This week on our audio visual meanderings we discuss the merits of the Penguin painting - plus give our regular update on what's been going on in the arts in Liverpool

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News

Announcing the 'Special' Artinliverpool Go Penguin

artinliverpool.com have taken delivery of our 'Special' Go-Penguin. Now we are calling on artists to submit exciting and inspiring designs so we can choose our favourite. Artists can submit designs to both the artinliverpool competition and the standard go-penguins but must use separate application packs. You also need to be quick as the deadline is Friday 4th September 2009. We are really excited about this project and looking forward to receiving lots of great ideas.
Download the application pack(s) here

ROUNDUP

Art on the Waterfront was Fab! Lots of street-theatre, kids activities, music etc. all weekend and a great son et lumiere event on Saturday evening with fireworks, lightshow and a heliosphere! Shoot Liverpool was also fun, lots of people took part, exhibition opens at Open Eye this week.

We had a tour of the new Metal at Edge Hill Station project. A wonderful space for all types of art events and other resources. Opens with an exhibition on 22 October. There's an exhibition at the Town Hall whilst its open to the public - until this Friday 28 Aug. SOUP 'Decomposition' at CUC is a very good show - on the 5th floor. Also new shows at Arena, Lost Soul and Stranger Service Station and 11 Wolstenholme - all good.

THIS WEEK

VIEWING: Shoot Liverpool
TUESDAY 25 August 2009, 18.00 - 21.00 at Open Eye Gallery

Following popular events in 2007 and 2008, Shoot Liverpool has returned this summer with a new interactive photographic story-telling format. Participants roamed the streets of Liverpool on Saturday 15 August, producing hundreds of images of themselves and the city. This 2-week exhibition features images taken on the day.  

WORKSHOP: Alice Roberts ‘Collage’ Workshop

THURSDAY 27 August 2009, 12noon - 15.00 at CUC
Artist Alice Roberts, creates collages in 2d or 3d. