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Dec 17th
19.30 till late. Annual Art Auction
Sept 18th - Oct 9th 'ROW
(The Riposte)' - 6 Bristol-based 'MASH' artists
Oct. 16th - Oct. 30th 'Graduates
04' Six new graduates from John Moores Fine Art Course.
Nov 6th - Nov 28th ')Bracket
THIS(' Residency for Fiction/Mercy collectives. Art/Poetry/Music
etc.
Arena Studios Charity Art Auction - Friday April 29th
Support Liverpool's largest and longest-standing studio group in their hour of need. 
Rebecca Key - 'Administration' New installation - June 24th - July 23rd (Wed-Sat 12.00 - 17.00)
'Mobile' - Exhibition of playful, clever and tender art made with, for and about mobile phones
Aug 13th - Sep 3rd 2005.
Eleven artists are encouraging viewers to take a closer look at mobile phones. From lo-fi to cutting-edge, the work explores not only the technology, but the personal, social, and political effects of a device now found in over 50 per cent of people's pockets.
Curator of the exhibition, Sean Hawkridge, said: "The show includes artist-made wallpapers downloadable in the gallery, re-arranged classic ring tones and the opportunity to chat via text with an artist in a hut in Sweden."
Work in the exhibition explores the mobile as a camera, giving audience members the chance to add to the images on show; other artists explore their handsets as personal treasures, lifelines and albums, and some find humour in our phones, with takes on past communication inventions and our paranoia about how it all works
'stands' - An evening of performances across Liverpool followed by an exhibition of documentary traces. Exhibition Sept 28th - Oct 12th.
)Bracket THIS( - 'Going Native'
The sequel to the Mercy/Fiction 2004 Biennial show, Mar 2nd - Mar 24th
A year in the research stage, )Bracket THIS ( - Going Native features newly commissioned work from: Tim Ellis (as featured in the Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, and The Jerwood Drawing Prize, whose picture fell from the wall at the last exhibition while no-one was there and did’nt make a sound); Malini Vivian (a fine art graduate, John Moores University, famous for her fabulous ice sculptures, temporal sculptress); Kathy Wu (doing the signage in Traditional Chinese calligraphy, so you won’t know where you’re at); Nahida Yassin (Palistinian traditional craft, stiching, poetry, mixed media, affecting reportage); Tenzin Yonten (subverting the ideals of the traditional Tibetan Thanka-style paintings, adding perspective)
Plus existing work from over fifteen other artists, from China, England, India, Jamaica, Somalia, Trinidad, Italy, all currently living and working in Liverpool.
Music, Poetry, Film events...
WEDNESDAY 08 MARCH 19.30 - 23.00
The GONZO Show inc. NONNI JACKSON TWIST - Cabaret
AYO OGOLA - Poetics
FICTION Massive - Poetics
MANA BOZHO North - American Drum Troop
SUNDAY 12 MARCH 19.00 - 23.00
JOHN SMITH & The Wooden Ducks
BLUE LANTERN - New Welsh Folk
AMRO BILAL - Arabic Instrumentals
OSCAR - Latin Folk
1UP - Nintendo Power Pop
FRIDAY 17 MARCH 19.30 - 23.00
The HIVE Collective bring the noise - Electronica
HOPE UNI FILM Showcase - UNDER THE FREEWAY/URBAN LANDSCAPES
Artists' cinema often reveals the sections of a city which have been ignored in standard topographies. The screening will also feature a selection of films about the artistic communities who inhabit this ignored landscape, producing their work outside of systems of gallery and institutional support.The programme which will include films by Guy Sherwin, Henry Hills and Emily Richardson is kindly supported by Liverpool Hope University.
FRIDAY 24 MARCH 19.30 - late
CLOSING PARTY: TRANSLATION KARAOKE
Info - Runs 2-24 March 2006,
opening times: Tue-Sun, 12:00-18:00
more details on the )Bracket THIS( blog.
 'We stopped at Perfect Days' - Jeanne-Marie. May 5th - 20th 2006
"This body of work spans the past three years and includes paintings, drawings and photographs. The title of the exhibition is from a poem by 1960s poet Richard Brautigan which alludes to a moment in time or a pleasant memory form the past.
In my approach to making art, I transform mundane images that are produced for specific purposes (usually advertising) into glimpses into an alternative dream world. Like Brautigan's writing, my art is based in reality but is also quietly surreal. "
'Nova' June 6th - June 20th 2006
15 Students from the HND Fine Arts course. Liverpool Community College
Roy Munday - solo exhibition and sale of most recent paintings. Jun 23rd - Jul 1st 2006
Most of the work has been produced over the past two years and covers a range of subject, but most is based on Liverpool and the river Mersey. In the past six months his work has been spotted by both private collectors and organisations, with the Capital of Culture company choosing one of his paintings to use on merchandising during the run-up to 2008.
www.roymunday.com
Summer Art Auction - Friday 7th July 2006
Viewings from 6pm, Auction starts at 7pm
'The Last Gang in Town' - features artists who are managing to maintain a studio practice within Liverpool city centre. July 13th - 18th 2006
It features the following artists and is curated by Tony Smith.
Chek-Huo Leung
Frank Moore
Tim Ellis
Tony Smith
Steve Strode
Natalie Bennet
Anna Ketskemety
Nick Sykes
Gareth Jones
Ben Egerton
Peter Cameron
Marianna Whitehorn
Debbie Ryan
Matt Williams
Danny John
Anna Benson
independents -
2nd private view on Thursday 2nd November 2006 at 18.00
 ‘cohesion’, is presented on the third floor by both new and established Arena Members. This show allows the exhibitors to consider their current position as artists in Liverpool in the run up to 2008, and the dichotomy between their individual artistic practice and context within a studio group.
‘Near Distance’, RSP1 collaborate with Maze Studios; initially supported by a-n artists network. With emphasis placed on artists dialogue, this partnership encompasses work from 14 nationally recognised artists. Work includes digital work, film, object, performance, painting and sound.
‘Painted into a Corner’ on the first floor in September is presented by Deletia, a collective of artists representing Manchester exploring painting in the 21st century. Encompassing a wide range of different practices such as found objects, installation, performance, and, yes, even painting ‘Painted into a Corner explores the most famous/infamous of art mediums.
 )BracketTHIS( III is presented by Mercy in November on the first floor, and is the third in a series of exhibitions and events in Liverpool to explore the manifold interactions within culturally diverse climates. The group will exhibit 15 artists and 6 live events to include poetry, music, visual and AV performance.
The solo artists selected by Arena exhibit a wide range of work, many of which are reactionary to the space they are given within Arena House and to the city of Liverpool itself.
Annual Art Auction - Sunday December 17 2006 |
