Event type: Exhibition

Spring Treasure

 

 

As we all unfurl from winter into spring, come and have a magical afternoon of becoming & belonging with us on Windsor Street. The Vernal Equinox is a potent and powerful time to sow your seeds of possibility for the rest of the year – what would you like to grow this year you incredible seed you? We’re working with our wonderful associate artist Angelica Vanasse, the brilliant youth-led Climate & Nature Advocacy group Mersey Wilders and the evergreen & marvellous Grapes Gardeners.

This event is especially aimed at younger folks in our community and across the Liverpool City Region aged up to 25 years and is open to all ages too!

SEED GROWING – grow herbs; fast growing green hearty, healthy tasty-ness to add to your spring cooking!

CLOTHES SWAPPING – refresh your wardrobe… bring a few colourful items to share! We’re looking for clothes with a story…share what they mean to you before you swap for something new!

NATURE DRAWING – we’re thinking about ourselves as seeds in our neighbourhoods, growing together. Let’s draw and paint what that could look like.

Plus taste delicious fresh made spring foods and drinks!

This event is part of Treasure; a hands-on, creative project that explores food, waste and materials through growing, cooking, preserving, repair and sharing that the Squash crew has been sharing at youth clubs & groups in Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley & St. Helens. Sessions are relaxed and practical; growing herbs, cooking together from scratch, learning how to use leftovers, sewing & upcycling clothes, and hosting shared meals or a clothes swish (swap!). The emphasis is on creativity, confidence, skill building and connection! It’s been a winter into spring delight, made possible through funding from the Zero Waste Community Fund 2026/27, managed by Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) in partnership with Veolia, supporting community and voluntary groups, social enterprises and not-for-profit organisations to develop initiatives that cut household waste, increase recycling and reuse, and help reduce carbon emissions.

CO-LABOURING WITH SOIL EXHIBITION, GARDEN TOUR & WINDSOR STREET WALK AT 1PM FROM SQUASH BUILDING – let’s take a walk along Windsor Street and notice what is springing up. Come and see Co-labouring with Soil; the newly installed clay sculptures in the garden inspired by and in collaboration with artist Imayna Caceres’ and her exhibition Underground Flourishings as part of Liverpool Biennial.

 

 

Data as a Story

 

The exhibition brings together creative, community-driven, and research-informed pieces exploring the many ways data can become narrative—how stories are shaped, shared, and sometimes silenced.

Alongside the exhibition, they are hosting a series of free creative workshops at Mount Pleasant Library, each led by LJMU academics whose work engages with community storytelling, social change, and reflective practice.

The exhibition will be held at Mount Pleasant Campus Library, Liverpool John Moores University , 29 Maryland Street , Liverpool L1 9DE

Located in the Ground Floor foyer and Lower Ground Floor of the Mount Pleasant Library

The exhibition is free and open Monday – Friday 8.45am-7pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm.

 

 

The Weight of Light Exhibition at the LAKE Gallery

Two artists explore how light transforms space into something felt as much as seen

With Clare Maria Wood and Alistair Tucker.Clare’s new landscape and seascape paintings all have a wonderful glow, their surfaces layered with acrylic glazes, gold and silver leaf, hand-painted collage, and drawing.

Alistair’s work investigates how weather—wind, rain, and cloud— continually reshapes the land. He is particularly renowned for his beautiful etchings and a selection of these sit alongside his atmospheric watercolour paintings.

The exhibition opens on Thursday 5th March and runs until Saturday 4th April.

Opening times: Thurs – Sat, 10am – 4pm

 

Liverpool Print Fair – Spring 2026

Liverpool Print Fair returns to Bluecoat this April for its first event of 2026, a carefully curated weekend market celebrating the art of printmaking.

Across two days, over 25 independent artists, illustrators and designers from across the UK will showcase and sell their work, including screen prints, risographs, linocuts, etchings, zines, and illustrated goods. Visitors can meet the makers, discover unique pieces, and find affordable art and gifts in a relaxed, creative setting.

 

 

In Conversation: Helen Cammock and Jane Rolo

Join us for a conversation with Turner-prize winning artist Helen Cammock and Jane Rolo, founding member and former co-director of London based visual arts publisher Book Works. Cammock and Rolo collaborated on the publication of Moveable Bridge (2017), an artist book focused on the multi-layered history of Hull.

In this talk, Cammock and Rolo will share their experience of making artist books, including Cammock’s latest book I Will Keep My Soul (2023), considering design and materiality alongside themes and audiences.

The conversation is related to the ARTIST ROOMS: Ed Ruscha display at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North, which features artist books from the 1960s and 1970s.

Biographies

Helen Cammock

Helen Cammock is a multi-disciplinary artist based in North Wales. Her practice spans film, photography, print, text, song and performance, engaging with historical and contemporary narratives of power and resistance. Moving across time and geography, her works often layer multiple voices and perspectives to explore the cyclical nature of histories through poetic, visual and aural assemblage. She is the winner of the 2017 Max Mara Art Prize for Women and was jointly awarded the Turner Prize in 2019.

Jane Rolo

Jane Rolo is a publisher, editor and curator. Trained as a bookbinder, she co-founded Book Works, a London-based arts organisation with a focus on artist books. Rolo served as a co-director of Book Works (1984-2019) and collaborated with numerous artists on publications, exhibitions and events, including Helen Cammock, Sophia Al-Maria, Jeremy Deller, Mark Dion, and Ruth Ewan. She currently works as an advisor on various publishing projects and supports students with the development of their reading skills.

Accessibility

Tate Liverpool is temporarily located at RIBA North, Mann Island, a short distance (425m) along Liverpool’s iconic waterfront. There is step free access to the main entrance. There is a lift to the first floor gallery, or alternatively you can take the stairs.

  • Toilets are located on the first floor
  • The nearest Changing Places toilet is located at the Museum of Liverpool
  • Ear defenders are available to borrow. Please ask a Visitor Engagement Assistant

Additional seating is also available. Please ask a member of staff if you require assistance. To help plan your visit to Tate Liverpool + RIBA North, have a look at our visual story. It includes photographs and information of what you can expect from a visit to the gallery.

For more information before your visit:

Email visiting.liverpool@tate.org.uk

In Conversation with Adrian Jeans: The Portrait Paradox

The Portrait Paradox is an exhibition which brings together portraits from the Williamson’s collection and Adrian Jeans’ portrait-based sculpture, drawing, photography and video.

Adrian Jeans will be in conversation about his work, the inspiration he found in our collection and the intentions of the exhibition.

Guest Artist: Kate Stewart

Factory Floor Jewels is a growing UK jewellery brand by independent design-maker Kate Stewart.

Each piece is meticulously handmade in her Liverpool studio and tells the story of her fascination with the engineering and marine history of the city which stems from her relationship with her engineer father.

Inspired by the enduring strength and beauty of industrial materials and processes, each Factory Floor Jewels collection features an eclectic mix of materials, including silver, steel, brass, and copper, creating jewellery that is both captivating and versatile.

Most of her designs begin with scrap or waste materials gathered from local engineering workshops.  Her final collections sometimes feature these repurposed materials and all silver used is recycled.

Kate creates pieces that have a timeless look, with clean lines and classic silhouettes that never go out of style.  Factory Floor Jewels pieces tell a story and are always conversation starters designed to make you stand out from the crowd.  They also make perfect gifts for those who appreciate unique design and a touch of industrial flair.

 

Frances Carlile: Passage

Passage is an installation of beautiful and delicate vessel and house structures by environmental artist Frances Carlile. Together they evoke the many types of journeys taken by individuals during their lifetime, and symbolise the transient passage between life and death. 

Each one has been handcrafted using organic material collected during the artist’s own journeys through the landscape, including along the coastline of North Wales and Wirral.

The Portrait Paradox

The Portrait Paradox brings together portraits from the Williamson’s collection and Liverpool-based artist Adrian Jeans’ portrait-based sculpture, drawing, photography and video.

Jeans says: “Influenced by the Williamson’s fascinating art collection, I have been inspired by an under-acknowledged progressiveness in portraiture.

At its best it challenges the norms of the time and The Portrait Paradox will show how I and others have taken portraiture beyond a simplistic paradigm and used it to explore our wider humanity”

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize

The Williamson is delighted to be hosting the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 for its only exhibition outside of London.

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize has an established reputation as the UK’s most important annual open exhibition for drawing. Established in 1994 by artist and Professor Anita Taylor, currently Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design at the University of Dundee, and Director of Drawing Projects UK, the annual Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize celebrates talent and excellence in current drawing practice.

The exhibition provides an important platform for artists, designers, makers, architects and other drawing practitioners as a catalyst within their careers, and champions the role, breadth, and value of drawing in creative practices today.

The 2025 awards were announced on 8th October 2025, totalling £27,000 awarded to artists working in contemporary drawing.

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is supported by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust – and 2025 marks the 8th year of their generous support for the annual open drawing exhibition.

 

About the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize