St Clement's Church and City of Culture
A Place of Culture
St Clements has always been a place of culture, with its amazing Salviati mosaic, William Morris & Co decorations and furnishings, Binns of Bradford organ and beautiful singing acoustics. It sounds amazing whether it’s a robed church choir, a classical concert or electro synth pop being played.
City of Culture: Art, Heritage & Story telling
During City of Culture we have been partnering with Anchor Project on a community art project with Cecil Green Arts. The launch of this installation will happen 5–7pm on 14th October.
The Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS) who created the Tile Trail through Bradford for City of Culture, put us on their map because of our Salviati mosaic. The most famous mosaicist of his time, with mosaics in the greatest cathedrals and churches of Europe, and whose workshop in Venice still produces tiles and glass, his Lamb of God is an awesome artwork, hidden in the heart of BD3.
Last year we were glad to partner with Bradford Museums in a project telling the church's story in its community and that of some of the very diverse people who have come into it. We have the timeline artwork produced as part of the project on display in the church.
The Culture Capital Grant
We have been grateful to Bradford Council for grants to improve our disabled access and to help maintain our II* listed building. This year we are benefitting from the Culture Capital grant we have received to improve our sound and vision, signage and tea-making capacity (new hot water boiler) as part of helping us become more of a host to arts and culture.
A Home for Community & Worship
We have provided rehearsal space for theatre companies and look forward to using our building more fully for these collaborations.We continue to be the home for the Anchor Project’s great community work with elders, asylum seekers and offering language classes—and for years, the BD3 Garden Festival.And of course, we remain committed to the ongoing worship, work and witness of the church. We are the only public building still standing and fulfilling its original purpose in Barkerend since its opening in 1894.
