Join up for a relaxing Sunday life Drawing session in the heart of Liverpool’s creative district!
Alternative Life Drawing Liverpool aims to showcase a diverse range of bodies and themes supporting queer artists and models in Liverpool. These sessions are a great way to spice up your portfolio and try something a little different, with rotating themes and models each month.
All levels of experience welcome guided by an art tutor in a supportive environment.
Basic materials are provided but it is advised to bring your own supplies.
Grab yourself a delicious coffee and cake, or something stronger if you wish from the café.
Themes include: Burlesque, Tattoos, Plus size, Bondage, Gender, Identity and Drag…More to be announced.
£10 Advanced tickets available on Eventbrite
£12 on the door ** Cash/Card**
The Monument exhibition features artists, Jessica Rae Ecker, Gareth Kemp, Mandy Payne, KJ Pocock, Luke Skiffington.
A new large scale sculpture/installation by Gareth kemp will form the stage for the live performances at the launch event.
Private View: 7 December, 6 – 10pm. Live Music from two amazing Liverpool bands – Puzzle and Dominoes.
There will be a pay bar from Shuffle (all profits towards their ongoing work supporting Liverpool based artists) and a Pizza Van by Pizzeria Miki in the courtyard.
Exhibition runs 8th-10th December 12.00-18.00
Bridewell Studios and Gallery, 101 Prescot Street, L7 8UL.
Join Comics Youth, who use creativity to support people’s mental health, wellbeing and access to the arts, in their zine making workshop!
You will learn about the history of zine making and how to make your own, then create a zine focusing on LGBTQ+ identities and experiences. There are no limitations to how you express yourself in this workshop, you could make your zine about your favourite shirt that brings you gender euphoria, you could explore iconic LGBTQ+ icons or you could share your personal journey as an LGBTQ+ person. There are no boundaries when it comes to creativity, so they will be leaving the binary at the door and helping you tap into your imagination.
The zines made at this workshop have the opportunity to be published and shared at our LGBTQ+ History Month event in February 2024, which will see people come together to celebrate our diverse community through your zine launch, talks by LGBTQ+ youth and arts-based workshops on the day! So come and take part if you’d like to try something new, meet like-minded people and have your work distributed across the city.
This session is open to anyone aged 12+ who identifies as LGBTQ+ or is questioning. You do not need any previous experience with zine making or the arts, this is a space to learn a new skill and develop new ways to express yourself!
This is a safe space that will not tolerate any bigotry, use of slurs or triggering content. Please do let them know if you have any access needs that they should be aware of so that we can make the workshop as fun for you as possible!
This workshop is free but places are limited so please book your ticket below.
Join this talk on gallery to explore the themes surrounding the painting selected as the Lady Grantchester prize winner ‘Hurl’, led by Emma Roche.
“These works are primarily concerned with the mechanics and history of painting and are motivated by abstraction and experimentation. Images in the work often indicate liquids such as tears and bodily excretions. I am drawn toward the molten qualities of paint and how it is mimetic of these corporeal liquids.
The process is slow. I make long lines of acrylic paint, extruded through a syringe and then lay them out to dry. Once dry, they are peeled off and used as if wool or thread – the paint strands are literally knitted together (with knitting needles) to make the painting.
Preliminary drawings on gridded paper are used as craft charts to work from – each square represents a stitch to build the image. Physically questioning the ‘gesture’ through this purposefully irreverent and ridiculous use of materials and subverting the heroic history of painting is also of interest.This process corresponds to the humdrum of daily repetitiveness and physically records and stores time.”
Tickets for this talk are £5 and include entry to the exhibition.
Hieroglyphs were used for well over 3000 years to write the Egyptian language in monumental settings and was the script some of the most important texts were written in.
In this course we will look at the basics of how to read real hieroglyph inscriptions, using real texts from monumental settings in Egypt as well as texts from the collections at World Museum Liverpool. No prior knowledge of hieroglyphs is needed and although no knowledge of Ancient Egypt is required, a basic understanding of the culture and history will be beneficial to participants.
