[2] Art and Sacred Places was founded under the auspices of the Rt Revd John Gladwin at that time the Anglican Bishop of Guildford.
For the 2003/4 series Turner Prize 2007 nominee Nathan Coley exhibited 'Black Tent' in Portsmouth Cathedral; Lithuanian Venice Biennale 2001 artist Deimantas Narkevicius exhibited 'The Role of a Lifetime' in St Peter's Church, Brighton and Rose Finn-Kelcey created 'Angel' for St Paul's Church in Bow Common in the East End of London.
Sarah Wedderburn, writing in the Church Times[4] reported the incumbent of St Paul's saying 'the work succeeds because it captures so many different aspects of the culture of this community.'
'The Role of a Lifetime' provoked international publicity in magazines such as 'Flash Art Italia' and 'Untitled' and a copy of the film was subsequently purchased by Tate Galleries.
Rose Finn-Kelcey's 'Angel' was a 2008 recipient of the ACE Award for 'Art in a Religious Context'[5] It also featured as a best practice project in the Arts Council England Central London Partnership publication 'Open space'.
The project, which was designed to explore the range of ways in which a location may be regarded as sacred included communities and sites associated with Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral, Wessex Jamaat Mosque, Basingstoke Hindu Society, Newport Quaker Meeting, roadside shrines with RoadPeace and South Wonston's ancient long barrow.
A copy of Census, the book produced by Glenn Boulter and Chris Maxted for the ancient long barrow, was purchased by Tate Galleries for their library.
A catalogue was produced with articles by members of the communities and Dr Jacques Rangasamy MBE, a conversation between the artist and curator and poetry.