Art on display at cathedral
AN internationallyThe Rev Canon Karen and understanding as we acclaimed artwork which Rooms, Canon Missioner reach out to our fellow movingly tells the stories at Leicester Cathedral, human beings in plight. of refugees has gone on who is managing the pro“In doing so, it is a call display at Leicester ject, said: “Suspended to re-find the common Cathedral. vividly expresses both a thread that binds the
Suspended, by Arabelsense of being at sea and mosaic of life together in la Dorman, uses hunexuberance of the human celebration of our shared dreds of items of clothing spirit through clothing humanity.” discarded by refugees we might easily recogAlongside the instalwho arrived on the island nise as our own. lation there will be a of Lesbos, in Greece. “In recent years the programme of talks,
Clothes and shoes are Church has played a sigevents, music, poetry, hung in what she nificant role in working film, lectures, family describes as a “stilled alongside people seeking activities and perforexplosion” suspended sanctuary in our commumance art. from a frame in the nave. nities from persecution People can also find
The installation forms and violence in other out how they can help the centrepiece of a sumparts of the world and volunteer with Leicester mer of events at Leicester this installation portrays charities which help refCathedral, at which peosomething of the stories ugees and asylum seekers.pleareinvitedtoreflectwehear. on the individual lives “In a city with a strong e Montfort University behind each piece of heritage of welcome, I is running free Saturday clothing. hope Suspended moves art clubs in July between
Refugee families were us all to celebrate the 10.30am and 12.30pm, in at the launch event on richness human flow collaboration with artist Wednesday, led by the brings and do more to Alison CarpenterVery Rev David Monteith. help people move forHughes. Work created
It included Leicester ward.” will be displayed in the Cathedral’s first hip hop Artist Arabella said: cathedral on August 25 gig, courtesy of rapper “Suspended seeks to Postgraduate students Mohammed Yahya, a refbrings these lives to our will be running a research ugee from Mozambique attention and remind us project to analyse visiwho now lives in Lonof the urgent need for tors’ responses to the artdon. compassion, empathy work.