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Sacred on Location
Monday 11 May 09 - Sunday 07 Jun 09
Various Times
FREE
City Library and Arts Centre
Fawcett Street
Sunderland SR1 1RE
Web: www.sunderland.gov.uk/libraries
Sacred on Location is a unique and engaging touring programme celebrating the diversity of religious traditions within Britain today and explores the many links between Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the three religions that have shaped so much of European history and civilisation.
The exhibition comprises a number of display panels and interactive displays including an IMAC screen enabling you to virtually leaf through manuscripts and allowing you to explore information about customs and rituals from the three faiths. Sunderland is one of only nine locations chosen in England to host the touring exhibition on loan from the British Museum in London, whose Sacred exhibition in 2007 attracted over 200,000 visitors.
Sunderland City Council in partnership with faith groups from across the region have organised a series of workshops to accompany the exhibition with the aim of bringing communities together to contemplate faith and what it means to different people. Talks and sessions have been programmed and replicas of the Codex Amiatinus and Lindisfarne Gospels will be on display alongside artefacts on loan from religious establishments across the region.
Sacred on Location will be on display during normal opening hours on the ground floor of the City Library and Arts Centre on Fawcett Street in Sunderland. All activities are free of charge.
A launch event will be held on 11th May with a Celebration of Faith at Sunderland Minster. Following the ceremony faith leaders and civic dignitaries will make their way to the City Library and Arts Centre where the Mayor will officially open the exhibition to the public. (Further information to follow)
Sacred on Location has been on display in Sheffield, Bristol, Derby, Manchester, Leicester, Bradford, Leeds & Liverpool prior to Sunderland.
Programme of events
Week 1
Monday 11th May
2.30pm Celebration of Faith at Sunderland Minster
3.30pm Official launch of Sacred on Location at the City Library and Arts Centre by the Mayor of Sunderland Councillor Mary Smith
Tuesday 12th May
2pm ? 4pm Calligraphy session with Susan Moore.
Thursday 14th May
2pm ? 3pm Learn yoga/meditation techniques with Trish James.
Friday 15th May
2pm ? 4pm A reading from ?Sisters of Sinai? by Janet Soskice.
Saturday 16th May
11am ? 12noon Storytelling with Tony Wilson.
Week 2
Monday 18th May
2pm ? 3pm
A talk by Sister Francis from the Sisters of Mercy.
Tuesday 19th May
2pm ? 4pm Calligraphy session with Susan Moore.
Wednesday 20th May
2pm ? 3pm
A talk on St Bede and the heritage of Wearmouth Jarrow.
Thursday 21st May
2pm ? 3pm Faith talks.
Friday 22nd May
2pm ? 4pm
Handling session of replica copies of the Codex Amiatinus
and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Week 3
Tuesday 26th May
2pm ? 4pm Calligraphy session by Susan Moore.
Wednesday 27th May
2pm ? 4pm Hindi meditation session.
Thursday 28th May
2pm ? 3pm Dvali talk and workshop by Sangini.
Friday 29th May
2pm ? 4pm
Handling session of the replica copies of the Codex Amiatinus and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Week 4
Tuesday 2nd June
1pm ? 4.30pm Bus tour of faiths
2pm ? 4pm Calligraphy session by Susan Moore
Wednesday 3rd June
2pm ? 3pm Talk on meditation by Willard Lee from Throssel Hole Buddhist Monastery
Thursday 4th June
2pm ? 3pm Dvali talk and workshop by Sangini
For further information or to book a place on any of the free sessions please contact the City Library and Arts Centre on 0191 561 8407.
For further information on the Sacred exhibition at the British Library log onto www.bl.uk/sacred. You can also visit www.rcdhn.org.uk
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Event information may be subject to change or cancellation, please check before travelling. Sunderland City Council makes every effort to maintain the accuracy of the information on this website but cannot accept responsibility for any error or alteration to details which may occur.
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