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A host of top Brazilian bands and artists will hit Liverpool on Saturday 20 July when Brazilica Carnival Day takes over the city centre, rounding off a week-long programme of festival events! As well as a 500-strong evening parade which will fill the city’s [...]
The Quilling Guild will be staging a major international festival showcasing the art of paper filigree at Liverpool University over the weekend of 10 – 11 August 2013. The event, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Guild’s foundation in 1983, will [...]
by Sinead Nunes In order to help raise the vital funding needed to promote and facilitate the events taking place for Liverpool Art Month, selected professional artists across Merseyside were invited by Metal and Arena Studios and Gallery to design [...]
The work of a Liverpool based creator of bespoke scenic sets, stages, props and backdrops is currently featuring in the Venice Biennale. Scenic Workshops were initially approached by Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams late last year asking them to bring his artistic vision [...]
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http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-for-funding/arts-and-older-people-care-commissioned-grant/ Arts Council England and the Baring Foundation are jointly providing a £1 million fund that aims to increase opportunities for older people (aged 60 and over) in residential care in England to get involved in the arts.The key aims [...]
Liverpool Carnival Company and Orb Events are delighted to announce that The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation has been chosen as this year’s Brazilica charity partner. Several fund raising events will take place as part of the Brazilica festivities and some of the festival’s stunning sambistas [...]
Edward Burne-Jones’ ambitious watercolour joins new exhibition The giant watercolour, Sponsa de Libano, by Edward Burne-Jones has come out of storage for a new exhibition which explores the painstaking and beautiful draftsmanship of the Pre-Raphaelite artist. At more than three meters tall [...]
by Sinead Nunes Victory all round tonight for Tabitha Moses, as she scooped both the Art Prize and People’s Choice Awards. Tonight (Wednesday 29 may) at a ceremony in the Albert Dock, this year’s hub for the Liverpool Art Prize, [...]
Liverpool Biennial is pleased to announce the appointment of Louise Garforth as Head of Development, and Carly Townsend as Marketing and Communications Officer. These two new appointments come as Liverpool Biennial looks ahead to its eighth festival, to take place in 2014. Louise [...]
An exquisite study for one of David Hockney’s most significant paintings will travel almost 7,000 miles to go on display in the Walker ArtGallery’s exhibition, David Hockney: Early reflections from 11 October 2013 to 16 March 2014. The crayon drawing for Portrait of an Artist [...]
In order to help raise the vital funding needed to promote and facilitate the events taking place for Liverpool Art Month, selected professional artists across Merseyside have dedicated their time to contribute to ‘Making Shapes’. These artworks are currently being [...]
With just a week left to catch FACT’s widely-acclaimed exhibition The Art of Pop Video, visitors have voted on the best of the clips on show. The Art of Pop Video exhibition features more 100 videos that tell the story [...]
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival and The Bluecoat are delighted to host the UK premiere of the groundbreaking film Papa Hedi – an arts documentary about a woman’s journey to find her Grandfather, bringing a family together across two cultures in a modern world. The film was [...]
Sparkling samba dancers from Liverpool Samba School, who this July will be at the forefront of the fun at Liverpool’s annual Brazilica festival, last weekend flew to Copenhagen to participate in the Danish capital’s famous Carnival, dancing in the giant [...]
The Not Just collective of artists who volunteered at the Biennial currently have an exhibition called Recurring in the Blade Factory section at Camp And Furnace: http://www.campandfurnace.com/ There are some really interesting works and it is well worth the visit. There [...]
Robert Jackson (www.robertjacksonart.co.uk) has recently opened a new studio with small gallery space at 40, Market Street in Central Birkenhead, very close to Hamilton Square. Usual opening hours: 13.00 – 17.00 Monday to Friday. Other times by arrangement. Robert is an [...]
Warrington-based Python Properties and Python Arts are celebrating after being crowned the best corporate responsibility partnership in Britain at the national Arts & Business Awards. The incredible accolade recognises the corporate strategy of property firm Python Properties to install and [...]
Liverpool Art Prize organisers are honoured to announce that the 2013 Liverpool Art Prize ‘People’s Choice Award’ will be presented in fond memory of the Liverpool born artist, Joe Bampton. The Award, whose winner is announced at 18.00 on Wednesday 29 May is [...]
Homotopia, the UK’s leading queer arts and culture festival, is proud to announce it has secured Liverpool John Moores University as the major sponsor and partner for 2013. Homotopia Director Gary Everett explained how this partnership had come about: “This [...]
Tate Liverpool turns 25 this month, and what better way to celebrate than by starting our new ‘Spotlight’ feature with the ‘Tate of the North’. Opened in 1988, Tate Liverpool is housed in the Albert Dock on Liverpool’s waterfront. Originally [...]
On Friday 21st June the Capstone Theatre will play host to the brand new album launch of the new group Bulbs. Hailing from Liverpool, UK, Bulbs are Joey Zeb (drums), Andy Maslivec (bass), Neil Campbell (guitar) and Marty Snape(electronics). The Bulbs launches its eagerly awaited debut album with an hour long performance (+ support) which will [...]
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49537 There is currently a move by government in relation to ‘Classifying and measuring the creative industries’ which proposes ‘Crafts’ is removed from the categories. DCMS has stated that the removal of crafts as a recognised category would not have any [...]
The Dinner Party, a well-known and bafflingly complex painting of 24 figures sat around a dinner table by Pop-artist Sam Walsh, has gone on display at the Walker Art Gallery. For the first time it is shown next to its 19th century inspiration Isabella by the [...]
The Atkinson, Southport’s exciting new cultural venue has unveiled concept designs for the Egyptology gallery, which will display The Goodison Collection of Egyptology. The public has not seen the collection for over 40 years. The concepts designs, created by Headland Design will be presented [...]
The Dylan Thomas Prize is an annual competitive award provided in partnership by the Dylan Thomas Centre and the University of Wales to recognise and reward literary talent in young authors. The prize will be awarded to the single author [...]
Art For Macmillan Cancer Support’s Pop-up Gallery is opening this summer, from 10 June to the 23 September in a vacant commercial property. An exhibition of work by local practitioners is taking place at 2 Tulketh Street, (next to Café Nero) and [...]
‘Processing’ is a photography exhibition that will be held at The Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool, from 7 June – 29 September 2013. The exhibition has been devised in response to three significant and unseen bodies of work that photographers Kevin Casey, Stephen King [...]
Wirral in Springtime is an open art exhibition that has seen local artists blossom from their artistic yearnings at home to the walls of the most up and coming art space in Wirral. Along with this abundance of creative talent is [...]
LOOK/13, one of the UK’s leading international photography festivals, is excited to announce the core programme for its second edition, launching on Liverpool’s Light Night, 17 May 2013. Bringing together influential and established photographers, presented alongside international emerging talent, LOOK/13 [...]
An update on this fantastic opportunity calling all artists: The competition is now open and closes in just 1 week’s time 9.00 7 May 2013 ENTER NOW AT http://skyarts.sky.com/portrait
17 May – 2 June 2013 Wolfson Gallery & related events Admission FREE Supported by Gower Street Estates trading as Albert Dock Liverpool and the Bloxham Charitable Trust On 24 May, Tate Liverpool celebrates the 25th anniversary of its opening, [...]
