VIA VITAE: Quarr Abbey - An Artistic Response
This unique and site-specific exhibition sensitively explores the history and meaning of well-known Benedictine Island landmark Quarr Abbey, bringing new artistic insight into a special and increasingly rare way of life – the Via Vitae of Quarr Abbey.
The Via Vitae project was originally scheduled for installation at Quarr in October 2020 but had to be postponed due to the pandemic. In the years that followed, a number of new artists joined TRAC. Each one chose to embrace this unique opportunity and helped to shape a project that became four years in the making.
TRAC members have respectfully immersed themselves in the world of Quarr with rare opportunities to ‘go behind the scenes’ allowing them to gain a deeper understanding of the Abbey, the Benedictine way of life and the history of the site.
12 – 24 September 2024
At:
Quarr Abbey, Ryde, PO33 4ES (daily 10am-4pm)
Quay Arts Clayden Gallery, Newport, PO30 5BD (daily 9am-5pm)
Re:Box, Lind Street, Ryde, PO33 2LD (24hrs)
