The Legacy of Keith Critchlow is now KCC
The Keith Critchlow Collection
The Keith Critchlow studio and library has been renamed the Keith Critchlow Collection (KCC), a not-for-profit company run by Keith’s four children*. Part of the collection is housed at The Abbey, a spiritual retreat centre in Oxfordshire (The Abbey, The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire OX14 4AF).
The KCC room at the Abbey holds a selection of original artworks and artefacts, a library, drawing instruments, and Keith’s notebooks and unpublished works, all from his personal studio in central London.
If you would like to contact us, use the webform below or email info@keithcritchlowcollection.org.
Please tell us what type of events you would like to attend, relating to Keith, his studio and his life work. We plan to run at least one fundraising event per year around the time of Keith’s birthday (16th March), including workshops and talks.
We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
*KCC is a Community Interest Company (CIC).
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“The higher purpose of geometry is to participate body, soul and spirit in the objective universal laws that govern and cohere our universe. This activity can lead us directly to the centre of our own understanding which unifies us with the whole.”
Keith Critchlow passed away on April 8th 2020. He left behind an immense legacy of work. Not only in the form of published books, lives he touched (those he taught and worked with), buildings with his design and architectural input, but also his own personal studio of works including, written, painted and drawn works, personal notebooks and sketchbooks, artefacts, and so much more. This studio was re-homed by his daughters in South West London and has now been relocated to Emerson College in Forest Row. A place now dedicated to sorting, archiving and keeping his legacy alive in the form of in-person workshops, publications, and an online presence and resource dedicated to keeping the spirit of his work and teachings alive for others.
If you would like to be involved in this endeavour from attending workshops, or supporting our mission in any way you feel called, from a financial donation or other, please get in touch by registering your interest via the email form below, or sending us a message at: info@keithcritchlowcollection.org
Please check back for planned fundraising events, a soon-to-be-coming ‘donate now’ button + news and updates.
From the family of Keith
A Tribute to Keith Critchlow's Inspirational Education System and the Art of Sacred Geometry
Keith Barry Critchlow
(16 March 1933 – 8 April 2020)
Raised by artist parents and originally trained as a classical painter, Keith Critchlow was largely self-taught in the Art of Sacred Geometry and how it related to Classical Art. He was an artist, lecturer, author, Sacred Geometer and professor of architecture and a co-founder of the Temenos Academy and Kairos Charity, both in the UK.
He authored many books on sacred geometry, including Order in Space; Islamic Patterns: An Analytical and Cosmological Approach; Time Stands Still and the Hidden Geometry of Flowers. He also contributed the forewords to English editions of works by Titus Burckhardt, Frithjof Schuon, and others.
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