The House of St Barnabas

Live Music and Poetry – VIEW EXCERPTPreview performance by the Catrin Finch Ensemble, of music and poetry by composer Shane Cullinan and The House of St Barnabas poet John Smallshaw, with narration by Ilan Evans. Commissioned by Winter Pride.

UKPRIDE ARTS FESTIVAL @IWPRIDE @WINTERPRIDEUK @QUAYARTS

The Isle of Wight Pride, UKPRIDE Arts Festival launched in style on Friday 15 June with a Private View at Quay Arts in Newport. Guests at the event were treated to a dazzling performance by ‘This, May, Them’, a non-binary musician who will be returning to perform at Pride on the 21 July. This was […]

SIMON TARRANT WISHES BON VOYAGE TO ART AWARDS @YOUREMERALDLIFE @WINTERPRIDEUK @IWPRIDE @QUAYARTS

Photo Elzbieta Piekacz First and foremost a big thank you to The House of St Barnabas for hosting the Emerald Winter Pride Art Awards this past six months, and for generously lending the space for life drawing, conversations and concerts. It has been a thought provoking and rewarding artistic journey made possible by our sponsor Emerald […]

INTERVIEW WITH KI YOONG ART MANAGER @HOSTBARNABAS @YOUREMERALDLIFE @WINTERPRIDEUK

KEZIA DAVIES TALKS TO KI YOONG ART MANAGER AT THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS As the Art Manager at The House of St Barnabas, why do you think it is important to be involved with The Winter Pride Art Awards? Here at The House of St Barnabas we believe so much in working together. Collaboration […]

@WINTERPRIDEUK PRESENTS THE CATRIN FINCH ENSEMBLE AND SHANE CULLINAN @HOSTBARNABAS @CATRINFINCH @MUSOFUNK @ILANEVANS

Kezia Davies talks to composer Shane Cullinan about his new piece of music commissioned by Winter Pride for the Catrin Finch Ensemble Concert on 5 June at The House of St Barnabas How did you start working with poet John Smallshaw and harpist Catrin Finch, and how did you all get involved with the Winter Pride […]

@YOUREMERALDLIFE @HOSTBARNABAS @WINTERPRIDEUK ART AWARDS FINALIST VANJA KARAS

KEZIA DAVIES TALKS TO ART AWARDS FINALIST VANJA KARAS The Man Who Fell to Earth Tell us a bit about yourself and your practice. My artistic practice in the broadest terms explores the nature of transience and impermanence as the core of our existence but also the cyclic conception of time and its broad recurrent […]

@YOUREMERALDLIFE @HOSTBARNABAS @WINTERPRIDEUK ART AWARDS FINALIST ROMILY ALICE WALDEN

KEZIA DAVIES TALKS TO ART AWARDS FINALIST ROMILY ALICE WALDEN Tell us a bit about yourself and your practice I’m a sculpture and installation artist based between England and Berlin. My work is concept led and primarily looks at contemporary embodiment and Post-Internet culture, asking questions about gendered heirarchies, sexual agency and the construction of the […]

@WINTERPRIDEUK PRESENTS BRITTEN AND THE CELLO @HOSTBARNABAS

Kezia Davies talks to cellist Amy Jolly and composer Hollie Harding about their Benjamin Britten Variations Concert on 15 May at The House of St Barnabas 15 May 2018 (7 – 8pm) Concert: Benjamin Britten Variations The House of St Barnabas Chapel Cellist Amy Jolly performs Benjamin Britten’s Cello Suite No.3 and two new ‘Variations’ […]

@YOUREMERALDLIFE @HOSTBARNABAS @WINTERPRIDEUK @ANNAMCNAY @VERONIQUEMARIA1 LOVE AND THE ARTS

Kezia Davies talks to art critic Anna McNay and artist Veronique Maria about their forthcoming Conversation: ‘Love and the Arts’ Wondrous life….. Magnolia on Magnolia by Veronique Maria 31 May (6.30 – 7.30pm) Conversation: ‘Love and the Arts’ Bazalgette Room – The House of St Barnabas Art critic Anna McNay, in conversation with artist Veronique Maria, regarding an […]

@YOUREMERALDLIFE @HOSTBARNABAS @WINTERPRIDEUK ART AWARDS FINALIST THION

KEZIA DAVIES TALKS TO ART AWARDS FINALIST THION Tell us a bit about yourself and your practice My name is Franco La Russa (aka Thion) and I am an Italian artist and curator living in London. Initially inspired by Keith Haring and the American Pop artists with whom I shared the same interest in popular […]