Event type: Exhibition

The Liverpool Collection

As we approach a festive season where more of our friends and loved ones can be together after a difficult Christmas in 2020, dot-art are delighted to announce their annual festive exhibition, The Liverpool Collection, at dot-art Gallery.

This exhibition, running from 12th November 2021 – 20th January 2022, brings together portrayals and celebrations of Liverpool by 17 dot-art Member artists. Visitors will find original works and limited edition prints in an array of media from collage to watercolour to ceramics, with the common theme of portraying Liverpool in all its glory.

This winter they look positively to the community and city that has pulled together during a tough 18 months, and celebrate its architecture, music, people, and art.

As an independent gallery in the heart of the city centre, supporting local North West artists, they are proud to show such a display of beautiful, colourful and dazzling references to Liverpool – a city full of art, culture and talent. At dot-art they aim to support the local art scene and collectors; this exhibition includes works to fit all budgets to ensure buying fantastic local art does not break the bank.

They hope the show will create a sense of pride in Liverpool and Christmas shoppers can send prints, artworks, and mementos of Liverpool to loved ones near and far this festive season

With prices starting from just £40, this is a great time to invest in independents and collect local artists. This year they are pleased to exhibit for the first time in their Christmas exhibition, experimental ceramic and iron works by Simon Dredge. Dredge has incorporated found iron fragments from the Cast Iron Shore of Liverpool to wash and glaze the ceramic pieces. Using time, washed up materials and adventurous bisque and glazing techniques, Dredge’s limited works are not to be missed at £50 each.

For those who enjoy traditional sights and street views of Liverpool, Kathy Dereli’s oil paintings capture iconic buildings on a walk around Liverpool. Peering round a corner to the Anglican Cathedral or reaching the peak of Brownlow Hill to spot the Victoria Gallery & Museum filling the sky, these small and delicately hazy paintings feel like a familiar scene to many who wander the city. Prices start at just £150 for these original works.

And for quirky art lovers, they invite you to explore the cartoonish world of Mike Goodwin. These humorous and detailed pen and ink drawings will keep you looking closer, Goodwin’s mesmerizing “Lennon” and dystopian Mersey scene ”Stop It!” will be available as limited-edition prints. Using the background of Liverpool life to imagine his world, often incorporating text, these works will keep you coming back to the music or the joke. All limited-edition unframed prints are £50.

They are certain the Liverpool Collection will have something for everyone, but if you just can’t choose, then their gift vouchers are perfect – they can be used against their online shop or instore artworks. Or for the creative in your life, give the gift of experience with art classes and courses vouchers; their Winter Course programme features photography, painting and textile practical courses to make their own unique creations and go into the new year with new skills.

The exhibition starts on Friday 12th November and runs to Saturday 20th January. Entry is free, mask wearing is encouraged and numbers are limited.

For the first time in almost two years, we will be holding an in-person exhibition launch, on Thursday 11th November from 5-7pm! To ensure they keep visitors safe in their small gallery space, they are asking everyone (even if double vaccinated) to show proof of a recent negative COVID test. All are welcome but please register for a free ticket here: https://the-liverpool-collection-21.eventbrite.co.uk. They look forward to seeing you for some early mulled wine and mince pies!

The dot-art Gallery can be found at 14 Queen Avenue, Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 4TX (just 5 minutes’ walk from Liverpool One). Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-6pm

 

Lutyens Crypt visitor exhibition

Following 18 months of closure, one of Liverpool’s architectural hidden gems has reopened its doors. The Lutyens Crypt is launching a brand new exhibition, co-curated by the local community and developed through lockdown.

The Crypt, buried deep under the Metropolitan Cathedral, is all that remains of towering plans for a cathedral for Liverpool, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1930. It was due to become the largest cathedral in the world, but the project was abandoned after the Second World War.

With four vast neo-classical halls featuring intricate brickwork, leadlight windows and vaulted ceilings, the Crypt is an unexpected and ambitious contrast to the striking, modernist cathedral that now sits above it. The dramatic space is often referred to as ‘Liverpool’s third cathedral’.

Members of the public can once again visit the atmospheric Lutyens Crypt – which now includes a permanent exhibition exploring its fascinating story and the cathedral-that- never- was. Co-curated by members of the local community Secrets of the Crypt takes visitors back through hundreds of years of history to discover the people and stories behind this astonishing space, including:

• Apprentice bricklayer 19 year-old Arthur Brady, who was the only man left working on the crypt when his colleagues were called up to fight in WWII. Once he was called up, construction came to a standstill for 15 years.

• The crypt as a focal point for celebration and sadness in the city. It became an air-raid shelter for local people during WWII; and later saw more than 1 million people turning out for the visit of the Pope in 1982 and an outdoor Mass for more than 9,000 people on 16 April 1989, the day after the Hillsborough disaster.

