The heavenly city roadshow has landed in America! For the next month, I am touring the States and arrived in Nashville this weekend. After much planning, and with considerable help, we have an epic trip planned to reveal glimpses of a heavenly city from work made during a New Jerusalem pilgrimage.
I have been collaborating with curators to create artistic journeys around their sites that act as microcosms of the journey we undertook through medieval cities and churches that embody a larger, more ancient story.
The photographs, first exhibited in 2023 and published in my small-run book Now We See: Glimpses of New Jerusalem, reveal glimpses of a heavenly city scattered through time and space.
Human vision is limited: we see through a glass darkly, yet still we can see light and beauty. Amid wars and religious corruption, architects and artists of the so-called dark ages produced visions from older texts that continue to inspire us today and point towards a better country, a new city that transcends earthly politics.
Your Invitation
If you are nearby, I would love to meet you. Please do get in touch or contact the venues for more details.
I will also be making Gingers portraits on the way. As always, if you are keen to be photographed, please apply through the website.
And if you are interested in hosting a Heading Home exhibition in the future, please do get in touch. This is just the beginning.
Heading Home: Glimpses of New Jerusalem
1-3 September Sing conference! Nashville, TN
2 September Artist’s talk, Sing conference!
8 September Covenant College*, Chattanooga, TN
10 September Samford University*, Birmingham, AL
11 September Artist’s talk, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
14 September Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, KS
15 September John Brown University*, Siloam Springs, AR
23 September Biola University*, Los Angeles, CA
25 September The Lido Theatre, Newport Beach, CA
*locations where the exhibition continues beyond this date.
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