Day 3 of the One Beautiful World Arts Festival

One Beautiful World: An exhibition by Pamela Jones
14 – 21 May 2023, St Mary’s Church, Runwell Road, Runwell SS11 7HS

View a selection of paintings by local artist Pamela Jones in St Mary’s at the following times: 14 May, 9.00 – 11.00 am, 3.00 – 5.00 pm; 20 May, 9.30 am – 4.00 pm; 21 May, 9.00 – 11.00 am. Saturday 20 May: 9.30 am – 4.00 pm, Wickford and Runwell Art Trail – exhibitions at Salvation Army, St Andrew’s, St Catherine’s and St Mary’s churches, plus art talks at St Andrew’s (10.00 am), Salvation Army (11.00 am), St Catherine’s (11.30 am), and St Mary’s (2.00 pm).

Awake, my soul! Sunday 14 May, 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm, St Mary’s Runwell (Runwell Road, Runwell, Essex SS11 7HS)

A unique event combining performances of new sacred music with discussion. Performed by acclaimed violinist Emma-Marie Kabanova, this interactive event features new psalm-inspired works written by an international collection of Jewish and Christian composers. Curated and produced by Deus Ex Musica. No ticket required. A retiring collection will be taken.

One Beautiful World: An exhibition of space art by Jackie E. Burns
26 April – 23 July 2023
St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN

Jackie E. Burns is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and seeks to foster the inquisitive joy of art and astronomy while inspiring people to the awe and beauty of space and astronomy.

New Town, New Collection: Tales from George Morl’s private art collection
12 – 14 May 2023, St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN

This exhibition brings together works acquired by artist and curator George Morl. Through founding a collection which reflects on the communal legacies of New Towns, Plotlands, and the possibility of human connections across the virtual world, it visions a future art collection centring support. New Town, New Collection features works by contemporary artists such as Grayson Perry, Elsa James, Madge Gill, Rosie Hastings & Hannah Quinlan, Uma Breakdown, as well as by Morl.

'The Art of the Diorama' by Tim Harrold
Friday 12 – Friday 26 May, 9.00 am - 4.00 pm
St Catherine’s Church, 120 Southend Road, Wickford SS11 8EB

Tim is exhibiting a selection of dioramas constructed over the past decade, some of which have never been seen publicly before, and some entirely new ones. He see these miniature ‘worlds in boxes’ as visual parables, lost objects with forgotten stories found and reimagined into new tales of meaning and significance. Tim Harrold is an artist who works with bric à brac, flotsam and jetsam, the discarded or misplaced along the journey of life. He finds lost objects and gives them new meaning through his three-dimensional assemblage style which brings together found and sourced elements into visual parables.

Alongside this exhibition is a Coronation display created by the Mothers Union for Wickford and Runwell called The Way to the Coronation.