Locals, Hindus and Pagans. Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings The exhibition is a celebration of the beauty and meaning which can be created Tim Pestell, Curator of Archaeology, from a sense of spiritual devotion. There are pieces on display from many faiths, NMAS both ancient and modern; highlights include Rubens’ altarpiece The Return Moses & Aaron board from from Egypt (Holkham Hall), the magnificent Bronze AgeOxborough Dirk (British 2 November a Norfolk church, 17th Art and Faith in Medieval Norfolk century. Museum) and the Bodleian Bowl, a Medieval Jewish ritual vessel, discovered in On loan from a Norfolk Norfolk (Ashmolean Museum). Sandy Heslop, Professor of Visual Arts, UEA church. Image: © Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery 9 November The Art of Faith exhibition is part of The Art of Faith Research Project, a collaboration between Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service, University of and supported by the Arts Catholics, Protestants and Strangers and Humanities Research Council. Margit Thofner, Senior Lecturer, Art History, UEA 14 December Laudians, Puritans and Witches Francesca Vanke, Curator of Art (Decorative Art), NMAS 11 January Collectors and Philanthropists, Dissenters and Revivalists Andrew Moore, Keeper of Art & Senior Curator, NMAS 18 January Art and Belief in Norfolk Now Elizabeth Mellings, AHRC Research Fellow: Art of Faith Project Stained glass roundel: the Unitarian flaming chalice in 11am, Tuesdays 5 & 19 October, 23 November, 7 December and 18 January. touch with all faiths, 1999. Café Conversations On loan from the Octagon Drop-in and join UEA staff and students for coffee and impromptu discussions Chapel, Norwich. Image courtesy of the Octagon based on the exhibition. Chapel, Norwich, photograph by Free admission to the café - no booking required Clive Foden Events at Norwich Castle Friday 12 November, 10.15am - 12.30pm & 1.45pm - 4pm For bookings tel. 01603 493636 Discovering Art Treasures in Norfolk Churches Members* = Museums Pass holders, FNM, EAAF, C&TA, NCAS Talk in Study Centre (Shirehall) Art Historian, Charlotte Crawley, delves into the Castle’s rich Saturday 9 October, 10am - 4pm collection of watercolours depicting medieval church interiors Gospel Singing Day and their ecclesiastical treasures. Artists to be studied include Workshop In partnership with Sing for Pleasure East, led by Lauren Dove. JS & ME Cotman, Henry Ninham and . £14 (Members*/Conc. £12) – booking essential (show your ticket at Café at the Castle for £1 discount on lunch) Saturday 16 October, 2.30pm - 3.30pm Adult £6.50, Conc. £6, Members* £5.50 - booking essential From Idea to Exhibition Saturday 13 November, 10.30 am - 12.30pm Talk in Town Close Auditorium Virtues in Animation - Bahá’í Faith Join co-curators, Andrew Moore and Francesca Vanke, from Norwich Castle, Create ‘stop frame’ films based on the value of human virtures, as and Margit Thofner, Senior Lecturer at UEA in a discussion on The Art of Faith shared by all the World’s Scriptures. No experience necessary. exhibition. No experience necessary. Free - booking essential Museum admission only, seating limited - booking essential Saturday 6 November, 10am - 12 noon Saturday 13 November, 2pm - 4pm Stained Glass Workshop Collaborative Art Project - Bahá’í Faith The Binham rood Workshop with Lilian Shaw of the Roman Catholic Church. Using three simple rules to work as a team, we create an screen panel, 1540 - 53. On loan from the Suitable for ages 8 -12+ abstract piece of art, demonstrating how human virtues can be explored and experienced through collective action. Priory Church of St £10 - booking essential Mary & the Holy Cross, Free - booking essential Binham, Norfolk Saturday 6 November, 3pm - 4pm Image: © A private owner Jewish & Israeli Dance Workshop Sunday 14 November, 2pm - 4pm All ages welcome; accompanying adult Walking the Ancient Path required for under 16s. No partner Drop-in event - Crome Gallery needed. Cost includes tuition and live The image of a labyrinth has existed for over 4000 years and has been found in music. places as far apart as India and Italy. It was adopted by the Christian faith in the £5 - booking essential Middle Ages, and this is an opportunity to walk on the pattern of the Santa Rosa labyrinth, a variation of the design found in Chartres Cathedral, France. A handout and guidance will be available. Museum admission only Peter Paul Rubens, The Return from Egypt, 1618-19. Saturday 20 November, 2pm - 4.15pm On loan from Viscount Coke and the Trustees What Pagans Believe and Working with Nature of the Holkham Estate. Image: © Viscount Coke and the Trustees of the Holkham Introduction by Francesca Vanke, followed by a hands-on session including artwork. Estate Free - booking essential The Art of Faith Faith in Films Season catalogue is available in Norwich Sundays at Cinema City, 5.30pm Castle shop, during the exhibition, at the special price of £9.95 NMAS members* offer – show membership card at box office for discount (RRP £12.95). ticket £6.00, Conc. £4.50. To book tel. 0871 704 2053 or visit www.picturehouses.co.uk

