Join National Museums Liverpool’s historian in residence Laurence Westgaph to learn about the enslaved people who lived in Merseyside during the 18th century.
The records of their lives are fragmentary but what survives in parish records, newspapers and memoirs gives us a glimpse into the African presence in the region during the transatlantic slave trade and beyond.
The event is free and held Lady Lever Art Gallery, 24 March, 1-2pm.
The series of free Luma Creations workshops, including Intellectual Property rights, Funding, Networking, Good Business and Proposal Writing will be delivered by experts in their fields.
All sessions will be starting at 10.30am and run for up to 2hrs. All participants will need to sign in and complete a British Library Online Form. You can register here.
Workshops programme:
• 17th March – Understanding how to network and develop partnerships
• 23rd March – Understanding your Intellectual Property Rights
• 30th March – Understanding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trends in Developing a Responsible Business
• 6th April – Understanding what skills and knowledge are required to become self-employed or create a business in the creaive industries
• 13th April – Accessing Funding in the Creative Industries
• 20th April – Understanding how to manage finance, including cash-flow as a self-employed person
• 27th April – Understanding how to market yourself and your work business
• One to one Support
A Lovely Word is Liverpool’s most eclectic poetry night, featuring two halves of open mic poets, and a headliner beginning the first half. Hosted by Alex Ferguson, this free event is a fun, relaxed and friendly evening of performance poetry.
Beth Calverley is a poet, performer and founder of The Poetry Machine.
Beth is Poet in Residence at University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS FT and was published in These Are The Hands, the NHS anthology. She was Lyra: Bristol Poetry Festival’s Resident Poet 2021, a Bristol Life Awards Arts Finalist 2020, and a Roundhouse Slam Finalist 2018. She has worked with the BBC, ITV, Sky, and many more.
Beth travels across the country to places of work, care, learning and play – from high streets to hospitals to theatres to festivals – performing, facilitating and co-creating poetry.
Her debut collection, Brave Faces & Other Smiles, launched in 2020 with Verve Poetry Press, exploring some of the countless and complex reasons we smile. Benjamin Zephaniah called it “a great collection with a honest, real theme.”
TAKE PART
Whether you are a new poet performing for the first time or a seasoned poet who wants to try out some new stuff – sign up to perform by EITHER;
I) turning up at 7.30 in the bistro
II) emailing alovelywordpodcast@gmail.com with a confirmation of your full name, mobile number
When signing up to perform, you are signing up to these principles of the open mic.
Learn the fundamentals of painting a floral based still life in oils. Featuring demonstrations, group and one to one tuition, this class will guide you through a realistic but loose approach to painting flowers.
Walk away at the end of the class with a painting that you’re proud to hang on your wall, or give to your mum for mother’s day!
Key topics/methods covered:
– Shapes – learning to simplify the composition down into large easy to identify shapes
– Tone/Value – how to accurately see and mix tone
– Edges – how to control and apply a variety of edge quality to a painting
– Colour – colour temperature, colour mixing, basic colour theory
– Composition – how to select a viewpoint, create a strong and balanced composition
– And more….
Artist Bio: Jacob Gourley is a professional artist having specialised in representational oil painting and large scale murals. To date Jacob has received a number of awards including first prize in the Wirral Society of Arts Open exhibition 2019.
You will learn the ancient Japanese technique of Kintsugi and it’s variations to repair a piece of ceramic.
This class uses non toxic adhesive that comes in a variety of colours which you are free to choose from to embellish your ceramic piece.
The start of the class will be an introduction to the history of Kintsugi.
Then the tutor will focus on what each students aims to achieve and assist in design questions, no matter your skill level.
£50 for 1 day course.
Liverpool had the first overhead railway in the world.
Join Billy Alexander, Museum of Liverpool’s ticket inspector, in this pictorial performance looking at the history and the stories from this much loved Liverpool landmark.
Suitable for families and older adults.
Drop in, no booking required.
Liverpool’s first regular comedy club for kids (and their invited guests/handlers…) crashes back into the Bluecoat with its usual jokes, sketches, quizzes & mayhem!
From the first sketch to the final joke competition, Funny Looking Kids: Comedy Club is a rag tag bag of tomfoolery and nonsense. Chaos and cacophony, silliness and stupidity. This club offers comedy for kids with an alternative twist.
(7+ suggested but they once had a 5 year old laugh so hard they fell off their chair.)
The workshop is held Saturday, 26 March, 2.30-4pm.
Join Booker Flowers and Gifts Florists for an enjoyable evening of flower arranging.
This class will cover a selection of different floral techniques to make an Easter Door Wreath design including fresh flowers. The floral design you create will be perfect to take home to brighten up your front door over Easter.
If you have been to a previous class you can still attend as you will learn something new and create something special. However, no previous experience is needed as Florists will be on hand to help and assist you (if needed).
This class is a fun way to learn about flower arranging from a professional Florist at their shop on Booker Avenue Liverpool L18 4QY – perfect for a girls’ night out or a great way to de-stress after a busy day at work! Just remember to wear warm clothes, as their shop is always cold (to keep the flowers fresh!)
If you would like to buy this class for someone else they can send out a Gift Voucher – just state if a Flower School Gift Voucher is required when booking. It would make a great gift.
Booker Flowers and Gifts Florists are looking forward to teaching you how to make a bespoke Easter Door Wreath flower arrangement with fresh flowers and framework at Booker Flowers on Booker Avenue.
Join Make CIC for a morning of solutions focused talks and a chance to see some of the simple, affordable, and practical solutions Make have implemented on site at Make Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.
They will be joined by several innovative leaders in the green business sector including Minna Alanka- Falola (Compost Works CIC), Liam Kelly & Rosie Ashton (of Make CIC) and more!
Head along and explore Make Hamilton Square, get to know other good businesses and share solutions for how to move forwards on your business sustainability journey!
Love terrazzo? Learn the technique whilst making your own coaster set!
During this session, you will learn how to make a pair of round terrazzo-pattern coasters using an eco resin material, Jesmonite.
In recent years, Jesmonite has become the go-to material for designers and artists looking for an environmentally conscious alternative to traditional resin based products. Originally used in the building industry, Jesmonite is an acrylic-modified gypsum (plaster) composite that offers an eco-friendly and safe alternative to fibreglass, and provides a lightweight substitute to concrete.
The workshop will last approximately 3.5 hours, during which you will create your own personalised terrazzo coasters.
Aurelie, Make’s resident terrazzo extraordinaire and founder of Aura Living Homeware will show you how to use this “new” material as well as achieving any colour chips and/or base you wish to make your coasters with.
The session will be broken down in 3 parts with a 30 minutes break in between each, which will allow your creations to dry as well as provide you with the opportunity for a short natter over a coffee.
Aurelie will teach you all there is to know about eco resin material, its different applications, and show you some other homeware accessory examples they have been making using this great material.