Tue 25 Mar: Images of Jesus in Art and Poetry - 'The Flowering Tree'
This is the third of five talks for Lent arranged by Churches Together in Charlbury on the theme 'Images of Jesus in Art and Poetry'. They will be held on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm in St Mary's Parish Church.
The speaker is Roger Wagner, artist and poet, living and working in Oxfordshire. He read English at Oxford University before studying at the Royal Academy School of Art. His one man shows include retrospectives at the Ashmolean Museum in 1994 and 2010. His major work 'Menorah' was acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in 2010 and hangs in St Giles Church Oxford. His first stained glass window was installed in St Mary's Iffley in 2012. He has produced several books of illustrated poems and translations. He is an Honorary Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford. His most recent exhibition 'Everywhere is Heaven: Stanley Spencer/Roger Wagner' was at the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham in 2023-4. A permanent collection of his work in the Faith Museum at Auckland Castle opened in 2023.
There is no charge for admission but donations will be gratefully received towards expenses. Please arrive in good time for a prompt start to the talk at 7.30pm. There will be opportunity for questions and the meeting will finish by 9pm.