Blog posts of '2025' 'July'

After the success of 2023 and 2024, we are delighted to have this wonderful exhibition again!! Step in and appreciate the new works of art displayed around the cafe and corridors at Friends House!!

Don't miss the third edition of this exhibition, which brings together pieces of art by artists from different origins and displays them without labels.

The “Made Visible Exhibition” highlights the Quaker values of inclusion and the belief that everyone has an Inner Light, showing that creativity has no limits and that art can break down the barriers that often separate us.

The main objective of this event is to reveal hidden talents, where artists, regardless of their background, share their creations without the need to expose their identity.

We sincerely thank everyone who helped make this exhibition happen. Your presence and support show the essence of community, simplicity, and shared love of the arts. It is through this collective spirit that we continue to create a space where every voice is heard and every talent is recognized.

We thank you in advance for being an essential part of this artistic journey.

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Our next book launch event will be The Identity Parade By Simon by Simon Miles compiled and edited by John Miles

The Identity Parade is a hand-made visual-arts novel, the story of Simon Paternoster and Zoë Trouvères. 

It is a fictional examination of madness and depression and how it is possible for those states to be transcended in a creative way. It is also a love story.

As well as text, it uses collage, concrete-poetry and cut and paste techniques. It is a novel to be displayed: to be looked at, as well as read.

The action primarily takes place within the fictional City of Ov, the home of Simon Paternoster and Zoë Trouvères.

The novel traces Simon Paternoster’s progress from sanity into psychosis. It documents his visionary experiences and his descent into the ‘underworld’ which might be called suicidal depression.

Simon Paternoster ls resurrected; he pierces the heart of his own terminal despair. Within the first few days of this rebirth he begins to compose The Identity Parade which tells his story. 

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