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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260911T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261108T170000
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-julia-carter-preston-at
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SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Julia Carter Preston at the Bluecoat
DESCRIPTION:Fri 11 Sep - Sun 8 Nov\nTo celebrate the centenary of the popul
 ar Liverpool artist Julia Carter Preston (1926- 2012)\, five Liverpool v
 enues (The Bluecoat\, Bluecoat Display Centre\, Liverpool Hope University\
 , The Walker Art Gallery\, and Victoria Gallery and Musuem) are staging ex
 hibitions on her life and work\, which is explored in an accompanying symp
 osium.\n\nJulia Carter Preston had a studio overlooking the Bluecoat garde
 n for many years. This archive display charts her long association with th
 e arts centre\, which her father Edward Carter Preston was involved in f
 ounding. It comprises photographs\, documents and plaques commissioned to 
 mark anniversaries of the Bluecoat Society of Arts.\n\nKnown for her disti
 nctive ceramics\, Julia was recognised for reviving the technique of sgraf
 fito in the twentieth century. This involves scratching through a coating 
 of clay slip on a surface to reveal an underlying layer\, creating contras
 ting decoration.\n\nFree entry\n\nMore info: https://www.thebluecoat.org.u
 k/whatson/julia-carter-preston
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition Launch,Exhibitions
LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K
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