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MAKE, DO AND KNIT
knitting and making fair
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th March, 2010
The Bluecoat School, Wavertree, Liverpool
March 2010 sees the launch of an exciting event in the knitting and craft calendar Make, Do and Knit, which is to be held in the beautiful surroundings of the historic Grade II listed Bluecoat School in the charming and lively suburb of Wavertree in Liverpool.
Video Still. The Weeping Woman, Tate Liverpool, 2009 © Rineke Dijkstra Courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler
Rineke Dijkstra: I See a Woman Crying
26 April – 30 August 2010
Tate Liverpool, Wolfson Gallery
Admission Free
In April 2010 Tate Liverpool is proud to unveil new commissions by acclaimed Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra. Rineke Dijkstra: I See a Woman Crying features two Liverpool-based video works never seen before in the UK.
The works were borne out of the artist’s residence at Tate Liverpool during the European Capital of Culture 2008 exhibition The Fifth Floor: Ideas Taking Space; a groundbreaking project inspired by ideas and proposals from people across the city. Through collaborating directly with Tate Liverpool’s audiences, Dijkstra’s residence saw her working with groups of school children from across the region, after being inspired by the ways that Tate Liverpool staff encourage children to interact with art. During The Fifth Floor a studio was built in the gallery and the artist documented school children interpreting Picasso’s iconic painting Weeping Woman (1937), currently on display as part of the free exhibition DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture.
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Liverpool Design Festival 2010 – The Design Show: Call For Entries Announcement
The Liverpool Design Festival was launched in November 2009 as a new annual design and contemporary craft festival in Liverpool. The 2010 Festival, building on the success of the previous year’s events, celebrates and promotes quality design, encouraging an appreciation of craft and design by the widest possible audience, providing opportunities for participation, particularly by young people, in design and artistic appreciation whilst also supporting new and emerging practitioners.
The Liverpool Design Festival will run from the 19th November to 28th November 2010.
The Design Show will be the signature event of the Festival and aims to showcase the best in contemporary design from the North West and the rest of the UK. It will present a selection of exciting and inspiring interior products, glass, ceramics, furniture, lighting, jewellery, textiles and fashion and will run from 19th to 21st November 2010.
The Design Show will take place at the Grade 1 listed St. George’s Hall in the city centre of Liverpool. The Call For Entries application pack will be available in March and you’ll be able to download that from our website www.liverpooldesignfestival.com soon. If you want a pack emailing to you please email Frank Collins frank@designinit.org.uk with your contact details and the pack will be emailed or posted to you as soon as it is ready.
The deadlines for applications and price points:
Apply before May 31st and if you’re selected you’ll qualify for the Early Bird Offer of a standard shell scheme of 3m x 1m at £250 plus £50 per additional square metre required.
We welcome applications from group exhibitors and stand sharers conditional on all exhibitors on the stand being successfully selected by the panel.
Artroom Gallery, Parkgate. ‘Tangible Worlds’ ends on Sunday 28 Feb 2010 with a 10% sale off selected works.
Eimear Kavanagh, 'Holo', indian inks on paper
Fanchon Frohlich, etching
“Thinking Abstract”
6 February – 31 March 2010
at Gallery4allarts, Lark Lane
“Thinking Abstract”- a group show from artists working in a variety of abstract mediums such as: painting, etching, collage, mixed media, drawing and photography.
Exhibiting artists:
Andra, Richard Ashworth, Nicole Bartos, Fanchon Frohlich, Andor Komives, Jo Bywater, Eimear Kavanah, Adel Kiss, Mick Gill, Sue Ironfield, Emil Moritz, Nagachoo, Colin Serjent, Christine O’Reilly Wilson, Stanislaw Krakiewicz and others. Artists are generally based in the Merseyside area with the exception of the international guests: Nagachoo (Japan), Andra, Emil Moritz, Andor Komives (Romania), Adel Kiss (Hungary).
