Ally Barrett

Publicity image for Tchaicovsky's Nutcracker by Alexander Ffinch

La Vierge et L'Enfant by Rev'd Ally Barrett

Christmas creativity! The Overture & Dances from The Nutcracker by Alexander Ffinch (former Director of Music 2001–03): open.spotify.com/alb.... Paintings based on Messiaen's La Nativite du Seigneur by @reverendally.bsky.social (former Fellow & Chaplain 2019–24): instagram.com/revere...

Acts of faith and love repeat Ally Barrett describes a project expressing theology through art and music

"The more we dwelt with this extraordinary work — composed by a man from his own profound faith — the more it drew us into an experience that was increasingly prayerful and spiritual: it was impossible for it not to become devotional" - @reverendally.bsky.social #music #art

Acts of faith and love repeat Ally Barrett describes a project expressing theology through art and music

#Faith @reverendally.bsky.social describes a project expressing theology through #art and #music

Also in the paper:

• #Christmasbooks - dozens of reviews, gift ideas, & Richard Holloway interviewed 📚
• #WorldAIDSDay - C of E needs a clear national policy on HIV, says @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social
• #Faith - @reverendally.bsky.social on the expression of #theology through #art and #music 🎨🎵

Ooh, great idea - I hadn't thought of that.

Thank you! 🧡

Great St Mary's and Cambridge market, as seen from M&S cafe. Slightly stormy sky. Colourful awnings on the market stalls. King's Chapel & Old Schools in the background.

New painting: Great St Mary's and Cambridge market, as seen from M&S cafe.

Meeeee! Find me on bsky or insta or threads (same handle as here)

A few. There's a tab on the website for them, too, but they're not very good...

Lol yes this is me! Some of my hymns are with Jubilate and the rest are on the hymns tab of reverendally.org

New painting: Clare College Cambridge, with entertaining sky, from the Fellows garden. With thanks to @camdiary for many beautiful reference photos.

Women of the Nativity An Advent and Christmas Journey in Nine Stories by Paula Gooder - Paperback / softback - 9781781404607 Buy Women of the Nativity An Advent and Christmas Journey in Nine Stories by Paula Gooder Paperback / softback from Church House Publishing - ISBN: 9781781404607

If you're using Women of the Nativity during advent you can access the pictures (for a limited period, non-commercial use) from this page:
www.chpublishing.co.uk/books/978178...
Also, we're on the second print run so books should be back in stock!

With @reverendally.bsky.social at the #festivalofpreaching kneading bread. "Creativity can stop metaphors calcifying and help to give them life again."

Sure, why not :-) thank you!

Brown is cool 😎

close up of hands kneading bread dough on a floury wooden board.

New painting (acrylic on hardboard)
ID: close up of hands kneading bread dough on a floury wooden board.

There is something really special about holding in your hand for the first time a book to which you've contributed.
This one even smells great.

It's Clare College, in Cambridge - Clare in Suffolk is also beautiful!

A painting of an old stone bridge with leaves from an overhanging tree in the foreground and evening sun shining through.

New painting: Clare Bridge

The 'jumble' is exactly why I love these views! Best views in Cambridge are the unintentional collages of rooftops. 🙂

A view of rooftops, some old, some more modern, all jumbled together, seen from above at about a 45 degree angle. The front of the nearest buildings can be seen; one of them is a cafe with outdoor seating on the wide pavement.

Another painting I forgot to post! This one is a view down King's Parade from the top of Great St Mary's Church, in Cambridge.

Close up of a potter throwing and shaping a pot on a wheel. Just the hands and forearms are included, with a bit of tge body in the background, wearing a loose overall.

I keep forgetting to post new paintings. Here's one, drawing on a reference photo by Marie Bedard Caton. Acrylic on canvas.

A man cradling a new born baby

And another new painting - a depiction of St Joseph and the Christ-child

Another new painting: this one's of Jesus College Oxford

Acrylic painting of St Catharine’s College Cambridge

New painting: the front view of St Catharine's College, Cambridge (finished last week while I was having covid)

That sounds really interesting

I am vegan, but will wear leather shoes as long as I've bought them from a charity shop, so as not to contribute economically to animal-commodifying industries. This probably makes me a bad vegan, but we all have to draw our lines somewhere.

It sounds like you and I might be thinking about some similar themes...

Please share: 4 year PhD scholarship working with National Trust (@HelenAntrobus and me! and Laura Schwartz!) on an interwar British women’s history & suffrage centenary 2028 project DEADLINE 10 Jan 2024, lots of public engagement opps. More details here www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

It's that time of year when I share the beautiful thing that a bunch of people* worked together to make out of some words I wrote for Remembrance Sunday in 2018 (with help from John Ireland's tune).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIQA...

*see video description for credits, where to find the lyrics etc