Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Wrong Love at A Foundation 13/14 Feb 2010 – Details

Published by Ian Jackson on January 31, 2010 16:28 in Art Preview. Closed Tags: .

WRONG-LOVE

Tickets are available for this exciting live art event organised by the good folk at Come Into Land.

Is it pre-valentine, alt-valentine ot anti-valentine?

SATURDAY 13 February 2010, 21.00 – 3.00am at A Foundation
Liverpool’s biggest Independent Live Arts Event of 2010. WRONG LOVE is a night of intimate performances, site-specific installation, audio visual art and live music which will use the banner of an alternative Valentine’s Day celebration to ask questions about romance, sexuality, unconventional love and where art is headed in this new decade.

With over forty individual artistic contributors, WRONG LOVE is the first happening produced by the new live arts event collective LAND and is completely self-supported by three young creative directors in an energetic response to the growing desire for independent, self-made culture.

The event aims to showcase thought-provoking works from local, national and international artists while providing a platform for the live arts to reach a wider audience than ever before.

The night will include a bespoke hour filled with ‘wrong’ love poetry and short story readings from BRICKFACE press, a team of young, independent writers and self-publishers. Three hours of performance will follow, interspersed with heart wrenching ballad and instrumental pieces from young local musicians. The performance segment of the night will end with a surprise for all guests involved to be immediately followed by dancing until Valentine’s Day gets well underway.
This ambitious event is the first in Liverpool that will showcase contemporary artists with an unprecedented interdisciplinary approach.

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Published by Ian Jackson on January 31, 2010 16:28 in Art Preview. Closed Tags: .

Up for Arts

Published by Ian Jackson on January 31, 2010 00:35 in Art Review. Closed Tags: .

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upforarts-logo-150We called into Radio Merseyside on Saturday to have a look at the Up For Arts activities. It was busy, people making things from clay, origami, felt, woodturning etc.

All looked very good with plenty of information available about arty things happening in the city.

The woodturning lathe was very popular and that will be there again on Sunday along with a lot of other crafts and artists including the Draw the Line people and some printmakers.

On Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st January 2010 between 11.00 and 16.00, Up For Arts would like to invite you to a free fun filled weekend of arts and crafts for adults at BBC Radio Merseyside’s Performance Space, Hanover Street, Liverpool.

The weekend of arts and crafts tasters is an exciting part of the Up For Arts project; a collaborative venture between Voluntary Arts England and BBC Radio Merseyside which celebrates arts and creativity across the whole of Liverpool.

Sunday 31st January:

Get your hands inky with Liverpool printmakers

Start that winter blanket you’ve been dreaming of or make a pretty corsage with Liverpool crochet group, Purlesque.

Enjoy a casual scribble with ‘Draw the line’, a growing social creative Liverpool group who welcome you to doodle!  A lovely small group who put on social events for all, come and join their square pen round hole project.

A second chance to get turning that wood and take your turn on the lathe.

On both days, there will be an information point offering more details on arts and crafts groups, classes and events running across the whole of Merseyside.

For more information call the A-team on 0151 794 0984 or email ateam@bbc.co.uk

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Published by Ian Jackson on January 31, 2010 00:35 in Art Review. Closed Tags: .

Kandinsky on Stage at LIPA

Published by Ian Jackson on January 30, 2010 18:15 in Art Review. 2 Comments Tags: .

Kandinsky on Stage at LIPA | Hope Street, Liverpool.

It was fascinating to see this stage set inspired by Kandinsky and amazing when you consider many of the students had never built anything before. That piano actually plays! This is the first year they have opened up to the public, we got there just before it was closing and about to be all thrown out. I hope its an annual event.

The Paul McCartney Auditorium at LIPA was transformed as first year Theatre and Performance Design and Technology students invited people to view their first completed project.

Taking their inspiration from Russian abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky, they created a range of 3D installations and sets for you to examine and explore. The exhibition demonstrates their skills in model making, technical drawing, scenic construction, scene-painting and lighting and gives a fascinating insight in to the creativity and artistry involved in theatre design and technology.

Published by Ian Jackson on January 30, 2010 18:15 in Art Review. 2 Comments Tags: .

Ensemble 10/10 at Cornerstone 10 Feb 2010

Published by Ian Jackson on January 30, 2010 11:21 in Music. Closed Tags: , .

These Ensemble 10/10 events at The Cornerstone are always well worth investigating…

Ensemble 10/10: music-theatre, dance, film and opera
“The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s avant-garde flying squad” The Times

Winner of the 2009 Royal Philharmonic Society ‘Ensemble’ and ‘Concert Series and Festival’ Music Awards in 2009, Ensemble 10/10 is the acclaimed contemporary ensemble made up of members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

10/10 Ensemble programme, devised and conducted by Clark Rundell, features essential 20th-century works alongside premieres by the most talented local and international contemporary composers of today.

All concerts take place in the historical setting of the Cornerstone, Hope University’s creative campus in Everton.

Music-Theatre Night
Wednesday 10 February 2010 7:30 pm

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Published by Ian Jackson on January 30, 2010 11:21 in Music. Closed Tags: , .

Leap 2010 – Celebrating 18 years of dance

Published by Ian Jackson on January 29, 2010 23:18 in Dance. Closed Tags: .

