Mixing Bowl is an open community where we creatively explore spirituality and what Christian faith, art and community looks like outside of the traditional church context. We currently meet weekly at Shieldfield Art Works and always enjoy a meal together as part of our gathering. We creatively engage on the themes of the SAW artistic programme, delving deeper into the meaning and significance behind SAW projects, giving time for reflection and prayer.
We meet on Tuesday evenings, 6.30-8.30pm at SAW.
Winter Spring 2020 dates: 14, 21, 28 January, 4, 11, 18, 25 February, 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 March*.
*Note as part of our commitment to 'rhythm and rest' (see SAW Values for further info) we will have a break over Easter.
Mixing Bowl has its own section within the Shieldfield Art Works blog - see our blog posts below to get a flavour for some of our previous gatherings.
If you would like more information about Mixing Bowl please send an e-mail to enquiries@saw-newcastle.org or join our Facebook group. You can also sign up to the SAW mailing list and make sure to tick the box for Mixing Bowl as an interest to receive emails about our gatherings (two emails per month).
Hello and welcome. I am Benji, I’m the recent graduate of a BA in Illustration and even more recently the intern at Shieldfield Art Works. At three weeks in I would describe my role so far as a witness – learning all that’s going on in this community, watching, questioning and being amazed by it. […]
Last month at Mixing Bowl, Andii Bowsher put together a reflective evening inspired by the tradition of ‘Tenebrae’ services. Tenebrae means darkness or shadows, and services are sometimes called ‘A Service of Shadows’. Tenebrae can be seen as prayerful theatre, with ways to recognise the sadness and tragedies of the world within a framework of bittersweet […]
It was great to see some new faces at the meeting and a good challenge that we felt it would be better to do some discussion in two different groups which worked well. After some lovely food, Alison Merritt-Smith opened up a topic for us to discuss. It really centred around a quote saying “Artists […]
Image above: Andy Goldsworthy, Sycamore leaves edging the roots of a sycamore tree, Hampshire, 1 November 2013. January 31st saw the first Mixing Bowl of 2017 and the first with our decided format of gathering to eat together, experience and discuss a work of art, and pray together. Andii Bowsher showed us the work […]
