Interest area: art

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.

Second late date – Space Is the ...

After the success of the “Space Is The Place” opening, the team have set a second late date for everyone to head down, see the exhibition and hear directly from the artists.

Artists Patric Rodgers and Angelo Madonna will be at Convenience Gallery on Thursday 30th September at 7pm for a conversation on Space is the Place.

They will be diving into the exhibition providing insight into its creation, process, concept and exploring the wider inspiration discussing the history, myth of Hilbre Island, psychogeography and how to connect deeper with our own place in space.

The exhibition will be available to view in its full glory with all the mood and ambience of their opening.

Show Booklets will be available on the night.

 

Craft at the Museum – Joseph Johns...

Joseph Johnson was a Black sailor who lived 200 years ago. Younger visitors are invited to get creative and try their hand at making a replica of his hat.

The workshop is free and held Merseyside Maritime Museum, 9 and 10 October, 11am-12noon, 1-4pm.

The sessions are part of NML’s Black History Month events.

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?