Interest area: art

Easter Flower School

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.

Super Last Minute Studio Show

Super Last Minute Studio Show is an exhibition celebrating some of the wonderful artists they have on offer here at The Royal Standard.

As one of Liverpool’s oldest and largest artist-led organisations, they aim to support and provide opportunities for their studio community as much as possible, and are using this gap in their gallery programme to showcase some of the amazing creativity and talent we house in our studios.

They also only decided to do this last week, and it’s super last minute.

They asked artists to show completed pieces and works in progress, as finished pieces of work aren’t always available at such short notice, and they want to give an insight into where studio members are at with their creative practices in this current moment.

The exhibition will be open for one night only on Friday 25th February, 6-9pm.

M@rt Music Metro Exhibition by Martin ...

Martin Pin Jiang studied as a graphic designer in Newcastle upon Tyne in the mid 1980’s and always had a fascination and obsessive interest in record sleeve / cassette inlay art and design.

The artist also had a similar obsession with collecting maps, folded street maps, leaflets and railway network diagrams (e.g. Merseyrail, the London Underground) from an early age.  Martin would draw and doodle aimlessly making up road and rail networks that didn’t exist, as well as meticulously reproducing street maps of UK cities from the atlases he had in his collection.

Martin is a keen music fan, being an aspiring drummer from childhood, so the art of record covers was always close to his heart and he would compile his own mix tapes and CDs and design and print out his own versions of sleeves.

At the end of the 1990’s, he started drawing again by hand his diagrammatic railway network maps, with the aim of translating them into a musical context. Thus was born the whole concept of customised rail network maps, based on albums by different bands.

Fast forward 20+ years to the present, and some of these earlier embryonic versions have since been upgraded and redesigned to a much higher standard and comprise some of the examples that are being exhibited at Mersey Arts Zone.

Why Music Metro Maps? Martin always regarded listening to an album as a bit like a trip you are embarking on. It might sound trite of course but that was precisely what it was, the excitement as a youngster, of putting on a LP record or indeed cassette tape which you’d just bought from WH Smiths, Woolworths, HMV or wherever else, and just listening to the tracks sequentially one after the other.

It was just like embarking on a sonic train journey and it struck him at the time that very few others would equate the two in such a way: one ‘station’ after another before the final number which is the terminus. Martin made that connection and never lost sight of it since”!

Mersey Arts Zone is open Wednesday to Sunday 10-5pm

Sickert Pop-Up

The Youth Engagement Forum at National Museums Liverpool would like to invite all young people from across the city to participate in their Walter Sickert Pop-Up event at Walker Art Gallery.

No previous knowledge of art or Walter Sickert is required. The Youth Engagement Forum have created their first major event and have produced and designed some fun and engaging activities for all visitors to take part in.

Storytelling & Poetry:

Join John Hughes, Storyteller and Poet as he does a storytelling performance at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm inspired by the Sickert Exhibition.

John Hughes is a storyteller, performance poet and writer who works with children and young people. Renowned for his interactive performances, creative writing workshops, games, riddles and truly painful jokes, John loves having imaginative fun with words and encourages others to do the same.

He works in schools, libraries, museums, galleries, hospitals, festivals, shopping centres, zoos and, well, almost anywhere, really. Basically, he’s not that fussy. He’s also a pop star (in his dreams), a dancer (in his kitchen) and an expert chocolate taster (in his pyjamas). “John Hughes is amazing,” says John’s mum.

Join young people from the Youth Engagement Forum to write your own poetry and creative writing inspired by the Sickert Exhibition.

Pop up Theatre:

Join the team for some relaxing music that inspired Sickert from the music halls and theatres in his paintings and draw like Sickert did!

Sketch like Sickert:

Looking at Sickert’s drawings and paintings as an inspiration, draw on their long roll of paper and help to create a collaborative drawing.

Young people from the Youth Engagement Forum will be around all day to give talks to young people about Sickert’s artwork and the Youth Engagement Forum.

All activities are free of charge, no booking is required. Discover more about the Youth Engagement Forum.

Meet The Maker: Claire Curneen

Meet Claire Curneen, one of the UK’s most celebrated ceramicists. Well known for her hand-built porcelain sculptures, she is showing her work at the Walker for the first time.

Claire will talk to exhibition curator Nicola Scott about the inspiration for her complex diorama Baroque and Berserk, on display in the 18th-century gallery.

This is also a unique opportunity for discussion of three of Claire’s sculptures on loan from a major, private collection, which form part of the display.

Book your free ticket through the website here.

Bruce Asbestos: OK! Cherub!

The Bluecoat’s famous courtyard will soon be getting some fun new residents when it becomes home to OK! Cherub!, a group of new artworks by artist Bruce Asbestos.

Newly commissioned work by Bruce Asbestos includes three giant inflatable sculptures: a yellow worm, a collection of frogspawn and a giant arm.

Each sculpture represents, and takes its name from, a different aspect of positive mental health. A giant yellow worm represents Rest, a group of green frogspawn represents Community and a giant cartoon arm represents Connection.

