Illuminate

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Illuminate is our creative arts festival of celebratory events as we light up our precious and magnificent cemetery to mark the end of our six year National Lottery Heritage Fund project.

We are removing events when they are finished to make this long list easier to read.
All are FREE

Friday 30 May to Sunday 8 June: Illuminate - A New Beginning, ten days full of events and activities, including:
Museum of the Moon
Viewing times:
12noon-last entry 10pm Friday 6 June
10am-last entry 10pm Saturday 7 June
10am-last entry 10pm Sunday 8 June
All 3 nights, live but quiet music and storytelling under The Moon at 8.45pm

Installations and exhibitions featured in Illuminate
Illuminate features both outdoor installations and indoor group exhibitions. Click on the link HERE for more information on the artists and their work.
The installations outside can be viewed whenever the cemetery is open, the group exhibitions have varied opening times, follow the links on their dedicated pages or see the notices displayed in the cemetery.

Individual events
Sunday 8 June, 11am-3pm, Illuminate Final Open Day
Sunday 8 June, 11am-12.30, Workshop: Screen printing with natural dyes, pre-book
Sunday 8 June, 1.30pm-3pm Walk: Exploring the Underland with Sara Trillo, pre-book
Sunday 8 June, 3pm-5pm, Simple basketry and cordage workshop with John Page, pre-book

The Moon is our theme
From the beginning of human history, the moon has acted as a ‘cultural mirror’ to our beliefs, understanding and ways of seeing. Over the centuries, this celestial body has been interpreted as a god and a planet, as well as a timekeeper and calendar. 
Different cultures have their own historical, cultural and religious relationships to the moon. With its ever-changing phases, is it a powerful symbol, representing different aspects of life, death, and rebirth and in many mythologies, the moon’s influence extends into the realm of the underworld, a concept that embodies the mysteries surrounding death and the afterlife.

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