Chichester Cathedral

I have a longstanding interest in ecclesiastical art and in 2015–2016 is was the inaugural Bishop Otter Scholar in the Diocese of Chichester. In this role, funded by the Bishop Otter Trust and supported by King’s College London, I was a sort of ‘scholar in residence’, researching and facilitating engagement with art in the Diocese, with a particular focus on Chichester Cathedral.

I ran a series of discussion groups about art in the Cathedral that I documented in several blog posts and reports, gave a public lecture about the Piper Tapestry to mark its 50th anniversary that led to a journal article on this work, and collaborated on an audio pilgrimage trail to and around the Cathedral.

Chichester Cathedral Art Pilgrimage Trail

I co-curated this trail for the app ‘Alight: Art and the Sacred’ with Ben Quash. It guides the pilgrim through Chichester to the Cathedral and offers twelve audio reflections on works of art in the Cathedral. I commissioned, recorded and edited nine of the audio reflections; contributed two reflections, and provided research assistance for the walking tracks. Developed with Calvium Ltd, in association with King’s College London. Funded by the Jerusalem Trust and the Diocese of Chichester.

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Comment

‘Controversial Moderns – The Piper Tapestry, Chichester Cathedral, 1966′, in Art and Christianity 91 (2017), pp. 16–17. ISSN: 1746-6229

‘Reflections on Art at Chichester Cathedral: Two takes on the Baptism of Christ’, for Transpositions (2016).

‘Reflections on Art at Chichester Cathedral: The Piper Tapestry’, for Transpositions (2016).

‘Reflections on Art at Chichester Cathedral: The Lazarus Reliefs’, for Transpositions (2016).

Exhibition review

‘John Piper: The Fabric of Modernism‘, for Transpositions (2016).

Reports

‘Art, Pilgrimage and the Year of the Bible‘, in Faith in Sussex 13 (2017), p. 26. ISSN: 2056-3310

‘Naomi Billingsley, first Bishop Otter Scholar for Theology and the Arts’, in Art and Christianity 87 (2016). p. 19. ISSN: 1746-6229

‘A Spiritual View: Reflecting on Religious Art’, in Faith in Sussex 11 (2016), p. 33. ISSN: 2056-3310

‘Art and Faith in Sussex’, in ArtServe [magazine] (Spring/Summer 2016), pp. 12–13.

‘Golden Anniversary for Bright Inspiration’, in Faith in Sussex 10 (2016), p. 31. ISSN: 2056-3310

‘Slow Art in the Cathedral’, Slow Art Day blog (February 2016).