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Voluntary Arts England is presenting a free one-day national conference on Tuesday 30 March 2010 at FACT, Liverpool; Restoring the Balance: the effect of arts participation on informal learning, health and wellbeing The conference, part of the Up For Arts [...]
TALK: As Long As It Takes – Sculptor Stephen Hitchin WEDNESDAY 11 November 2009, 13.00 at VG&M Stephen Hitchin will be talking about his work and his current sculpture exhibition (see the details) tel: 0151 794 2348 www.liv.ac.uk/vgm
To support ‘The Rise of Women Artists’ exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, the University of Liverpool’s Continuing Education department, in collaboration with National Museums Liverpool, will host two free lectures for the general public. Painting 1950′s Britain: Prunella Clough’s [...]
Here’s me touching the Liverpool Biennial 2010 car which was parked alongside the one from 2008 outside the JMU Academy of Art & Design this afternoon. The theme for 2010 is ‘Touched‘ and the latest in the series of related [...]
ART AND POLITICS: Aubrey Williams and Barack Obama WEDNESDAY 20 January 2010, 18.00 – 21.00 at The Walker An Evening of Art and Politics: A Reflection of Aubrey Williams and a Celebration of Barack Obama is the Walker Art Gallery’s [...]
There’s still places available for this very interesting event… Art of Digital Conference Novas CUC, Liverpool 23 September 2009, 09-18.00 FREE “Rethink, rewire, explore and utilize…” Tickets for the Art of Digital Conference are now available – a we’ve got [...]
Artist Talk: Paul Rooney Date: Tuesday, 06 October 2009 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm Location: Gallery Two Ticket Prices: Free, ticket required Book Online Local artist Paul Rooney will introduce his commissioned work for Under the Volcano and Lowry’s connection to [...]
Mark Leckey Made in ‘Eaven 2004 Tate © Mark Leckey Tate Liverpool| Talks & Discussions |Artist talk. Thursday 14 January 2010, 18.30–20.00 Mark Leckey combines sculpture, film, sound and performance in soulful and provocative works that comment on modern life and popular [...]
Still some tickets available for this artist talk tomorrow. We saw the exhibition last night and its excellent, the talk should be fascinating as Nana Shiomi will illustrate her technique with prints and blocks. ARTIST TALK: Nana Shiomi SATURDAY 16 [...]
Biennial – Touched Talks Series Announced In the run up to its launch on 18 September 2010, Liverpool Biennial has invited prominent artists and thinkers to explore TOUCHED, the theme of Liverpool Biennial’s International exhibition 2010. Paul Domela, Programme Director [...]
Look out for the new Biennial Car for 2010 in Liverpool on Tuesday 16 Feb until Thursday 18 Feb, together with its cousin, The Made Up car from Liverpool Biennial 2008. They will be around the city and at the [...]
Liverpool Biennial – International Festival of Contemporary Art – What We Do – News – Tuesday 19 January: TOUCHED Talks – Daniel Bozkhov. Tuesday 19 January 2010 Upstairs at the Bluecoat 7pm The theme of the 2010 Liverpool Biennial International [...]
Yes, Blackpool not Liverpool but an interesting series of talks to look out for if you’re in the area. ‘C-Views’ a series of challenging ‘creative conversations’ about art for the public realm will take place at the Grundy Art Gallery, [...]
City Limits Part of the SKY ARTS ARTICHOKE SALON SERIES WITH TATE Are large-scale public events nothing more than a waste of resources and a drain on the public purse? Or does creating a shared and special history by galvanizing [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER SERAFINOWICZ An Intimate Evening of Conversation and Music in Unique Surroundings St George’s Hall Concert Room Date: Friday 1st April 2011, 7pm (7.30pm start) Prices: All tickets £15 (No booking fee) Club Geek Chic announces another [...]
Club Geek Chic (that’s not me by the way) presents IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID MORRISSEY Club Geek Chic’s renowned ‘In Conversation’ series returns to St. George’s Hall for its Winter season and we are delighted to welcome actor, director and [...]
Black Foot on the Backfoot? Darcus Howe Thursday 22nd April 2010 at 19.30 The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 34-36 Princes Road Liverpool L8 1TH Tickets: £8 & £5 concessions, available from the Philharmonic Hall Box Office Tel: 0151 709 3789 [...]
