Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Art exhibitions in Liverpool’s museums and art galleries and creative spaces
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Threshold V: Festival of Music & Arts Calls For Volunteers
Threshold Festival are looking for volunteers to help! The whole festival is completely volunteer led and any help or time anyone is able to give would be invaluable to them. If you are you interested in getting involved behind the scenes with a grassroots music and multi arts festival then please fill out this form: http://form.jotformeu.com/form/42182604111340 If you have any questions please email Sofija here: [email protected] Find out more about the festival here: http://thresholdfestival.co.uk
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Threshold V Third Wave of Acts Announced For March 2015
It’s two months to go until Threshold launches its fifth annual festival in The Baltic Triangle of Liverpool. The festival will take over 7 venues in the district on 27th-29th March, with some of Liverpool’s and the UK’s finest grass-roots music and arts. The programme is taking shape, people loved last year’s flowing festival feel and we aim to match and even better that atmosphere in March.” – Chris Herstad Carney, Threshold Producer With an already strong…
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The Critter Shed Announce First Birthday Party 25th January At Zanzibar
The Liverpool-based screen printing collective The Critter Shed have announced their first Birthday launch party we will be held on 25th Jan at The Zanzibar. This event is to celebrate one year since starting The Critter Shed as well bringing party attendees the latest pack, Creatures of the Night, and introducing their new venture into comics. The Critter Shed Press recently announced they are collaborating with some of the best past artists they have worked…
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Screen Print Collective ‘The Critter Shed’ Announce New Venture Into Publishing Their Own Comics & ‘Zines.
Since their launch back in late 2013 The Critter Shed have produced packs that have celebrated the weird and wonderful world of creatures. Some of the best independent artists from the UK and the rest of the world have contributed to make a unique collection of original artwork that anyone would love and appreciate. Today they announced their exciting new venture as a creative collective, as they will be producing their our own comics and…
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Threshold Festival 2015 Early Bird Tickets Now Avaliable
Threshold Festival returns for it’s fifth year, 27-29th March 2015, with early bird tickets available now. An annual three day event in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. The focus of festival is collaboration, grass-roots music, first view visual arts & Innovative Performance. Established in 2011, Threshold is dedicated to artist development and driving forward the music and arts industry. Watch the Threshold V Teaser video below; [vimeo 111812420 w=500 h=281] Get Early Bird Tickets Here & For More Info…
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Baltic Arts & Crafts Fair At Constellations 9th November
Baltic Arts and Crafts Fair returns, this time to Liverpool’s newest multi purpose venue – The Observatory (Constellation’s younger sister). Located on Greenland Street, Constellations is a brand new independently minded Baltic adventure. An indoor/outdoor space set over 12,000 square foot. As the nights are drawing in there is the distinct feeling that Christmas is upon us. Get ahead of the crowds and join in with the Arts and Crafts fair this November – escape…
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The Brink Installs Artwork Inspired By Local Artist's Road To Recovery
The Brink has unveiled its revamped social space, following the installation of multiple recovery inspired artwork. Created by local artist Leon Jakeman, who was commissioned by the popular Parr Street eatery and social hub, the wall art showcases a series of dynamic splatter creations. Not only do the abstract paintings add more vibrancy to the already colourful venue, they also explore Leon’s mixed emotions during his road to recovery. He said: “It gives me great…
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World Mental Health Day -Threshold To Host Free Event at Williamson Square; 10th October
Threshold have programmed the forthcoming World Mental Health Day celebrations in Liverpool’s Williamson Square. The free event which takes place this Friday from 12.00-17.00 will be their second year working with Liverpool Mental Health Consortium to provide entertainment from some of Merseyside’s best community performers and organisations. A commissioned World Mental Health Day Community Choir will top off the day’s performances, led by MD Kaya Herstad Carney. The choir which was open to all, have…
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Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia; Review
Psychedelic music, not usually a genre of my choice, however having read many good reviews from last year’s festival, I was excited to attend. Becoming slightly more nervous as I approached the Baltic Triangle, concerned I would stand out like a sore thumb with my dress sense, proving this isn’t my usual listen. When I arrived it quickly became apparent that this festival was for a whole array of people from Mods to Rockers, Goths to Hippies and your…
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The Liverpool Irish Festival Returns With Film, Arts, Music, Food & Football