The exhibition forms part of the National Lottery Heritage Funded Metropolitan Perspectives project, which connects members of the local community with heritage and creative professionals to create a range of exciting new visitor experiences within the Grade II* listed Cathedral.

Volunteer and local resident Debi Eastwood says, “I’d not visited the Cathedral before starting this project, but I’ve loved learning about its fascinating history. As part of the project we attended workshops and training days, and spent time in the Cathedral archives. It’s amazing to think that things we discovered have made it into the final exhibition. I’ve made friends and learned so much thanks to this project.”

The second phase of the project – a brand new immersive audio tour of the Cathedral – will launch in mid-October.

Entrance to the Crypt also includes access to the Crypt’s glittering Treasury, which contains a priceless collection of church artefacts and sacred vessels – the largest of such kind in the North West.

The Lutyens Crypt is open Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm. Tickets are priced at £5 and can be purchased from the Cathedral welcome desk. For more information visit www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk or email enquiries@metcathedral.org.uk.

Aesthetics

Aesthetics: An exhibition exploring the experiences and creative practices of 5 artists with lived experience of personality disorder. A part of Convenience Galleries In Cahoots 21/22 programme.

Aesthetics is a focused Project commissioned By CWP in Partnership with the Open Door Charity and Convenience to develop a creative resource which explore’s the lived experience, personal narrative, diagnosis and conceptual thoughts of artists with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder.

They have worked across the last year to develop a commissioning process to bring artists with lived experience from across the globe to develop creative responses and personal journals that document a personal, introspective and deeply insightful exploration of lived experience and diagnosis.

This project aims to give both insight and understanding as personality disorder are often misrepresented and misunderstood in both media and the public realm. Aesthetics will play a small part in a wider conversation in reshaping understanding and placing the narrative in the hands of people with lived experience. Both to create new understanding and shared experience for other with lived experience and people going through diagnosis.

All donation based tickets funds are reinvested back into their current and future creative programming. This will support them in creating more opportunities for both people in the creative industry and the wider community. All their “In Cahoots” core programming is free to attend and donations are optional.

Opening Night: Friday 15th October 6:30pm-11:00pm

Halima Cassell & Emma Rodgers

This exhibition brings together two of most accomplished sculptors from the North West, Halima Cassell and Emma Rodgers, for the first time.

The event is free and held Bluecoat Display Centre, 2-13 October, 10am-5.30pm.

Both artists have achieved national and international recognition through their work, which although completely different, both capture a dynamic sense of movement through their work. There are also many parallels in terms of their highly successful career paths.

Both artist’s work feature in major public collections and they have undertaken major public and private commissions. Emma still works from her studio in the North West whilst Halima has recently moved out of the region in order to achieve a studio that accommodates her own diverse practice as well as facilitating space for her to share her knowledge.

All Out LGBT+ Photo Awards 2021

The third floor of Lush Liverpool Spa has become the host for the All Out LGBT+ Photo Awards 2021. 

The exhibition is open until September 30th and some of the space will be taken over by Homotopia, with a selection of local photographers displaying their work as part of the ongoing Visible and Safe Campaign for LGBTQIA people living in Liverpool.

Launched on May 17th, which is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia & Transphobia, All Out called for photographers to capture the LGBTQIA community across the world. Thousands of images were submitted from over 60 countries and now the final winners will be displayed in Liverpool.

The Homotopia corner is part of an ongoing project for visible queer art in the city. Following a recent spate of violent homophobic hate crimes in central Liverpool, the city council approached Homotopia and LCR Pride Foundation and asked them to put together a creative, community-led response. The project is ongoing and input is still very much welcomed

Exhibited photographs include work by here n queer collective, a street-art project focusing on claiming public spaces where hate crimes have occurred with Felix Mufti, Luke Bryant, Kolade T Ladipo, Franklin Dawson and Iesha Palmer, also exhibited is photographer Michael Parry, and model Frank Mason.

Local Community Evening, Thursday 23rd September

Between 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm on Thursday 23rd September, Lush Liverpool Spa and Homotopia will host a Community Evening on the third floor. Alongside local LGBTQ+ activists and grassroots groups, All Out Executive Director, Matt Beard will be there to give more insights into what they’re doing as a global movement for love and equality alongside some other fabulous guests.

Exhibition opening times:
Monday – Saturday: 10-5
Sunday: 11-5

Santerre painting on display

The Lady Lever Art Gallery is placing a painting featuring an enslaved African person at the front and centre of its displays.

The oil painting of Catherine-Marie Legendre, painted about 1705 and attributed to Jean Baptiste Santerre (1658-1717), is the only item from the gallery’s 18th century collection to depict a person of colour.

Following a period in conservation, the painting will be on display from 1 October 2021 in a new and more prominent position on gallery, acknowledging its context.

The Gallery will be inviting comment in order to begin a conversation with visitors about how problematic and disturbing works might be displayed in a way that ensures the collections are not seen and viewed through a single historic lens, but instead reflect multiple histories.

OUTPUT Open 5

The OUTPUT Open is a regular part of their gallery programming – an opportunity to present an overview of creativity in the region through the practices of a group of emerging artists.

This year, their selected artists have focused on work in the mediums of painting and video, so they have split the exhibition in two accordingly.

The OUTPUT Painting Open (Sept 18th – Oct 3rd) presents the work of Chris Oliver, Zahra Parwez, Harry Garner, Sian Cooper & Rob Davies. 

The OUTPUT Video Open (Oct 7th – Oct 24th) presents the work of Olayka McKay, Onyx Hinds, Colette McDonald & Cos Ahmet. 

These artists, who are all at different stages in their career, will showcase the breadth of skill and invention that our region’s art scene can provide in both traditional and new media. While the artists were not selected with any theme in mind, much of the work shares an interest in narrative and a strong sense of place. 

For those who are not yet comfortable returning to in-person exhibitions, they will be sharing all artwork online. See their website here.

Space Is The Place by Patric Rodgers &...

Space is the Place is Patric Rogers in collaboration with Angelo Madonna’s deeply personal memoir to his most sacred of spaces, Hilbre Island.

It is a cerebral exhibition project exploring the psychogeography of one of Wirral’s iconic landmarks. Space is the Place encourages the viewer to connect deeper to the environments and places around them and to explore how our connection to place is made through our experiences, dreams, memories and through the landscape itself.

The project began it’s life during the recent lock down period in the mind of its creator Patric Rogers. Patric spent many years during the summer months working on Hilbre Island.

Often alone he was left in the quiet of the island to explore it’s history, secrets and mysteries. For him the island became a teacher and a place of reflection and solace.

Our recent period of national difficulty has opened the doors for people to explore their surroundings with a new found appreciation and it is through the telling of the stories of the island, its history, mysteries, folklore, psychogeographic power and the people who are drawn to it that this exhibition aims to help others connect to their own spaces of reflection and solace.

In this multi part installation experience, Space is the Place encourages the viewer to consider their own sense of space and place exploring how, place, dreams, memories and landscape combine to create a deeper connection with the landscape.

“Space Is The Place” will take place Convenience Gallery, Bloom Building

Opening night: Friday, 17 September, 6.30pm-late

Exhibition Runs: 17 September – 1 October

Normal opening hours: 10am-5pm.

Location: Bloom Building and Coffee, CH41 5FQ

All donation based tickets funds are reinvested back into their current and future creative programming. This will support them in creating more opportunities for both people in the creative industry and the wider community. All their “In Cahoots” core programming is free to attend and donations are optional.

Rituals of Loneliness

Nurturing artistic practice is central to what FACT do. Every year, they invite artists, scientists, technologists, radical thinkers and Liverpool communities to develop their practice and showcase their work through residencies.

The exhibition is free and held FACT, 15 September-3 October, 12pm-10pm.

Throughout September and October 2021, in their galleries and online, they are showcasing the outcomes of our current artists-in-residence, who they have been supporting remotely during the pandemic.

Rituals of Loneliness is a collection of newly commissioned digital artworks by artists Shonagh Short, Linda Stupart and Ayesha Tan Jones, created in collaboration with a group of adults and young people from Liverpool.

Meeting and working together on Zoom, the group shared their personal tactics to defeat lockdown and celebrate the new rituals we all performed, from clapping on Thursdays, to fermenting and living room dancing.

The artworks reflect on the rituals that have made us feel more connected to the world around us during the past year of isolation. What have we done that has made us feel less lonely? What have we shared? What things did we choose to protect? What have we lost? What have we learnt?

Whose Land Is It?

Whose Land Is It? brings together three Australian artists approaching the idea of the landscape and the elements of it which may have previously escaped our attention.

The exhibition is free and held Open Eye Gallery, until 19 September, 11am-4pm (Wednesday-Sunday).

The drying riverbeds directly linked to climate change and land misuse and mismanagement by James Tylor, the materials and tokens gathered during Atong Atem’s walks through her local area and the feminist reading of the landscape as interpreted by Amanda Williams all help in establishing more engaged ways of reading the land, and understanding the impact the landscape has on us.

It is through these images that a sense of ownership or belonging can begin to form. Whose land is being photographed, how can we picture ourselves there, and who is the landscape for?