Art and About

"The idea of the project has always been to try bring a little cheerfulness into the world. I have found that more and more we're isolated in society and just wanted to try create a thread of happiness within it."

GIN3 includes a piece by James Worley 'What Else Aint They Tellin' an animation 'Yukio' by Michelle Pang and paintings by the winner of the John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Rose Wylie.

These occasional group shows Art Exhibition by Liverpool Artists at The Gallery Liverpool are consistently good and always popular with the general public and fellow artists alike.

incompatible presents the work of a group of six artists who are diverse in their practices. Each of the artists has undertaken a Masters by Creative Practice at Liverpool Hope University.

W427 / A Series of Abandoned Projects. Photography and Film by Samuel Fahy. All of the images in the exhibition come from mid to later 2014, a period of working intensely on several "projects" at the same time.

After 11 years of "DIY scribbling, sculpting, printing and animating", local artist Laura Spark is embarking on a Masters in Animation at the Royal College of Art. Exhibiting models and sets used in her animation work as well as prints, workings and doodles.

The Print Social is an informal gathering of printmakers, designers and artists who meet up at Golden Square Coffee about once a month.

The launch event for Mike McCartney's exhibition of his photographs featuring St George's Hall was packed out and Mike was in fine form...

This delightful, colourful exhibition is on for just one week. The two artists, both Liverpool-based, have not collaborated or exhibited together before.

Yesterday we went to re-visit 'Dream' on the former Sutton Colliery site in St Helens. It was a warm, sunny day and brought back fond memories

'Errance' by Jazamin is a large body of work covering every available bit of wallspace in the Egg cafe and runs until 20 September.

Liverpool: Next Stop New York at View Two Gallery now on until 31 August. The Liverpool Next Stop New York exhibition investigates the links between these...

There is something delightful but with a sense of uneasiness in this installation by Inga Lineviciute.

We had a good chat about art, sheds, allotments and, of course, birds which feature a lot in his artwork. Until Sunday 9 August 2015. Open 10.00 – 17.00

This weekend's exhibition at Arena by members of the SOUP collective reminded us about this unusual exhibition and venue during the Biennial in 2006.

The Double Negative people now produce a quarterly printed Culture Diary which neatly combines a city-centre map with culture listings and beautiful design.

Brand new display of DLA Piper Series: Constellations, 2nd Floor at Tate Liverpool now on.

Throw back time! The Milk Float by Jump Ship Rat during the @liverpoolbiennial time in 2006. A milk float turned sonic junk street machine

South Liverpool Photographic Society Annual Exhibition 2015 now on. Don't forget to vote for your favourite

So nice to spot this public art by Anne Harild this evening in the @the_bluecoat courtyard

Community art project '...and the River flows on' pop-up art workshop in Woodlands playground, Birkenhead. Artist Robyn Woolston embarking on the great mural

Josie Jenkins 'Container Island' from Edge of The Known World:New Landscapes from China and St Kilda exhibition at Corke Art Gallery

Artist/Blacksmith Doug Campbell taking over Lark Lane Art Works. Pop in to see his demonstrations this weekend and the next, between 12:00-17:00

Christine Toh Open Studio at Calderstones Mansion House today. Watch out for her exhibition with Lisa Cole Kronenburg at The Reader Gallery in September

Art Merseywide 2015 (1) at Editions Ltd Liverpool. A selection of the best works from the Open Exhibitions held in greater Merseyside. Part 1 showing: Knowsley, St Helens and Sefton

'Slow Turning' at Bluecoat Display Centre. Creative and beautiful wood turning pieces on show. Malcolm Martin & Gaynor Dowling (middle), Wycliffe Stutchbury (right & left) @bluecoatdisplaycentre

RESOURCE at The Bluecoat now on. (clockwise from top left) Jonzo 'The Bluecoat Society of Arts, 1927, 2015'; Laurence Payot 'Symbiosis: Social Experiments with Living Sculptures'; Daniel Eatock 'Gallery wall painted with a mix of all the paint leftover from previous exhibitions at the Bluecoat' & 'Leftover Paint Canned'; The Piracy Project 'The Piracy Project Reading Room'. @the_bluecoat

On Coping: A Reading for Liverpool Featuring artists: Marleen Boschen & Charles Pryor, CUSS Group, Ruth Angel Edwards, Louisa Martin, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Emily Pope, Billy...

Bluecoat Display Centre Fundraising Garden Party. Lovely afternoon with Mike Badger playing and Elizabeth Willow making floral accessories. Hope lots of money was raised! @bluecoatdisplaycentre

The ever-popular arts market organised by Open Culture continues on Sunday 19 July 10.00 - 17.00 at St George's Hall We arrived quite late today...

It was very relaxing sitting in a little wooden boat listening to Jonathan Raisin's gentle piano music. Suspended over the tiny pond in the...

Walker Art Gallery: REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting Friday 10 July – Sunday 29 November 2015 Here are few photos from the preview. We're not...