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Sunday, 22 January 2012

Death is certain - nothing dies

Posted by Jonathan Evens at 12:50

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Jonathan Evens: United Kingdom; I am the Vicar of St John's Seven Kings, Secretary of commission4mission, Chair of Faiths in London's Economy (FiLE), and a consultant for Faith Regen Foundation (FRF). commission4mission aims to encourage the commissioning and placing of contemporary Christian Art in churches, as a means of fundraising for charities and as a mission opportunity for the churches involved.

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Membership information & contact

Membership of commission4mission is open to any Christian artist (of any discipline) or supporter of Christian Art. commission4mission promotes the purchase of artworks by churches through donations given in memory of loved ones, with these people being commemorated in plaques placed (wherever possible) on or near the artwork itself. All commissions undertaken by commission4mission involve a significant proportion of the overall cost being donated to charity.

For more information about joining commission4mission, commissioning work or hosting an exhibition, please contact Jonathan Evens (Secretary) on 020 8599 2170 or jonathan.evens@btinternet.com.

Art Trail

commission4mission has created an Art Trail for the Barking Episcopal Area within the Diocese of Chelmsford. Click here for further information and a leaflet about the Art Trail.

commission4mission artist members

Adam Boulter (Painter)
Alan Hitching (Poet & Potter)
Ally Clarke (Installation Artist)
Andrew Vessey (Painter & Poet)
Anne Creasey (Textile Artist)
Caroline Richardson (Glass & Textile Artist)
Chandrakumar Sukumaran (Animator & Painter)
Christopher Clack (Digital Artist)
Clorinda Goodman (Stone carver)
Colin Joseph Burns (Painter)
David Hawkins, Bishop of Barking & Commission For Mission's Patron (Painter)
Elizabeth Duncan Meyer (Painter & Sculptor)
Gillian Barritt (Ceramicist)
Harvey Bradley (Painter & Potter)
Henry Shelton (Painter)
Janet Roberts (Painter)
Jim Insole (Painter and Potter)
Jonathan Evens (Painter, Poet & Writer)
Joy Rousell Stone (Painter)
Ken James (Painter)
Mark Lewis (Painter & Silversmith)
Michael Creasey (Painter)
Nadiya Pavliv (Painter)
Peter Webb (Painter)
Richard Baxter (Potter)
Richard Paton (Stained Glass Artist)
Robert Enoch (Film-maker, Installation Artist & Photographer)
Rosalind Hore (Painter & Sculptor)
Sergiy Shkanov (Glass Artist, Mosaicist & Painter)
Valerie Dean (Painter)
Viki Isherwood-Metzler (Cartoonist & Mosaicist)

Commissions, exhibitions and events

'Run with the Fire' exhibition at the Strand Gallery (32 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6BP) for the Pentecost Festival from 22nd - 27th May 2012, 11.00am - 6.00pm. Launch Night - Monday 21st May, 6.00 - 8.00pm.
Ongoing c4m group show at All Saints West Ham. This exhibition can be viewed during All Saints' usual opening times (click here for details) or by phoning the Church Office on 0208 519 0764.
We are currently organising the collaborative Olympics-themed art project 'Run with the fire' together with CANA and Veritasse. Future commissions are underway at Christ Church Thamesview, Dagenham Park Church of England School and St Margaret Great Ilford.

Past commissions, exhibitions and events

December 2011 - Christmas exhibition at the Tokarska Gallery Walthamstow.

November 2011 - Completition of commission for four etched windows on the theme of the four Evangelists at All Saints Hutton (designs by Henry Shelton, etching by Richard Paton).

October 2011 - Dedication by the Bishop of Barking of mosaics by Viki Isherwood-Metzler and Sergiy Shkanov at St John's Seven Kings.

September 2011 - commission4mission exhibition at St Mary Magdalen Billericay for the A127 Art Trail.

September 2011 - Study day on the value of public art at St Paul's Harlow. Speakers: The Bishop of Barking and Benedict Read. Visits to the Gibberd Gallery and Town Centre sculpture trail. Supported by the Harlow Art Trust and Art and Christianity Enquiry.

September 2011 - Stations of the Cross by Henry Shelton exhibited at St Saviour's Walthamstow as part of the E17 Art Trail. Now on long-term loan to the church.

July 2011 - commission4mission exhibition at Holy Trinity and St Augustine of Hippo for the Barking Episcopal Area Art Festival (included presentations on the Art Trail for the Barking Episcopal Area and on a sculptural relief by Stephen Sykes).

July 2011 - commission4mission exhibition at the Crypt Gallery in St Martin-in-Fields.

April 2011 - Colours and Stations of the Cross. Stations of the Cross by Rosalind Hore and pottery by Harvey Bradley at All Saints Maldon.

March 2011 - Dedications of Henry Shelton and Richard Paton's memorial etched windows at All Saints Hutton by the Archdeacon of Southend.

February 2011 - Launch of the Art Trail for the Barking Episcopal Area by the Bishop of Chelmsford at St Paul's Goodmayes.

January 2011 - Dedication of Caroline Richardson's two fused glass windows at St Peter's Harold Wood by the Bishop of Chelmsford.

January 2011 - Dedication of Rosalind Hore's 'The Baptism of Jesus' at St Edmund's Tyseley by Revd. Jonathan Evens, Secretary of commission4mission.

October 2010 - 'Peacing Together One World' exhibition and performance evening at St Mary Magdalene Billericay.

July 2010 - Dedication of Henry Shelton's 'Stations of the Crown of Thorns' commission at St Paul's Goodmayes by the Bishop of Barking together with an artist's networking event (member's presentations).

March 2010 - Group show begins in ongoing exhibition space for c4m at All Saints West Ham.

March 2010 - 'Grace & Passion', an exhibition for Passiontide at St Laurence Upminster. This exhibition included a new set of 'Stations of the Cross' by Rosalind Hore and a varied selection of works by other commission4mission members. A networking event ('Stations of the Cross') was also held during this exhibition.

November 2009 - Showcase exhibition & Study Day ('Perspective on commissioning Christian Art'), Chelmsford Cathedral.

September 2009 - 'A Spiritual Home', exhibition of 'Stations of the Cross' by Henry Shelton at St Barnabas Walthamstow as part of the E17 Art Trail.

September 2009 - 'Do this in remembrance ...' & 'Crucifixion' by Henry Shelton, 'Tree of Life' by Caroline Richardson - commissions dedicated in the St Luke's Chapel, Queens Hospital Romford.

July 2009 - Exhibition & Artist's Networking evening ('Spirituality - the heartbeat of Art?') at St Andrew's Leytonstone as part of the Leytonstone Art Trail.

June 2009 - Exhibition at All Saints West Ham as part of the West Ham Festival.

May 2009 - Exhibition at Methodist Central Hall Westminster as part of the Pentecost Festival.

March 2009 - Launch event at St Albans Romford.