Art department of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
The art department of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover was founded in 1980 and is responsible for all questions about art in the regional church. It looks after the art collection of the regional church. The art department is integrated into the Hanover regional church office.
tasks
The art department is responsible for the inventory and classification of the art in the churches, supervises and advises on the restoration of art objects, advises the congregations on the acquisition, care and restoration of sacrament implements as well as on questions of security and loans to museums and exhibitions.
The art department publishes handouts, flyers, articles, writings, catalogs and books on the subject of art.
From November 12, 2009 to February 21, 2010, the unique regional church collection of chalices, godparents, host boxes and communion jugs was exhibited for the first time in the August Kestner Museum and made available to the August Kestner Museum as a permanent loan.
The department works closely with other bodies in the regional church, for example: the field of art + culture in the House of Church Services .
The regional church art collection
The art department is responsible for looking after the regional church art collection. Drawings, graphics, paintings , sculptures and reliefs have been collected and purchased since the 1990s . The department is supported by the Hanover Monastery Chamber . Today the collection comprises around 1,200 objects, mainly drawings, models and work samples by artists who worked for the regional church. One focus is the representation of the altar design of the last 20 years as well as glass art and picture cycles.
Since 2002 there have been regular exhibitions in the regional church office that are open to the public. So far, works by artists such as Jacques Gassmann , Ulrich Ahrensmeier, Siegfried Zimmermann , Hermann Buß and Hilko Schomerus have been on view.
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.landeskirche-hannovers.de/evlka-de/wir-ueber-uns/weiter-einrichtungen/kunstreferat
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