Writing on the Wall Event – Wednesday 19th May 2010 Art and rebellion – Stewart Home and David Jacques (Short-listed for the Liverpool Art Prize 2010) Stewart Home is an artist, theorist and writer whose oeuvre covers non-fiction work on [...]
This could be a really interesting discussion TODAY. Discussion: Assault on Culture III 26 April 2009 1.00pm at FACT Location: Gallery 1 Price: FREE It’s Not Easy Being Green – Screening and Discussion Series Mute Magazine Contributing Editor Anthony Iles [...]
Eleanor Rathbone Public Lecture Series, 2010 Maybe not much to do with art but its Liverpool and its interesting. The first lecture for 2010 (on 18 Feb) asks ‘What are MPs for?‘. I personally still have a lot of respect [...]
Maybe not art but I’m sure some of you out there will be interersted… During 2009 the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Liverpool will be hosting a short series of public lectures to mark the [...]
Events & activities at National Museums Liverpool. Free! A talk by Lynn Pearson from the Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society about the forgotten murals of the 1950s and 60s. Date: Wednesday 18 August 2010 Time: 1pm Venue: National Conservation Centre [...]
FACT | What’s On | Changing Perspectives on Contemporary Conflict. Price: £8.00 / £6.00(Members & concs) Sunday 18 Apr 2010 times: 1:00pm in The Box FACT hosts a symposium on the changing nature of war, where speakers and audience members [...]
Here’s an interesting event for all you music fans… Merseyside Maritime Museum Saturday 16 April 1.30 – 4pm, Free drop-in event, no need to book Why do individuals and museums collect popular music objects? Nearly everybody collects music, but we [...]
Oops, missed the first one, sorry. Lots more coming up… Lunchtime Lectures Artists and Practices Led by Emma Roberts Tuesday 22 September 2009, 13.00–14.00 This series of lunchtime lectures examines the way the artist has been represented from the Renaissance to [...]
Gina Czarnecki Presentation at LJMU for moves10 « The Liverpool Art Critic. Gina Czarnecki who has been short-listed for the Liverpool Art Prize 2010 is giving a talk and presentation as part of the moves10 festival. moves is extremely proud [...]
Should be good, tickets still available I think. Glenn Brown in discussion: Tate Liverpool hosts a special ‘in conversation’ event with the artist and Michael Bracewell Tuesday 5 May 2009, 18.00–19.00 This May Tate Liverpool presents an ‘in conversation’ event featuring [...]
Not to be missed! dot-MATRIX: Events for Artists to Meet, Create and Learn WEDNESDAY 16 June 2010, 18.00 – 20.00 at St Mary’s Complex in Bootle MATRIX (def): “A situation or surrounding substance within which something else originates or develops…”. [...]
Thursday 19th March 2009 from 18.30 A-Frame Liverpool Edition: Figures Of Speech Venue: The Bluecoat, Liverpool, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX A-Frame is a new programme of talks, workshops and mentoring partnerships created by the ICA to develop an exclusive [...]
Should be good, language is a fascinating subject. Imogen Stidworthy talks to Stephen Naylor – ‘Banging On’ at FACT, Thursday 21st May 2009, 18.30 – 20.30, FREE http://soundnetwork.org.uk http://fact.co.uk
Latest news from our friends at Club Geek Chic… In what is being described as ‘a kind of live Desert Island Disks’ by its organisers, the ‘In Conversation With…’ evenings at Liverpool Cathedral starting this month will give audiences a [...]
We have been to the previous couple of events and have really enjoyed the evening, a very nice mix of entertaining conversation and live acoustic music. Club Geek Chic presents In Conversation With…Mike McCartney at Liverpool Cathedral The next in [...]
Club Geek Chic presents ‘In Conversation With…Paul Du Noyer’ 19.30, Friday 18th September, 2009 at Hope Street Hotel On Friday 18th September Club Geek Chic will host the first of its intimate and illuminating ‘In Conversation With…’ events when we [...]
