Sat 09 May
|St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Exhibition: Each Child a Light
Each Child a Light is a community-based, collaborative fabric arts project creating a quilt in memory of the children killed in Gaza.
Time & Location
09 May 2026, 10:00 – 24 May 2026, 17:00
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Pl, Edinburgh EH12 5AW, UK
About
Across the UK and internationally, the Each Child a Light brings together hundreds of people of all ages, backgrounds and levels of experience - the youngest aged just 3 and the oldest, 96 - including artists; crafters; activists; community and faith groups; children and students, to stitch unique squares, each one dedicated to an individual child.
Exhibition Details
Free, unticketed.
Open during all Cathedral opening hours (except service times).
Whilst we struggle to comprehend the extent of death and destruction, Each Child a Light is determined to remember that Palestinian children are not numbers, and that all these young lives, lost to such violence, will be remembered as beloved individuals - sons and daughters who had their whole future ahead of them, children who had hopes and dreams, and who deserved to live their lives to the fullest. At birth each child is given a name that is carefully and…