St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine - September 2018

community
REDCLIFFE
LUNCH CLUB —
RACHEL VARLEY
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
WORKER
HAVE YOU ever visited Faithspace
on a Wednesday lunchtime? If
not I would thoroughly recommend
it! Open the door and enter into a
bubbling atmosphere as people
living in Redcliffe and nearby gather
together to share a hot meal and
some good company. Some are
friends who have attended for a
while; others acquaintances and
still getting to know one another;
many are older and face barriers to
getting out and about as they used
to do. All are welcome, and appreciate
the opportunity to socialise
outside of their home.
What’s more, each week the guests
are treated to a different form of
entertainment, often from a visiting
speaker or performer.
How and why does this happen?
Redcliffe Lunch Club has been
running for many years now, with
volunteers from St Mary Redcliffe
Church working together to make
it possible. Their desire is to create a
space where those who have become
more isolated, due to ill health or
frailty, feel able to come and enjoy
a hot meal, connect with others and
enjoy a social occasion together.
Why am I telling you this?
We would love for more people
to be involved! We are looking for
anyone who may be able to help
with some light admin duties or be
available on Wednesdays between
11am–2pm to help lift tables, collect
and serve food, welcome guests and
chat with those attending — whether
you can attend every week, or less
regularly, we would love to hear
from you!
— Please get in touch and discuss how
you might become involved.
Rachel Varley
tel: 0117-231 0071
email: rachel.varley@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
Redcliffe cultures...
AT BRISTOL CITY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY — FURTHER REFLECTIONS
ELEANOR VOUSDEN
1: The Adoration of the Cage Fighters
IN JUNE, as reported in the summer magazine, some of us from church
went to see Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences at Bristol City
Museum and Art Gallery — an exhibition of Grayson Perry’s six large
tapestries made in response to William Hogarth’s Rake’s Progress. We had
wanted to explore this Turner Prize winner’s take on the work of Hogarth
given that the latter’s altarpiece is of interest to us at present, and were given
a tour by the Museum’s Curator of Modern Art. To recap, Hogarth’s Rake’s
Progress is a series of eight images conceived and created as paintings that
the artist subsequently issued as sets of engravings for sale by subscription
to the public. The series depicts the demise of a rich and feckless youth in a
riches-to-rags tale that is one of the best-known of the artist’s many depictions
of “modern moral subjects” (as he called them). The tapestries depict
the opposite trajectory: an upwardly mobile ‘local lad’ and his demise at the
height of his fame. The exhibition also featured works from other periods
resonant with Hogarth’s satirical tale: notably David Hockney’s etchings of the
same title; ceramics from the Museum’s collection; Channel 4’s documentary
All in the Best Possible Taste; an audio guide featuring responses to the show from
specialists in a variety of fields. We had an interesting time, especially given
the wealth of media and historical periods exhibited side-by-side.