The work has been developed in response to the Bluecoat’s historic building and courtyard, particularly the architectural features such as the cherubs that adorn the façade.

Life Drawing

Convenience Gallery host a monthly life drawing session on the third Tuesday of each month.

This takes place in the bar/ coffeeshop at Bloom Building, so you can get a drink whilst you work on your drawings. (At Bloom bar & Coffee 100% of the £’s you spend go to support the work of the Open Door Charity. How boss is that?!).

This is a session for people of all levels. It is untaught so that means bringing along whatever materials you want to work with and have fun with it. There will be a mixture of poses; both short and long. There will be a 20 minute break at the halfway point to.

Poses will start at 6:45pm, so please arrive in good time.

They will have some materials available if you forget yours, but please bring along whatever you wish to work with. Whether that’s pens, pencils, paint, canvas, carcoal, paper, or something completely different bring it along.

They use Life Drawing to help fundraise to continue to do their work with the community around them. As a not for profit, your support at events like this helps them massively.

Please let them know at least 7 days in advance for cancellation where possible, this is a popular class and they will look to reallocate your place if you are unable to attend.

If you have any questions please get in touch conveniencegallery@outlook.com

Discombobuloscopy by Roxy Topia and Pa...

A part of Convenience Gallery’s 21/22 ‘In Cahoots’ programme

‘Discombobuloscopy’ is an experimental collaborative painting, made in relief from hand cut MDF, metal and polymer clay. Mounted as a tri-fold modesty screen made specifically for the Convenience Gallery modular framework, it sits in a tradition of decoratively carved and painted screens and room dividers that dates back thousands of years, including those used for the privacy of medical examination.

The painting depicts an imaginative, unfolding body as landscape for contemplation; part self-examination, part costume change. Inspired by cartoonish representations, medical models and body imaging, body horror movie prop design and the melting, colour driven animism of psychedelia; the piece meditates on how conscious we have become of our bodies and whether it’s possible to build a coherent picture of them? Do we view our bodies as just a vehicle and what or who is along for the ride; are we just relay nodes for the micro-organisms we house? How best do we live in ourselves as a site for transformation?

Topia and Gould have exhibited and undertaken residencies across the UK and internationally. Selected exhibitions include RMAC, Roswell, USA, Studio 1.1, London, Studio 2, Todmorden and Bunker Gallery, Manchester. Their most recent solo show in 2021, ‘Pause for Living’ was held at CBS Gallery, Liverpool. They also founded Pink Sands in 2018; an independent press for Artist publications. Their latest book release ‘There’s Always Things Falling Out the Sky’ is a fully illustrated long form poem and was created in collaboration with Artist Sammy Playford. They are based in Birkenhead.

All donation based tickets funds are reinvested back into 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 “In Cahoots” core programming is free to attend and donations are optional.

Opening Night: Friday 25th February 6:30pm-late

Show runs: 25th February- 11th March (Monday-Friday 10am-6pm)

Location: Bloom Building, Birkenhead, CH41 5FQ.

A Day In The Life

A Day In The Life takes its inspiration from the newest addition to the Williamson’s collection: Grayson Perry’s ‘Six Snapshots of Julie’, a set of prints capturing moments from the life of the artist’s fictional everywoman, Julie Cope.

The pictures accompanying Perry’s prints in this display likewise show ordinary people – individuals, couples, families, friends – going about their everyday lives in the places they live, work, and visit on holiday.

Although the subject matter is ordinary, many of these pictures are extraordinary and absorbing, capturing the fleeting events, situations, and emotions we experience every day. They are snapshots of the moments of happiness, sadness, boredom, and contemplation that make up our daily lives.

Open Wednesday & Thursday 10:30-5, Friday 10:30-9 and Saturday 10-4:30

Image courtesy Grayson Perry & Paragon | Contemporary Editions Ltd

PHLEGM

Since May last year, Phlegm has been running as an alternative space for creative self-education.

Participants responded to bi-weekly prompts, took part in workshops, and shared and received peer feedback during informal Zoom crits. This exhibition is a celebration of those who’ve made it to the end of the project, showcasing pieces of work that have been in development for the past month or so.

The artists are from various places across the UK, including Liverpool, London, The Black Country, Ireland, and Bristol. They also have varying backgrounds: some have never had a formal education in the arts, whilst others have been practising in their fields for years. Some are musicians, some are writers, some are fine artists and some are professionals in other fields harnessing their creativity for the first time.

Artists:
Aislinn O’Reilly
Annie Dobson
Aoife McCollum
Bobbie Hook
Catherine Johnston
Christine Bramwell
Jed Timms
Kyra Cross
Laura Jane Round
Lydia Johnston
Maja Lorkowska

Given the current COVID rates & guidelines, they’re asking people visiting The Royal Standard to wear a face covering when inside the building, and would advise that visitors have a negative lateral flow test result before arriving. They want to keep their community as safe as possible, and ask that you consider following this advice before visiting TRS.