A Welcome return for the Living Market, now at its new home in Slater Street. Noon to 18.00 on Saturdays up to Christmas.
This Saturday the 1st of December marks the first of four Saturday afternoon events to show and sell work from Local and National Creatives at our new expanded location on Slater Street (No.s 34-42). With Performances, Live Music, Arts and Craft Workshops, and of course a diverse range of stalls from Artists and Makers,
for more information please visit:
http://livingmarket.liverpool.googlepages.com
‘Iran : poetry, paradise and politics’
An Illustrated Talk
Anti-war artist Emily Johns will show slides she took on the Fellowship of Reconciliation international peace delegation visit to Iran in May 2006
The Friends* Meeting House
School Lane, Liverpool 1
Tuesday 4th December 2007 at 7:30pm
Organised by Merseyside CND
(0151) 702 6974/ mcnd@care4free.net
An early start to the evening activities yesterday as we attended a fashion event at Natasha Hamilton’s new bar / restaurant called H on Victoria Street.
We get invited to a few of these sort of things but don’t often bother unless there’s artwork involved. However this one mentioned models in lingerie and, more seriously, fundraising for the Field of Women breast cancer charity and free Wokka vodka.
Do people actually wear this stuff? Just looks silly to me. The place itself has a black and white theme, the upstairs bar is black with minimal lighting so you can’t read the menu or see the extra step at the top of the stairs. Didn’t see the downstairs restaurant properly but that’s the white (or cream) bit.
Then onto the launch of ICE07 at the Post & Echo building. This is the Festival of Icelandic arts and culture which is in Liverpool until Sunday. I have already listed the events on the blog, please try and get to see some of it. There’s some really nice art & design stuff here in the Echo building and we’re going to see the photographic exhibition at the Albert Dock today.
After calling in at View Two for the opening of The AlTurnertive Turner Prize (good stuff) we went to Barfly and stayed out late to watch the 3 Icelandic acts: SvenBit, Sometime and Bloodgroup.
SvenBit opened with his fairly minimal techno electrics. Sometime are more techno-pop, very lively and danceable, a great shame there weren’t more people there to join in the fun.
Then headlining were Bloodgroup who also use electrics, synths etc. rather than guitars but still sound quite rock n roll. A really good night, maybe the fact that it clashed with the start of Liverpool music Week depleted the attendance.
Liverpool artwork of the day – Friday November 30 2007. ‘Backdrop’ by Iain Yell at The International Gallery, opening tonight at 19.00 until December 8 2007
Part of the ‘Seeing the Landscape’ exhibition of paintings and drawings by artists Stephen Cain and Iain Yell that seeks to depict different aspects of the landscape,with both artists bringing a distinct contrast of styles when approaching the themes and subject matter of their work.
Stephen Cain presents a series of landscape drawings that explore solitude,serenity and themes of vast open spaces that keep themselves company.
Iain Yell’s paintings reference the urban environment using geometric form, colour and a contrast of marks and surfaces found within the landscape in order to construct his work.
Private View: Friday 30th November 19-21.00
International Gallery, 34 Slater St.
Just found this on the Art Newspaper website.
What a fantastic idea, hope it happens.
Tate Liverpool has commissioned the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to make an ambitious installation for the Liverpool Biennial, opening next September. This will span the width of the historic former dockyard where the gallery is located. The engineering firm Arup is currently conducting a feasibility study for Web of Light which will be concluded by the end of this month.
The work will consist of illuminated crystalline strands suspended from steel cables which stretch across the Albert Dock. A spider made out of crystals will hang in the corner nearest to Tate; the entire installation will weigh over eight tonnes. The gallery will need to raise around £400,000 to realise the work.
Ai Weiwei has already made an installation for Tate Liverpool included in the exhibition “The Real Thing: Contemporary Art from China
christmas presence – a festive craft exhibition & market.
the bridewell studios,
prescot street, kensington,
liverpool L7 8UL
www.bridewellstudios.co.uk
Craft Exhibition and Market: Sunday 9th December 2007 11-16.00
Exhibition continues until Saturday 22nd December 2007
Gallery open Thursday 12-19.00 and Friday and Saturday 12-17.00
The Bridewell Studios is pleased to announce the return of its annual Christmas Craft Exhibition & Market.
Offering access to high-quality art & craft by local makers, free craft workshops led by Bridewell artists, hot food, mulled wine and live festive music, this event promises to be the perfect opportunity to snap up a unique gift and to celebrate Christmas in the stunning setting of our old police station courtyard.
During the market, a limited number of Bridewell artists will be running free workshops or opening their studio spaces to the public, offering a rare opportunity to observe behind the scenes of this historical building that has just been awarded Grade II listed status.
The market will include a wide variety of festive handmade gifts, such as cards, Christmas decorations, hats and scarves, jewellery and paintings. There will also be a free glass of mulled wine for each visitor!
The Art Clinic Liverpool presents
THE PAGE BY PAGE
SCRIPTWRITERS SHOWCASE
Come & see 4 original short plays by NEW writers
DEEP WATERS by Stella Melia
MORALLY WOUNDED by Fatima Sharif Ali
TEASE by Faye Christiansen
TO ERR IS HUMAN by Kevin Foott
4th December 2007 7.30pm
The Liverpool Academy of Arts
36 Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BE
Admission 3 pounds
For further info: 07734 491878
Not such an extraordinary journey for us, we just went to the Cornerstone gallery via the Linda McCartney Centre and the Roald Dahl Centre at Royal Liverpool Hospital.
You may recall one of Barbara Jones’s ‘Micro-scope Particles’ prints featured as our artwork of the day when the exhibition at the two RLH centres opened last month.
Its a shame its not easier to get a proper look at the Linda McCartney centre, there’s too many obstacles pushed in front of the pictures.
The Roald Dahl centre is better, we’ve visited it a few times just to see the artwork. Professor Toh who runs the place is a great believer in the positive effects of art so you can see a few interesting artworks as well as Barbara’s prints which are monochrome here.
Officially this exhibition ends on November 30 2007 but I suspect the pictures will be there for a while longer.
An Extraordinary Journey
In this year of heritage, An Extraordinary Journey is an opportunity to acknowledge significant Merseyside innovations in health and social care that have improved people’s lives, not only here but throughout the world.
An Extraordinary Journey will highlight this important aspect of Liverpool’s past, raise awareness of current innovators and inspire aspirations about living and working in a healthy Liverpool.
Kitty Wilkinson, pioneer of public washhouses; Evan Thomas, a founder of the speciality of orthopaedics; and Thomas Fresh, the first Environmental Health Officer are amongst the many responsible for Merseyside’s impressive record of new ideas in health care, as well as innovative projects promoting well-being in the community.
More details on the liverpool08 website
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