If you would like to reserve a 10 October LE GRAND VOYAGE (PG) copy, please email 24 October A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (U) [email protected] 7 November DEVI (THE GODDESS) (PG) or telephone 01603 493625. 21 November A SERIOUS MAN (15) 5 December ANCHORESS (12A) 19 December THE CUP (PG) Members* = Museums Pass holders, FNM, EAAF, C&TA, NCAS

Information for Teachers For resources for teachers, interactive games and events for schools to support the exhibition, visit www.artoffaith-learning.co.uk

For more information on our schools programme visit www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk or telephone 01603 493636

Glowing Embers (Sea Henge) by Susan Laughlin, 2000. On loan from the artist. Image courtesy of the artist, © Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery Events at University of East Anglia NR4 7TJ Events at Norwich Anglican Cathedral The Close, Norwich, NR1 4EH School of World Art Studies and Museology, UEA Tuesday 5 October, 7pm Saturday 27 November - Friday 17 December, 11am - 5pm The St Saviour’s Chapel Altarpiece The Art of Faith Today The Revd Canon Jeremy Haselock gives an illustrated talk in the Weston Room. Exhibition of work by local artists, organised by Liz Mellings and MA students. £5 - booking essential, tel. Gudrun Warren 01603 218327 or email gwarren@ Free admission cathedral.org.uk

