Belfast is universally known for its religious conflict, and resulting peace process. Join artist Bronagh Lawson on a Glider bus tour from the West to the East of the city, visiting a number of venues for a peek behind some of the city’s church doors, opened especially on the day. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.
Parking is available at the starting point beside The Church of Saint John the Evangelist, 444 Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6EN. Tour members will be required to purchase a Glider day pass for the duration of the tour. The tour will end near Dundonald Park and Ride.
Neither a history nor interior tour, Bronagh will invite you to discuss the contemporary reality of the churches and, in some cases, church officials will be available to answer questions about these stunning buildings and their rich history.
Bronagh Lawson is a socially and spiritually-engaged artist based in Belfast who has written a blog about the vibrant local contemporary visual arts scene for the last ten years and four years as art columnist for Belfast Media Group’s Andersonstown News. Previously starting as a participant then manager she ran cross-community cross border development programmes for 13 years on interfaces in Belfast within the enterprise network moving people into full or part time work education or self employment before returning to her art practice. She believes art is the missing ingredient required for the transformation of our traumatised society and is committed to working with all communities.
Originally from Portaferry and Strangford, she is a Fulbright scholar and graduate of Winchester School of Art and Parsons school of Design New York and her work is in numerous collections including UTV, Irish Architectural archive, Office of Public works, Ulster Museum, South Eastern Health Trust and City East and has won numerous awards including for her work with arts and dementia, financial management for women from the FSA and the Regional Talk talk digital heroes award for setting up and running voluntarily an online hub for artists, galleries and audiences.
Bronagh is a co-founder of the Hydrangea project in Belfast – a Chicago collaboration which uses contemporary art underpinned with art therapy to act as a healing mechanism. She has 20 + years board experience as chair of Bbeyond, Psquared, Belfast Print Workshop and the Women’s Tec and currently on the N.I. Mental Health Arts Festival board. Her book Belfast City of Light: Looking and Listening to Belfast Come with Me is based on her experience as a non-church goer attending every church in Belfast for a service over a ten year period and is available online.
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