Williamson Archive

Saturday 21 May – Sunday 5 June 2016. VISION – Wirral Met BA Fine Art Degree Show. The annual final year degree show for art and illustration students from Wirral Metropolitan College

Saturday 2 April - Sunday 8 May 2016. An open exhibition has been part of the local art scene for as long as most of us can remember. The exhibition has gone from strength to strength.

Saturday 6 February - Sunday 20 March 2016. Exploring Liverpool’s painters of the 19th Century in parallel with the Walker Art Gallery’s exhibition Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion.

Wednesday 20 January 2016 - Sunday 13 March 2016. William Gawin Herdman (1805-1882) was a vigorous opponent of the Pre-Raphaelite tendency in Liverpool’s Academy. He took very seriously his mission to document Liverpool as it changed into a bustling Victorian town.

Until April 2016. The selection here comes from a group of over 100 paintings that was chosen by Hugh Belsey and Claudio Spadoni for an exhibition in 2004 at Ravenna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the first major British watercolour show in that country for many years.

Wednesday 7 October- Sunday 10 January 2016. The last Confederate surrender of the American Civil War occurred in Merseyside on 6 November 1865, when the Confederate warship ‘CSS Shenandoah’ surrendered.

Sunday 1 November- Sunday 22 November 2015. Newly commissioned site specific piece – Starkers from Davy and Kristin McGuire with work reflecting themes within the Williamson art gallery collections.

Thursday 15 October 2015 - Saturday 9 January 2016. The Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead will be celebrating romance this autumn when it hosts a display of wedding dresses.

1 October - Sunday 1 November 2015. The series features 3 intricate paper models inspired by Rear Window and The Birds, and the McGuire’s award winning animated paper installation Psycho – Homage to Hitchcock.

Thursday 1 October to Sunday 1 November 2015. Visitors to the Williamson Art gallery, will be invited to take part in a treasure hunt to uncover over 20 hidden artworks.

Tuesday 22 September until Sunday 25 October 2015. An opportunity for us all to see the results of the hard work, inspiration and creations produced during Summer Art Workshops and outreach programme.

Exhibition runs Saturday 19 September to Sunday 18 October 2015. Every 2 years since 2000 the Wirral Society of Arts has invited other artists to exhibit alongside their members and 2014 has the 8th such exhibition.

Saturday 19 September - Sunday 18 October 2015. An exhibition of paintings and prints by BA Fine Art fellowship students: Anna Clark, Jay Chesterman and Rachel Perry.

30 June - Sunday 27 September 2015 - Year 3 children from Bidston Ave Primary School created zentangles, inspired by Paul Klee. ‘A drawing is like taking a dot for a walk’

15 July - Sunday 4 October 2015 (Extended) - Thomas Burke was born in 1906 in Liverpool. During the 1920s and 30s he studied art at Liverpool College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London.

6 June – Sunday 25 October 2015 - The National Army Museum and Liverpool’s museums join forces to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo with special displays.

27 June - 30 August 2015 Open daily Free Peter is a Liverpool-based representational painter working mainly in oils but he has produced many large-scale drawings of...

20 June - Sunday 19 July 2015 Open daily Free Viking Wirral exhibition will be on show at the Williamson in Birkenhead. Sylvia is a poet, painter, music...