Here’s the listings for the NML venues for the next 3 months:
The Walker Art Gallery
The Lady Lever Art Gallery
The Maritime Museum
The World Museum
The Customs & Excise Museum
Lots of good stuff there.
Monthly Archive for December, 2005
Maybe Liverpool will follow suit. I hate the defacing of public buildings as much as anyone but there’s a few problems with these laws. Who decides whether its graffiti or art, the police? Under-21s not allowed to by ‘graffiti instruments’ i.e. paint! What if they’re art students? Why only under 21s, all the graffiti artists I know are over 21.
New Graffiti Law Orders Property Owners To Clean Up
NEW YORK — A new graffiti law in New York City orders commercial property owners and owners of apartment houses of six units or more to clean graffiti from their buildings or face fines.
The fines can be up to $300. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says property owners will not face any penalty if they inform the city through the 311 hotline of the graffiti on their property and sign a waiver allowing the city to clean it.
The law also says no one under the age of 21 can buy graffiti instruments such as spray paint, broad tip markers or etching acid.
Stores are also prohibited from selling graffiti instruments to people under the age of 21.
The law says anyone convicted of a graffiti-related crime will perform community service in a graffiti removal program as their punishment.
There’s review of the year in the arts in today’s Daily Post…
VISUAL ARTS
Best exhibition: Summer of Love, running between May and September at the Tate Liverpool, was an enormous show, the biggest ever staged at the gallery.
It was quite remarkable, covering practically every art movement in the 1960s, from record sleeves to film, installations to psychedelic light shows. The range and content was amazing, requiring several hours to see and enjoy everything in it. It featured famous names along with some lesser ones and, above all, it was fun.
Best local artist : Liverpool-based Cecilia Matson had her show at Editions new gallery in Cook Street where her urban landscapes proved impressive indeed. Often using twigs rather than paint brushes, the work had a brutal immediacy which matched the subject matter.
Its the final day for entries to the T Shirt design competition. See the 100Shirts blog for more details.
This is out of the area but might be something that could be implemented here. The Guardian comments on a scheme from Southwark Council in London in which dustcarts are being used to display the designs and work of local artists, from wallpapers to reproductions of paintings. The featured photograph is an amazing thing and I don’t see why this couldn’t be moved onto other vehicles in public spaces such as buses or trams.
St George’s Plateau, 17.00 on Saturday December 31st. Full Details on the culture blog.
I’ll be there – if its not too cold.
from the Culture Company…
A VISUAL extravaganza will bring 2005 to a close in Liverpool.
New Year’s Eve will see one of the UK’s finest neoclassical buildings, St George’s Hall, lit up with dramatic flame effects, lights, lasers and pyrotechnics.
The show will mark the end of Liverpool’s third Capital of Culture themed year – Sea Liverpool 2005.
This year, organisers at the Liverpool Culture Company have decided to build on the traditional end-of-year display by staging a spectacular ‘son et lumiere’ show. The New Year’s Eve display is the latest of Liverpool’s established events to receive an upgrade ahead of European Capital of Culture in 2008.
January 1 will herald the start of a new themed year – Liverpool Performs – a celebration of Liverpool’s outstanding reputation as a city of top class performances, from the football pitch all the way to the recording studio.
Spectators are advised to watch the display from St George’s Plateau or Lime Street. The display kicks off at 5pm, and will last for approximately 20 minutes.
Associated road closures: Lime Street will be closed on 31/12/05 from 4.15pm until 5.45pm. London Road will be closed from Norton Street from 4.15pm until 5.45pm. William Brown Street will be closed all day on 31/12/05 and 01/01/06. All times are approximate and are subject to change.
from the Guardian…
Museums and galleries across England received a £9.4m boost today, as the government announced new funding for educational work.
National and regional museums and galleries will be funded to work more closely with schools to aid children’s learning, ministers said
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Projects include the Understanding Slavery Initiative, which saw the National Maritime Museum, National Museums Liverpool, Bristol Museums & Art Gallery, British Empire and Commonwealth Museum and Hull City Museums & Art Gallery collaborate to produce materials for schools about the transatlantic slave trade.
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