Leap 2010 :: Celebrating 18 years of dance.

Nice website for the year-long 2010 Leap Dance festival now has all the details.

Check it out.

Welcome to a year-long programme of dance to celebrate the 18th anniversary of Leap in 2010. Having established the Merseyside Dance Promoters Network (MDPN), we are bringing some of the best dance companies in the UK today.

The first six months alone will see over 30 events take place both in traditional theatres and other alternative spaces both indoors and out. National companies will visit for the first time such as Matthew Bourne, Candoco Dance Company and Stan Won’t Dance, whilst we see the return after a gap of nearly 10 years by Wayne McGregor and Random Dance.

Published by Ian Jackson on January 29, 2010 23:18 in Dance. Closed Tags: .

You can Register Now for Go Penguins Auction

Published by Ian Jackson on January 29, 2010 22:49 in Go-Penguins. Closed Tags: .

Bid on your favourite penguin from anywhere in the world… 3 – 5 February 2010

I struggled at first to digest all the data but I hope I’m correcting in saying…
 – You can register now if you intend to bid on any penguins (obviously only serious bidders should register – you need to provide id etc.)
- You can, of course see all 63 lots online now and they will be on public view at St George’s Hall on 3/4 Feb.
- The online auction starts at 09.00 on Wed 3 Feb so you can start placing bids.
- On Friday 5 Feb from 12 noon the bids close at 2 minute intervals, so Lot 1 closes at 12.02, Lot 2 at 12.04 etc. until they’re all gone around 14.00.

Hope that’s clear (and correct).

More details…

An unmissable opportunity for you to pick up your very own beautiful penguin created by many of the North West’s leading artists and have a permanent memento to enjoy for years to come. 63 of our beautifully crafted and popular penguins take the starring role in an exciting online auction, raising significant funds for charities including the Liverpool Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal and WWF, leaving a permanent legacy.

The online auction will start at 9am on Wednesday 3 February and will close every 2 minutes in lot order from 12noon on Friday 5 February. And if you’ve used an internet auction site such as ebay, you’ll find our online system a simple and convenient way to bid. The full list of 63 penguins going to auction including 3 new commissions, along with guide prices starting at £1100, can be viewed here or download the auction catalogue here.

The auction will also include Lee O’Brien’s ‘Doddy’ penguin; the winning entry of the major Liverpool ECHO competition to find ‘The People’s Penguin’. Thanks to Sutton Kersh, one of the North West’s top property auction houses, bidding is easy but make sure you register in plenty of time to bid by visiting www.gopenguins.co.uk

Published by Ian Jackson on January 29, 2010 22:49 in Go-Penguins. Closed Tags: .

REMINDER – Deadline to Register For John Moores Prize is 19 Feb 2010

Published by Ian Jackson on January 29, 2010 20:46 in News and Opportunities. Closed Tags: , , .

FINAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
Last chance to enter Walker Art Gallery’s major art prize

The last chance to register for Britain’s biggest contemporary painting competition, John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize 2010, is Friday 19 February 2010.

With a first prize of £25,000 (cash prize) and four further prizes of £2,500 each for the runner’s up, this is one of the most illustrious events in the British art world.

The judging will take place throughout 2010 and will result in an exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery from 18 September 2010 to 3 January 2011, forming a central part of the Liverpool Biennial. This year the popular Visitors’ Choice prize will award its winner £2010.

The jurors form a strong team of experience and expertise, with former Royal Academy Exhibitions Secretary Sir Norman Rosenthal joined by contemporary artists Goshka Macuga and Gary Hume, Liverpool-born artist Ged Quinn and painter Alison Watt.

The John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize is an open submission competition available to all UK-based artists working with paint. Previous winners have included David Hockney, Peter Doig and Michael Raedecker.

The final deadline for artists to register is 19 February 2010 – online registration can be found on www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/johnmoores.

Images must be sent in by 5 March 2010 and winners will be announced at the opening of the exhibition.

Littlewoods founder Sir John Moores, a keen painter, started the exhibition in 1957. In the last 50 years nearly 2,000 artists have exhibited. More than 100 people have sat on the jury including singer Jarvis Cocker, writer Germaine Greer and artists Peter Blake, Tracey Emin and Jake and Dinos Chapman. The Moores family remain involved through the Walker’s partnership with the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Trust.

Entries have to be original, new or recent paintings within a set size, designed to hang on walls, by someone who lives, or is based, in the United Kingdom. Full conditions are on the website. Judges will see all shortlisted artworks at Stage 2 of the judging process.

You can now follow the progress of the competition at: http://twitter.com/JohnMoores2010

Published by Ian Jackson on January 29, 2010 20:46 in News and Opportunities. Closed Tags: , , .

Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic

Published by Ian Jackson on January 29, 2010 12:34 in Art Preview and Web. Closed Tags: , .

Tate Liverpool| Current Exhibitions | Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic.

The new micro-site for the Afro Modern exhibition at Tate Liverpool is now running.

We had a look round yesterday and really enjoyed the show which opens today. Private View tonight for members and there are some launch events on Saturday afternoon.

Published by Ian Jackson on January 29, 2010 12:34 in Art Preview and Web. Closed Tags: , .