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Back by popular demand!

Little Lamb Tales will have a packed story tin over the summer.

Join us at Lee Valley and Central Library for interactive storytelling. 

What is the role of socially-engaged public art in the context of our accelerating environmental crisis? Join UP Projects on Thursday 11 September 2025 in Liverpool for a half day symposium at The Black-E exploring regenerative principles and practices. The symposium will bring together expertise and insights from artists, curators, and environmentalists.

Through panel discussions and dynamic workshops, the symposium will explore the role public and socially engaged art can play in the climate and biodiversity crises. It aims to raise the ambition for what it means to be environmentally responsible both technically and culturally.

The symposium will equip participants with theoretical frameworks, case studies from best and emerging practices, as well as practical tools from the world of public art commissioning and beyond. Sharing learnings from UP Projects’ Bodies of Water commissions, the symposium will explore the human relationship to nature through the prism of water cultures, water management and hydropolitics.

The symposium itself aims to be environmentally responsible with production principles that aim to reduce our carbon footprint, including avoiding unnecessary printing, minimising waste, prioritising speakers based in the UK and encouraging sustainable travel methods for all delegates. UP Projects has a long-term commitment to Environmental Responsibility, including commissioning work that addresses the climate emergency and sharing knowledge around innovative approaches to commissioning public art that have a net positive environmental impact.

The Bodies of Water Symposium is curated by UP Projects and guest curator Justine Boussard, in partnership with the Liverpool Biennial.

The symposium is part of Bodies of Water, a national, site specific public art commission by German/Korean artist Anne Duk Hee Jordan that explores the human relationship with the natural world, presented at A la Ronde in Exmouth, East Devon and Haigh Hall in Wigan, Greater Manchester.

Bodies of Water is commissioned and curated by UP Projects working in partnership with National Trust and Wigan Council. It is generously funded by Arts Council England, Art Fund and Vallum Associates, and supported by Goethe-Institut with engineering support from Civic Engineers.

Thank you to UP Projects’ Critical Friends Pauline Desouza, Diversity Arts Forum and Bridget McKenzie, Regenerative Culture for advising on the project.

Tickets

Tickets for the Bodies of Water Symposium are now available to purchase for £15. The ticket includes access to the panel discussion and one workshop. Ticket holders will be contacted and invited to select which workshop to attend when the workshop tickets become available from 31 July.

UP Projects believes in keeping events accessible to everyone and has a reserved number of tickets specifically for students and those who are unwaged or on a lower income. These tickets are available to purchase at a discounted price of £7.50. If you are a student and would like to purchase a discounted ticket, please contact info@upprojects.com using your university email address, and you will be provided with a dedicated link to access a discounted ticket. If you are an individual who is on a lower income or currently unwaged, please contact info@upprojects.com and request a discounted ticket.

Liverpool is famous for the Liver Bird, a mythical bird which is the symbol of the city. The most famous of which are the birds on the magnificent Royal Liver Building, the first-ever Skyscraper in the UK.

What you may not know is that are in fact over 100 Liver Birds in Liverpool, hidden in the architecture of this fine city.

Join us for a fun, lively walking tour safari around the city centre, as we go Liver Bird-spotting. Starting at The Bluecoat, visiting St. George’s Plateau, William Brown Street, and Castle Street; learn about the history of Liverpool along the way.

This two-hour tour finishes near the Waterfront.

Join the team at the Museum of Liverpool for a Pride family takeover. In partnership with Pride in Liverpool we are hosting a family-friendly festival celebrating loving who we are and loving who we want.

They’ll have performances, craft sessions, storytelling and more as we celebrate all types of families and the wonderful diversity that makes the city so amazing.

Join the team at Museum of Liverpool for the NML Pride Weekender.

To kick start Liverpool City Region (LCR) Pride weekend we will be hosting a range of Queer friends, communities and agencies in our Info Market Place.

Spend time chatting to some of the LGBTQ+ and Queer allies who create opportunities and do amazing work across LCR communities.

The Info Market Place will be held on the ground floor of the museum, 10am-4pm on Friday 25 July.

No need for a ticket, just turn up – enjoy meeting and getting to know people and learn about what they do across the city and beyond.

Join the team at the Museum of Liverpool for the NML Pride Weekender! Kick start your Pride weekend with the first NML Xtra of 2025.

From the runways of Drag Race UK to the cultural halls of Liverpool’s museums and galleries, our resident queen of heritage and high camp Sister Sister will preside over the evening’s proceedings.

With performances from Naya Thorn, Liverpool’s Rainbow Chorus and, of course, the fabulous House of Suarez. Mix all that up with delicious tunes from Queensway Collective, and you can dance the night away before moving your night on until the wee hours.

A cash bar and food will be available to purchase from the Museum cafe.Food available 7.30 – 9pmBar open 7.30 – 10.30pmShop open – 7.30 – 9.30pm 

Tickets cost £10 and can be booked below (yes, you read it right – this years’ event is at a special offer of just £10 per person!)

The Holly Johnson Story exhibition will also be open until 9pm with a special offer ticket of £2.50 on the evening. This can be purchased with your Xtra ticket or on the night.

Join the Museum of Liverpool team in this new opportunity for deaf and hard of hearing visitors to join a tour of our wonderful new exhibition exploring the life of Holly Johnson led by a deaf guide.

Tickets are extremely limited so please book early to ensure your place.