The 12th Liverpool Irish Festival returns to the city this October celebrating Liverpool’s unique relationship with Ireland and showcasing the finest in contemporary and traditional Irish culture. From the English première of Seamus Heaney’s final works to a celebration of Gaelic football with the first Liverpool Irish Festival Cup and a talk by John Larkin QC, Attorney General for Northern Ireland, this year’s Festival is bigger than ever spreading across ten days in a cavalcade…
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A Little Bit Of Filth & Glitter…Liverpool Based Artist Ben Youdan
Have you ever met someone who is a walking, talking contradiction? Someone, say, who is quiet and softly spoken but clearly has a fabulously dirty mind? Someone who looks like butter wouldn’t melt but wants to share his dark thoughts with you in the form of paint and glitter and sequins and feathers? Step forward Ben Youdan, artist and proprietor of Evil shop. Based downstairs in the old Central Hall on Renshaw Street in a…
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10 Bands 10 Minutes Holiday Banger: Madonna; Review
For just over two and a half years The Kazimier has been the home of a gig, a night and, most importantly, a party quite unlike any other that you’ll find in Liverpool (or anywhere else for that matter) its name is 10 Bands 10 Minutes. The premise is simple: ten bands each play ten minute sets back to back so tightly the people in the smoking area are rushing to finish the ends of…
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We Buy White Albums Exhibition At FACT
Preceding International Beatle Week beginning August 20th, Rutherford Chang has brought his exhibition We Buy White Albums to FACT. His collection consists of 1,000 original copies of The Beatles highly sought after White Album; each LP has its own serial number making each one unique. This ‘uniqueness’ was the main draw for Chang when he first put out his advert to any White Album owners or sellers 8 years ago. Chang saw the famous cover as a blank canvas…
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Flux Festival: A Summer of Art
As many of us well and truly know summer has been christened with the title ‘Festival Season’ and with many people jetting off to the likes of Glastonbury and Leeds it’s very easy to find yourself in a gloom watching the highlights on TV. However never fear because the glory of living in Liverpool is the showcases of culture it provides which includes this year’s fortnight long festival; Flux Festival. What is Flux festival? It…
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Africa Oyé 2014 Preview; Sefton Park 21st & 22nd June
With the recent spell of glorious weather we’ve been having set to continue, it seems only fitting that this weekend should see the return of Africa Oyé. Now in its 22nd year the African music festival is the largest of its kind in the UK and, without a doubt, one of the cultural highlights of the summer for Liverpool. The two-day event celebrates African music and culture and looks to showcase the very best of…
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Hidden Liverpool Announce Third & Final Exhibition ‘Future City’
‘FUTURE CITY’ invites you to explore the future of our city’s empty and underused buildings and how they could be creatively and sustainably utilised. Hidden Liverpool is an exciting year long project from PLACED that unlocks memories behind Liverpool’s empty buildings to create a vision for its future. The project focuses on some of the fantastic buildings that have played a part in the history of the city but are currently lying empty. The aim of the…
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Memories Of August 1914 – The Giants Routes 25th-27th July
Memories of August 1914 will run from 23-27 July, however the main walk will take place between 25th-27th. The Full Routes Are Detailed Below; Friday 25 July Little Girl Giant and Xolo 11am – 1.30pm approx Wake up 11.00am and leave Queensway Tunnel entrance via Old Haymarket, St John’s Lane, Queen Square Bus Station, onto Whitechapel, Paradise Street, Hanover Street, Ranelagh Street, Great Charlotte Street, Elliott Street, Lime Street down to Renshaw Street, Berry Street,…
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Light Night Review
There is a certain charm Liverpool has that is impossible to ignore, and the city certainly lived up to its reputation last Friday night. The annual culture festival, Liverpool Light Night, took place across the city at over 40 venues, showcasing the best arts and culture exhibitions the city has to offer. The exhibitions showed incredible variety, ranging from Chinese calligraphy to ice sculpting,reminding the public just why Liverpool held the ‘city of culture’ title back…
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Liverpool Light Night 16th May 2014 Highlights
We look at some of our highlights for this years Light Night; Friends of the Flyover & BEGAN Lighting The Way (Churchill Way Flyover, Cuerden Street, L3,10pm-11.30pm) Friends of the flyover invite you to join design professionals and students in creating a light installation on the walkways of Churchill way flyover. Carnival Show (St Peter’s Sq, 9pm-10pm) Liverpool Samba School and dancers take to the streets to celebrate LightNight. Experience a Rio style carnival show. Make A Liver Bird…
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FACT & The Mersey Forest Get Into The ‘Zone’ To Create A New Art Project
A new project commissioned by FACT and The Mersey Forest is encouraging people throughout the North West to explore the forgotten woodlands of Bidston Moss. ‘Zone’ is an innovative performance and film by the highly renowned international artists, Close and Remote, and is inspired by the Russian film, Stalker and 1971 science fiction novel Roadside Picnic. The unique creative project, which will run between now until the end of June, is set to capture the…
