Bluecoat Archive

20 September 2014 6pm Free, just turn up Celebrating the life and work of Adrian Henri, Occasional Papers launch Adrian Henri: Total Art. A fully illustrated catalogue about the Liverpool-based...

7 February 2015 2-3pm Free Artist, editor, curator and music publisher Alan Dunn leads a tour of the Listening exhibition. Find out more about the exhibition by clicking here.  

21 - 23 August 2014 10am - 6pm Free Find that elusive vinyl, plus CDs, DVDs, music books, and posters.

3 August 2014 2pm Free, Booking required here A literary walking tour looking mainly at Liverpool’s role in post-war literature and how the city’s energetic and anarchic...

8 March - 15 June Free Private View: 7 March 18.00 - 20.00 Digital technology and its impact on how we picture the world is the subject...

What's on at the Bluecoat February - March 2010 Listings   Exhibitions and events at the Bluecoat February – March 2010 Exhibitions Sonia Boyce:...

Sun 29 June 2014 15.30 - 17.30 Free Joyce in June Join Leopold Bloom  to remember his odyssey through Dublin on a sunny June day in 1904. James Joyce's...

28 September - 24 November 10.00 - 18.00 daily Francis Alÿs, Tonico Lemos Auad, Jordan Baseman, Sandra Cinto, Dorothy Cross, Dornith Doherty, Anthony Goicolea, Marc Hulson, Rachel Kneebone, Nathan...

4 October 2014 10am-6pm Find that elusive vinyl, plus CDs, DVDs, music books, posters.

Four Corners 09 at the BluecoatFrom Wednesday, 22 July 2009 to Wednesday, 29 July 2009 | 10:00am - 6:00pm - Free As part...

The Bluecoat: Public Debate "Should living, consenting adults be allowed to donate their own human tissue to art?" Date: 8 February Time: 18:00 - 20:00 pm “Should...

16 May 2014 21.30 Free For LightNight, two light projections will shine a spotlight on two beautiful buildings; the Bluecoat, the oldest Grade 1 listed central Liverpool building...

21 - 28 March 2013 Open daily, Free Entry First year Fine Art (BA Hons) students from the School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores...

Underwater 11 December 2010 - 13 February 2011 The Underwater exhibition  sees painting, sculpture, photography and video by ten international artists, including Bill Viola,...

The Bluecoat: Juxtavoices - a concert celebrating the creative voice 17 March 19:30 £5/3   Frakture are pleased to present an evening of radical voice-works, featuring a 20 plus anti-choir...

10 November 3.00 (3am) The night will be illuminated by a band of local runners as they take to the streets of Liverpool for this 10k...

28 May 2014 19.30 - 21.00 Free Part of Physical fest 2014 Fest participants and performers join in this improvised jam with live music. An exciting, hilarious evening...

Thursday 9 January 18.00 20.00 The Bluecoat is pleased to start the New Year with the first monthly Talking Poetry of 2014. Introduced by Alex Scott-Samuel of Liverpool Poetry...

Dadafest 2010: Objects of Curiosity & Desire. 18 November - 3 December 2010Exploring the human body, its quirks, questions and endless fascinations, Objects of...

Saturday 18 July - Sunday 27 September 2015. An exhibition examining the usefulness of art and twenty-first century arts centres, featuring work from a wide range of UK-based artists.

16 Oct
ober 2014 1-2.30pm Free, drop-in Informal meetings for anyone interested in creative writing, from poets to short storywriters, to read their own work and give each...

18 October 2014 5-6pm Free, booking advised
 Horatio Clare is an award-winning writer, author of A Single Swallow (travel with migrating swallows), The Prince's Pen (a novella),...

10 July 2014 18.00 Free Inspired by Liverpool's International Festval of Business, management specialist Peter Bond discusses how art and artists can provide solutions to some of the thorny problems...

4 February - 2 March 10.00 - 18.00 daily Free An exhibition in a variety of media created by learning disabled artists, members of our Blue Room...

6 December - 23 February Open daily 10.00 - 18.00 Soft Estate: Edward Chell with invited artists Tim Bowditch & Nick Rochowski, Day Bowman, Jan Williams & Chris...

6 - 29 June 2014 For more information and complete festival listings please visit www.arabartsfestival.com. 6 - 29 June: Choose Your Own Adventure 10.00 - 18.00 Free A major commission...

1 February 2015 2pm Finnegans Wake is considered to be among the most challenging works of the English literary canon, but those who enjoy the book consider...

15 October 2014 7pm Free, booking TBC Whistler’s famous court case with John Ruskin is brought to life in this illustrated talk with Paul O'Keeffe. One of the...

27 November 2014 7.30-9pm Experience Terry Galloway’s comic, sometimes moving, sometimes profane exploration of what happens after a woman literally regains her senses. Followed by...

4 x 4.  6 March – ENDS Sunday 10 May 2009Free admissionFour galleries, four exhibitions. 4x4 is the first in an occasional series of...

23 October 2014 7pm Free, booking recommended This film is a portrayal of the life and work of Herbert Read (1893-1968), influential art critic, poet, anarchist and co-founder of the...

7 May 2014 19.30 - 21.00 Tickets: £8/£6 Immix is a collaboration of innovative musical voices from across Liverpool and the North West. Drawing on the talents...

11 February 2015 7.30 - 9.30pm Free, drop in A monthly space for musician to meet and improvise together.    

8 March 14.00 - 13.30 Free, just turn up. Join curator Jo Stockham and artists as they reflect on their work and the themes explored in the...

9 January 2015 6pm Free - booking required* Includes BSLI Join Aaron Williamson (Curator - Art of the Lived Experiment and Artist), Ruth Gould (Artistic Director - DaDaFest), Bryan Biggs (Artistic Director - the...

13 May - 14 June 2011 at Upstairs at the Bluecoat, Liverpool 'REZZ' by Peter Carr. This exhibition is part of the Look11...

29 October 2014 7-8.30pm Tickets: £4 - book now This event is the UK book launch for Dubliners 100 and will feature readings by some of the...

16 December 2014 6-9pm Tickets: £30 Fancy making your own christmas cards & decorations this year whilst learning a new skill? On this one night workshop you will...

Saturday 17 October - Sunday 6 December 2015. This new multi-media video installation explores dancer and choreographer Bisakha Sarker’s search for a late style which embraces the demands of a body changing with time.

The End of the Line: Attitudes in Drawing22 May - 19 July 2009 The End of the Line: Attitudes to Drawing is a Hayward...