Art history

Photo: Courtesy of Judy Oatway
Photo: Courtesy of Judy Oatway
By Diana Swift
Published November 1, 2012

Thirteen panels, above, tell the history-in gospel narrative-of Sikri, a remote community in western Kenya. The panels, modelled on a 15th-century Spanish altarpiece, took local women seven months to complete and form an altarpiece in Sikri’s Anglican Church of the Resurrection. Until mid-October, the altarpiece was on display in Stellenbosch, South Africa, as part of an exhibition of African art.

– with files from Judy Oatway

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  • Diana Swift

    Diana Swift is an award-winning writer and editor with 30 years’ experience in newspaper and magazine editing and production. In January 2011, she joined the Anglican Journal as a contributing editor.

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