The fee for this course is £80 per participant. This includes four facilitator-led sessions at World Museum Liverpool. The course will run across 4 Saturday afternoons, 1-3pm on-
6, 13, 20, 27 January 2024
We aim to make our courses as accessible as possible and if there is anything they can put into place to help you attend please get in contact with the course facilitator, Matt Exley, on Matt.Exley@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Join the team for this talk on gallery to explore the themes surrounding the shortlisted painting ‘Other Light’, led by Damian Taylor.
Focusing on his work in the JMPP, Old Light, Damian will discuss his wider interest in reimagining the material and technical foundations of painting, and how it can respond to the sweeping changes in visual culture that have resulted from digital technologies.
He will locate this in relation to earlier periods of profound change, notably the introduction of photography in the middle of the nineteenth century and address his interest in trying to make images that are unstable or unfixed. In this spirit, he will welcome interactions and interruptions from visitors throughout the talk.
Tickets for this talk include entry to the exhibition.
December 1st 2023 is the 35th World AIDS Day. Liverpool charity Sahir wanted to mark the occasion and commissioned photographer Laura McCann to produce an exhibition featuring people living with HIV.
The project showcases a series of unfiltered portraits and aims to celebrate the uniqueness of the individuals involved.
This exhibition will be part of a programme of events including, work by the Mexican artist Roberto Tovar, a display of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt and several talks and workshops in conjunction with Homotopia.
Following last year’s hugely successful show, the 2023 OPEN exhibition at the LAKE gallery in West Kirby brings together 53 emerging and established artists to create a diverse and exciting group exhibition. Entries were open to all 2D and 3D artists working in the UK.
A beautifully curated mix of statement pieces and smaller works, perfect for Christmas gifts, the exhibition runs throughout December and January.
The gallery will be hosting a preview evening on Thursday 30th November between 6pm and 8pm, and all are welcome.
The exhibition runs from Thursday 30th November to Saturday 20th January 2024.
Opening Times: Thursday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm
The LAKE gallery is located in central West Kirby, just 2 minutes walk from the train station. There are two blue badge parking spaces immediately outside the gallery and the nearest public car park is at The Concourse, a 5 minute walk away.
Get creative with guest artist Jan Phoenix! Jan is an experienced workshop leader and will show you some simple methods to explore mark making using alternative materials and simple tips and tricks to achieve realistic tress in a fast and fun art workshop.
This workshop is suitable for beginners. Due to materials being used we ask that all attendees are aged 12+.
They will be using paint and while disposable aprons may be provided we recommend that you wear clothes that you do not mind getting messy.
Sessions will run at 10.30, 12pm and 1.30pm
Are you 16-24 and looking for a creative outlet, to meet new people, or just to try something new?
They welcome all 16-24 year olds to join us for our regular programme of Linocut workshops for young people at Walker Art Gallery. In this workshop, you’ll be learning how to design and cut out your Lino to create your own unique item to take home with you. This technique can be used to create t-shirts, prints, tote bags and more, so it’s great for personalised items for yourself, or for creating gifts!
These sessions we will focus on a different theme each time to serve as inspiration for discussions and designs – the theme of this session will be all things festive as we approach Christmas and the winter holidays. This series can be enjoyed as a regular club if you would like to come to all sessions on an ongoing basis, or you can come as a one off / to the specific sessions that interest you – it’s completely flexible.
All materials are included for these sessions, and no previous experience is needed. Tickets for 16-24 Print Club are £2 per session. Please note that this excludes some of our equalities themed sessions, which will be free of charge – these will be specified on the website page.
Please note that some sharp objects may be used in this workshop due to the nature of the print methods. If you will need any additional support or if there is anything we can do to make this session more accessible for you, please get in touch so we can find out how we can help.
