Reflecting on your Relationship with Christ through the Medium of Linoprint - Newcastle Cathedral

In this workshop, you will learn the basic skills of linoprinting while considering how this art form can help you reflect on your relationship with Christ and engage with His experiences.

Considering works from the two recent linoprint exhibitions at the Cathedral: 'Jagged Edges' (currently on display) and 'Seeking the Disabled Christ', you will be invited to explore how you might express something of your own encounter with Christ in images. You will hear about how the processes involved in the practice of linoprint help the artists to express their faith, and you will create your own print. No previous experience required!

The necessary tools and materials will be provided. However, please be mindful of your clothes this can be a messy process please bring an apron if you wish and keep in mind that your sleeves may get inky if not protected or rolled up. Both Sarah Troughton and Rachel Holdforth will be on hand to provide guidance throughout the session.

About the facilitators:

Sarahis a mother, wife, psychiatrist and educator (Associate Dean) working in the North East of England. She has a particular interest in the impact of trauma and moral injury through her work in both veterans mental health and addictions psychiatry. She has been involved in several projects in the Diocese of Newcastle, including If I Told You What Would You Do? and Jagged Edges, in which she has been able to use her own experiences of abuse in (and outside of) the Church to improve understanding of the impact of church-related abuse on the victims, the wider church community and beyond, with the aim of supporting better responses. She is also a member of the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Panel and has been a member of the steering group for Safe Spaces, an independent organisation supporting those abused within the church.

Rachel(she/her) is a disabled, neurodivergent and queer freelance disability theologian and advocate, printmaker, creative and spiritual director based in Newcastle upon Tyne. After completing a PhD in science, she worked in disability support in higher education before training and serving as a spiritual director and lay chaplain. She has significant experience in spirituality, disability theology and chaplaincy over the past decade in a variety of contexts, including social care, workplaces and theological education. Her website is wobblygoose.com. She is present on Instagram as @wobbly.goose. And on Bluesky as @wobblygoose.blueskysocial.

This session will take place in the Cathedrals Education Room, which is accessible via a lift.
If you have any questions or find that you can no longer attend, please email Dr Maggi Creese, Lead Officer, Chaplaincy to Survivors m.creese@newcastle.anglican.org

Image: Sarah Troughton making a linocut print. Photo by rla Troughton.

Click here to learn more about the 'Jagged Edges' exhibition. [https://newcastlecathedral.org.uk/event/jagged-edges-printmaking-poetry-exhibition/]