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About the sculptor, Emma Rodgers from National Museums Liverpool on Vimeo.
Wirral-based artist Emma Rodgers features in the Rise of Women Artists at the Liverpool Walker art gallery.
The exhibition includes interesting videos of Emma working and talking in her studio and fortunately you can watch them online on the Walker website.
Mike Cloke and Ilsa Parry (Design for Life Winner)
The Eco Design Show ends tomorrow, Sunday 1 November 2009. Its a nice show with around 30 stalls set out in the long room in the Crypt with an Eco Cafe and various Eco Bins and Eco Workshops in the next room.
The Crypt is not the gloomy place it used to be, they’ve put lot of work into making it more suitable and accessible for events such as this.
Celebrity designers such as Ilsa Parry and Mike Cloke are there and their boundless energy and enthusiasm is typical of most of the participants. When you’re struggling to come up with cool and useful items made from old tin cans, bits of plastic cards and recycled tyres you really need to be passionate about it.
Most of the items are for sale but its not always obvious, I enjoyed just listening to the designers talk about their work and how it meets the ecological criteria.
I would like to have seen more. More design that is, not necessarily Eco just a bigger design show but its good there is something following the first big ‘Design Show Liverpool’ that took place last June. Hope there is more in 2010.
There are other events happening as part of the Liverpool Design Festival – check the website
Textile artist Christine Toh
Wearable Art by Susan Comer
Shoegazer Jewellery by Beccy Williams
Nook & Willow and Jam - Triptique
Liverpool museums – Current exhibitions at World Museum Liverpool.
This short exhibition also ends on Sunday 1 November 2009.
To celebrate the Guinness Liverpool Irish Festival, we will be hosting this beautiful exhibition of textiles, brought together by curator Roberta Bacic. The pieces were created by a variety of community groups and individuals, who have used their craft to express their thoughts and feelings.
The exhibition comprises a number of traditionally crafted quilts from Ireland and England, covering topics such as community, daily life and family. Some of these pieces were created by women directly affected during the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and demonstrate both their feelings of loss and their hope for peace within their community.
The exhibition also contains a selection of arpilleras (pronounced “ar-pee-air-ahs”); three-dimensional appliqué textiles from Latin America. The pieces here on display are from Chile and Peru, with most of the Chilean pieces coming from the times of the country’s dictatorship (1973 – 1990.) Many of these textiles depict the experiences of people living during that difficult time and reflect their determination and courage.
For an extensive archive on this subject, visit www.cain.ulst.ac.uk/quilts
The Guinness Liverpool Irish Festival runs from 16 October – 1 November 2009. For more information about events throughout the city visit the Liverpool Irish Festival website.
Photos by Colin Peck and Martin Melaugh
Liverpool museums – The Beat Goes On exhibition.
Hope you haven’t missed it!
Liverpool is world famous for popular music. Local artists have had so many Number One hits that in 2001 the Guinness Book of Records named Liverpool the world ‘City of Pop’. A 2008 Arts Council survey also named Liverpool ‘the UK’s Most Musical City’ so there’s definitely a lot to be proud of.
The Beat Goes On exhibition highlights the remarkable achievements of Merseyside artists from across the years; people who have influenced generations of musicians. Hear about the different cultural and musical traditions within the region and its vibrant music and club scenes.
HANDS-ON DESIGN WORKSHOPS – Liverpool Design Festival – 30 October to 8 November 2009.
Don’t forget the Eco Design Show is now open in the Crypt of Metropolitan Cathedral until Sunday 1 November 2009. Includes some interesting workshops…
Saturday 31 October
Emily Lansley Workshop 10am to 12 noon and 1pm to 6pm
Nook and Willow Workshop 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm
Sunday 1 November
Emily Lansley Workshop 10am to 12 noon and 1pm to 5pm
Neil Keating Workshop 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm
The workshops take place as part of the Eco Design Show and are free to visitors to the event.
All the workshops are one hour long, bookable sessions with a small charge for materials. Eco-T- Shirts can also be separately purchased. Places are limited so please make your bookings at reception.
Emily Lansley – Customised Clothes
Artist and designer Emily Lansley is inviting visitors to the Eco Design Show to bring their old clothes to take part in her customisation workshop. Using her illustration and appliqué skills, Emily will work with you to transform your everyday garments into something unique and beautifully individual.
Nook and Willow – Revamped Accessories
Clare Wilson and Nina Halliwell– co-directors and designers at leading accessories designer Nook and Willow, will work with visitors to the Show to revamp your handbags and belts. Bring along your own accessories or charity shop purchase and join Claire to create a bespoke new designer piece.
Neil Keating Workshop – Eco T shirts
Illustrator Neil Keating will help you to make your own personally designed t-shirt. Bring in your own plain t-shirt or buy an eco t-shirt at the Show and illustrate it with fabric pens. Leave the Eco Design Show with a one-off.
With 2 great exhibitions starting next week and loads more events coming up in the galleries and theatre, now is a good time to work at the Contemporary Urban Centre. Here is a copy of the volunteers application form..
Volunteer form for Contemporary Urban Centre Liverpool
Are you interested in working in the biggest and best arts venue in Liverpool?
Hungry to get experience in the arts and entertainments industry?
We have immediate volunteer positions in our marketing, events, gallery and arts departments.
So, if you’d like to help support our venue (we’re a social enterprise if you didn’t know) whilst working towards a professional reference, please fill in the form below and return it to us by email to info@contemporaryurbancentre.org
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What areas of the Contemporary Urban Centre are you most interested in? (please tick all that apply)
( ) Arts
( ) Technical & AV
( ) Events
( ) Community work
( ) Marketing & Promotion
( ) Hospitality (restaurant/bar/café)
( ) Facilities & Maintenance
Isabel Wharton & Pria Bhamra
Another very short but very good exhibition at 11 Wolstenholme Square celebrates drawing. Its a group show with some of the artists being recent Manchester School of Art graduates and curated by Wolstenholne’s Emma Jean Kemp.
It finishes on Monday so do try and call in before then and do a ’spooky’ artwork of your own whilst you are there.
Stage ONE: the drawing house
Wolstenholme Projects
30 October – 2 November 2009
Jason Hicklin
A fascinating print exhibition continues to 14 November 2009 at Editions. Artists go to great lengths for inspiration but the results are usually worth it, certainly in this case. Take some time to put on the white gloves and look through Jason’s boxed collection of prints.
Daphne Warburg Astor
Daphne is currently resident artist at the Centre for Recent Drawings.
Daphne Warburg Astor
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