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Arts Council announce recent Lottery Awards to North West artists and organisations, including Walk the Plank and Ceri Hand Gallery
IN OUR ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK
The Static Trainee monument got off to a very wet start but its still going and growing, you can watch it grow via the webcam at http://www.statictrading.com/indexlivestream.html
Excellent degree shows at Hope and JMU. Our artinliverpool.com purchase prize at Hope Uni went to Dominic Foster. The new JMU art academy was very busy but coped well and looked really good (building and artwork) and pleased to see all the strands from architecture to fashion in the one place. Listen out to our Dominic Foster interview coming soon.
The Art & Craft New Village Fete was also very popular and some really good stalls there - with music and mushroom 'burgers' in the courtyard (never knew there was a courtyard at Heebie Jeebies)
Should become a regular event.
The 2 drawing exhibitions at Bluecoat - also very interesting, all types of drawing methods.
HUB Festival had good weather, but seemed a bit low-key and a lot of people not happy with the venue compared to Otterspool.
THIS WEEK
NML Shows end on Sunday 31 May - George Always and Fashion V Sport at the Walker and French Impressionists at Lady Lever
TALK: Matthew Burt
THURSDAY 28 May, 14.30 - 16.30 at Bluecoat Display Centre
Matthew Burt will host a talk followed by a tour of the exhibition 'Idea to Object'.
Tickets are available now at £5.50 (£4.50 concs.) early booking is advisable as place are limited.
For tickets for Matthew’s talk and tour please call 0151 7094014 Exhibition details
Following the success of Go Pink 08, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre are again supporting this year's exhibition. Over 70 local artists are donating their work to raise awareness & funds for male & female related cancer charities. Exhibition details
VIEWING - Cracke in The Summer
Announcing the first show in a brand new exhibition space at Ye Cracke pub, Rice St, Liverpool L1. Featuring original works by seven artists. Exhibition to be opened by Ian & Minako Jackson (artinliverpool.com). Exhibition details
EVENT: TAXED: Collage(n) Party
Collagen Party (taxed off Paul Butler’s Collage Party) is the third in the series, TAXED, our regular events for, and by, Liverpool based artists. This session involves the collective production of art over the period one evening by anyone who wants to join in.
OPENS: Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today
FRIDAY 29 May 2009 at Tate Liverpool
At a time of unprecedented interest in the role of colour in graphic design, fashion and interior design, Tate Liverpool will be presenting Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today. The exhibition looks at the moment in twentieth-century art, when a group of artists began to perceive colour as 'readymade' rather than as scientific or expressive. Exhibition details
FASHION SHOW - Sustainable Fashion Show at FACT
SATURDAY 30 May 2009, 19.00 - 20.00 at FACT
On the closing weekend of the Climate for Change exhibition, FACT is hosting a fashion extravaganza celebrating the best in sustainable fashion and customisation. Free (booking essential)
LAUNCH: Liverpool Biennial - Dream
SUNDAY 31 May 12.00 (noon) onwards at Sutton Manor, St Helens
A traditional Whit Walk has been planned complete with brass bands, May Queen and her entourage, a choir, ex-miners and their families and all those who have made Dream possible including guest of honour artist Jaume Plensa. At noon the assembled pageant will process to the summit of the hill to officially launch Dream at 12.30pm on Sunday 31 May 2009.
FURTHER AHEAD
VIEWING: Edwardo's Last Stand
Solo exhibition by David Griffiths. Eddy Snapper Niloticus Plasticus Vulgares has risen.
Meet with the artist who cares. Share your thoughts over a drink and a slice of onion pie, and exchange your opinion on a subject that is now close to everyone's heart: man, beast and environment. Exhibition details
EVENT: The Drawing Weekend at the Bluecoat
FRIDAY 5 – SUNDAY 7 June 2009, at the Bluecoat
Get down to the Bluecoat for The Drawing Weekend, for a drawing extravanganza - sketching, scribbling, illustrating, doodling, drafting and much more. To coincide with The End of the Line, Attitudes in Drawing in the galleries at the Bluecoat from 22 May – 19 July, you are invited to explore different approaches to drawing, find out how and why artists draw, and have a go yourself.
Listen to more at our Artists interview section Here
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