A fine selection of abstract works by a large group of artists curated by Nicole Bartos is on show in this gallery in the old police station on Lark Lane.
http://www.gallery4allarts.com/
Untitled - Mick Gill
A phantasmagoria of conspiracy theories, propaganda, science, art and politics. Truth and fantasy divide and collide in this day of talks, screenings and performances curated by international artist and researcher, Dr Bill Aitchison who headlines with his groundbreaking lecture, 2012 which reveals links between Mayan astronomy, the war on terror, dog cloning, the novels of Saddam Hussein and the end of the world.
Schedule:
2.00-3.00pm
Thomas Shephard, an artist based in Liverpool, conducts a walking tour around the perimeter of Liverpool One, exploring the private take-over of public space, boundaries and what they separate.
2.15-3.00pm
Gavin Schofield founder of the Greater Manchester Sceptics Society outlines how scepticism might be the best way we have of deciphering the world in which we live
3.00-4.00pm
Jane Parish, an anthropologist currently working at Keele University will explore the rise of the occult economy and conspiracy theorising specific to African communities in Liverpool.
4.00-5.00pm
Peter Goddard, co-author of Pockets of Resistance: British News Media, War and Theory in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq discusses Compassion, guilt and the Iraq war in the British press.
5.00-6.00pm:
Bluecoat regulars Philosophy in Pubs lead a discussion on conspiracy theories
6.00-7.00pm
Adrian Quinn discusses the place of conspiracy theories in contemporary society, drawing on examples found in the 2001 book The Age of Anxiety: Conspiracy Theory & the Human Sciences, to which Adrian was a contributor.
Break
8.00-9.30pm
Dr Bill Aitchison headlines with his groundbreaking lecture, 2012 which reveals links between Mayan astronomy, the war on terror, dog cloning, the novels of Saddam Hussein and the end of the world.
Help Haiti – have your photo taken! – Fab Collective.
On Saturday 27 February, 11am-4pm, local photographers from the Fab Collective will be at Liverpool ONE taking street portraits to raise money for Haiti.
For a donation of £1 or more you can have your photo taken, which will go into the Help for Haiti gallery on the Fab Collective website. All money raised will go to ShelterBox, the disaster relief charity currently working to alleviate the suffering of those in Haiti who were made homeless by the recent earthquake.
Check out the Help for Haiti gallery of portraits from Sunday here on the Fab Collective website.
THE BLUECOAT OPENS NEW SILKSCREEN STUDIO
Liverpool’s creative hub, the Bluecoat, opens a new silkscreen studio from Monday 1 March.
With a 40 year history of printmaking on-site, the Bluecoat has a wealth of experience in the art of print – adding to its rich heritage as a creative hub which engages people in the process of creating art.
In addition to producing prints and posters, the new silkscreen beds can be used to customise t-shirts, bags and cushion covers and will be used to decorate the aprons worn by staff in the Upstairs bistro at the Bluecoat.
Comprising two rooms, three silkscreen beds and an exposure cabinet, the studio can be hired by up to three users at a time.
Led by Print Studio Manager, Emma Gregory, the existing intaglio print studio has held a successful programme of workshops and courses for all abilities, from seasoned professionals to experimental amateurs, spawning the group of locally based printmakers, ‘Liverpool Illustrators.’
Bryan Biggs, Artistic Director at the Bluecoat said: “Printmaking has been a regular activity at the Bluecoat since 1968. Hundreds of people have learnt skills, mainly in etching, many of them as beginners, and the quality of prints produced has been outstanding. We are very excited to have a new screen printing facility, which will broaden our printmaking offer and enable even more people – professional artists as well as aspiring artists – to try their hand at one of the most satisfying art processes.”
The equipment for the studio is on loan from Liverpool John Moores University and has been funded with a grant from PH Holt Foundation.
For information on hiring the studios please contact Tickets and Information at the Bluecoat on 0151 702 5324 / info@thebluecoat.org.uk
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