Chancellor’s Annexe, UEA adjacent to UEA Islamic Centre Saturday 9 October, 10am - 3.30pm The workshops in the Chancellor’s Annexe are free and include a vist to the Hindu Workshop Mosque afterwards. Booking essential, contact Shan Barclay, tel. 01603 662253, Based in the Hostry, activities include Indian Yoga, Mehndi Art, Pooja Thali Decoration, Rangoli email [email protected] Art, various ways of wearing saris from different regions of India and a talk on Hinduism. £5 - booking essential, contact Gayatri Verma on 07967 198162 Tuesday 16 November, 7.30pm - 9pm Mondays - Saturdays, 6 - 29 December, 9.30am - 4.30pm Understanding the Qur’an Exhibitions in the Hostry An introduction to the Qur’an through its recitation and oral preservation. Threads of Time – Broderer’s Guild ecclesiastical textiles exhibition and demonstrations. Thursday 25 November, 7.30pm - 9pm A Medieval Treasure for Ashwellthorpe – A full sized facsimile of the Understanding the Qur’an beautiful Ashwellthorpe Triptych will be on display, before moving to Ashwellthorpe An introduction to the Qur’an through its written and scriptural preservation. in February 2011. Supported by The Art Fund. For further information, contact Mary Yule 01508 488135. Free admission Thursday 2 December, 7.30pm - 9pm An Introduction to Islamic Design Tuesday 18 January, 7pm The Despenser Retable Talk in the Weston Room with Professor Sandy Heslop (UEA). Qur’an, 1799 - 1800. On loan from £5 - booking essential, tel. Gudrun Warren 01603 218327 the Denys Spittle or email [email protected] Collection. Image: © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service Lunchtime Talks, Wednesdays 13 October - 24 November, 12 noon Objects in Context - Church of 13 Oct Liturgical Banners – Diana Beswick (Nave pulpit) 20 Oct The Spiral Columns – Canon Peter Doll 3 Nov Betrayal in the Garden – (Holy Innocents Chapel) 10 Nov Crucifixion – (St Andrew’s Chapel, North Transept) 17 Nov Nativity – Martin Schwartz (Jesus Chapel) 24 Nov Presentation in The Temple – John Opie (Bauchon Chapel) Free admission, but donations welcome Events at Events at Other Venues The Octagon Chapel Norwich Buddhist Centre Colegate, Norwich, NR3 1DX 14 Bank Street, Norwich, NR2 4SE Saturday 27 November, 2pm - 4pm Monday 11 October & Friday 12 November, 2.30pm Music is a Ladder for the Soul; Meditation and Talk Reflection and Singing - Bahá’í Faith Short talk on the Buddha image triptych (commissioned by a local Buddhist artist) Join a singer songwriter for an exploration with meditation. and reflection on the power of the divine Free, but donations welcome - booking essential, contact Vajragupta, word; then sing uplifting musical settings tel. 01603 627034 or email [email protected] from the writings of the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith – Bahá’u’lláh. Free - booking Quaker Meeting House essential, tel. Natasha on 01603 705031, Bear’s Paw Quilt, 2007. Upper Goat Lane, Norwich, NR2 1EW or email [email protected] On loan from the Norwich Quaker Community. Wednesdays 13 & 27 October, 10am - 3pm Wednesday 12 January, 1pm Image: © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service Patchwork Quilting Workshops Faith Expressed in Song - Unitarianism £5 - booking essential, contact Francis Warns, tel. 01603 627307 An opportunity to join in and sing, and an introduction to hymns from various or Peter Varney, email [email protected] nonconformist traditions. With William Warnes, Octagon organist and scholar at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel Free - booking essential. For further details contact Mrs Betty Rathbone, 19 Greenways, Eaton, Norwich, NR4 6PA tel. 01603 440264, email [email protected] Saturday 23 October, 10am & 12 noon Quilt Workshops Events at The United Reformed Church Rooms Hands-on ‘tie’ quilting day, both to teach novices and to work on quilts that can be Princes Street, Norwich, NR3 1AZ given to charity. Parking available. United Reformed Church events are free, but donations are welcome. Free – booking essential, please register before 15 October, Booking essential, please contact Norman Manners, tel. 01603 414307, contact John Cary, tel. 01953 717426, email [email protected] email [email protected] Thursday 4 November, 7pm - 9pm & Saturday 20 November 10am - 12noon St Helen’s Church, Ranworth Working in Relief NR13 6HS An opportunity to work with clay to produce images appropriate to any faith. Saturday 27 November, 9.30am - 5pm Workshop suitable for young people and adults. Symposium at St Helen’s Thursdays 11 & 18 November, 7pm - 9pm Symposium focusing on the fine Rood Screen and music of the Ranworth The Origins, History and Present Day of the United Reformed Church Antiphoner, including a sung performance of excerpts. Talks with discussion and questions. £15 - booking essential, contact Revd Nick Garrard, tel. 01603 270769, email [email protected] General Information Norwich Castle Opening Times* Monday to Saturday 10am - 4.30pm Sunday 1pm - 4.30pm * closes 5pm Sat 2 & Sun 3 October Admission Castle Ticket (includes Special Exhibitions) Adult £6.20, Conc. £5.30, Young Person (4 - 16) £4.40

Special Exhibitions Ticket Miniature: Katherine of Adult £3.30, Conc. £2.80, Aragon with Monkey, by Young Person (4 - 16) £2.40 Lucas Horenbout, c. 1525. On loan from The Trustees Pop in for a £1 one hour before closing. of the 9th Duke of Buccleuch’s Chattels Fund. Also 12noon - 1pm weekdays during school term. © The Trustees of the 9th Duke of Buccleuch’s Chattels Fund, Travel and Parking photograph by John McKenzie Sat Nav NR1 3JU. Park on higher levels K-N in Castle Mall shopping centre for the shortest route to the Castle. For information on Park and Ride visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/parkandride or tel. 0344 800 8003. Call traveline on 0871 200 2233 for public transport options. Contact General Enquiries 01603 493625/495897 24 Hour Information 01603 493648 Email [email protected] Web www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

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