“At this exclusive Rebel Rant Joan will argue that old age really is the age of opportunity!” – I agree! Joan Bakewell comes to Liverpool for a Rebel Rant Friday 11th February 2011 at the Bluecoat The Silver Revolution – [...]
PAINTING PRIZE GETS PEOPLE TALKING John Moores Painting Prize The often controversial John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery always provokes debate. As one recent visitor described it: “.. sometimes excellent, sometimes pretentious, always interesting”. This year the [...]
LDFAS is affiliated to NADFAS – National Association for Decorative and Fine Arts. They have high quality lecturers from the NADFAS Directory at their meetings on the third Wednesday of the month September to June except December. The next lecture [...]
Liverpool museums – Ask the curator | Put your questions to our museum and gallery curators National Museums Liverpool Event Ever wondered what it’s like to handle ancient artefacts, care for unusual bugs or produce an exhibition of wonderful artworks? [...]
THE DAILY LOOK Talks & Debates All Free, Booking Essential 1.TUESDAY 7th JUNE, 18.00 Photography as A Call to Action: Social Inequality Tuesday 7th June, 6pm CUC Liverpool, The Dragon Room info@look2011.co.uk SOCIAL INEQUALITY Join the debate about how equal [...]
Redeye Network Meeting at Open Eye Tuesday 24 March 2009, 19.30 Speaker: Seba Kurtis Seba Kurtis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1974. He studied journalism and was a political activist. Whilst visiting Europe for the second time in [...]
Acclaimed furniture maker Matthew Burt will be giving a talk followed by a tour of his current Bluecoat Display Centre exhibition ‘idea to object’ on Thursday 28 May 2009 from 2.30 – 4.30pm at the Bluecoat Tickets are available priced [...]
Merseyside’s Turner Prize winner launches new artist lecture series Turner Prize winner Mark Leckey is to give the first of a new series of ‘Tate-Hope’ lectures in January 2010. Mark, who was born in Birkenhead and went to school in [...]
Two interesting talk events on the same night at the same time. Take your pick. Both Thursday 25 March 2010. Writing on the Wall: Rebel Rants – Michael Mansfield or In Conversation with – Janice Long
Professor Mike Stubbs – ‘Anger is an Energy – connecting time and space through action, movement and memory.’ Date: Thursday 12 November, 5.30pm – 6.30pm, followed by drinks reception Venue: Johnson Foundation Auditorium, LJMU Art and Design Academy Mike Stubbs [...]
PRAMS AND PUSHCHAIRS* Thursday 14 January 2010 1-1.30pm Explore The Rise of Women Artists exhibition at this talk aimed at adults who normally miss out on gallery tours because they’re worried about bringing a baby or toddler. Don’t worry, we [...]
Event Details. Liverpool Network Meeting March Date :29/03/2011 Event Costs: Free, booking required Location: Open Eye Gallery, 28-32 Wood St, Liverpool L1 4AQ Free event on 29 March 2011 with Third Floor Gallery shares the secrets of running a successful [...]
LIVERPOOL NETWORK MEETING Open Eye Gallery, 28-32 Wood St, Liverpool L1 4AQ – 6:30pm for networking with the talk starting at 7pm, Tuesday 26th January 2010. The speaker will be John Darwell, an independent photographer working on long-term projects that [...]
THURSDAY 15 July 2010 18.30 – 20.30 at Blackburne House. Debate: ‘Body image and the media and how it affects young adults’ Chaired by Roger Phillips this event is open to the public and promises to be an inspirational and [...]
RIBA Awards Talk Series 2010 The RIBA Awards Talk Series 2010 concludes with Jeremy Dixon of Dixon Jones, who will be speaking about his work on the Liverpool ONE, Sites 1 & 7 project (St Peter’s Arcade). Dixon Jones has [...]
RIBA NW Talk Series: 2009 Award Winners RIBA NW is pleased to present a talk series by the winners of this year’s RIBA Awards for the region. All the talks will take place at milkandsugar with doors opening at 6.00pm [...]
Dream – An Icon For St. Helens An Art Fund ‘Artist in Conversation’ – Jaume Plensa with Richard Cork Monday 11 May 2009 Come and hear internationally renowned artist Jaume Plensa talk about working with the ex-miners of the former Sutton [...]
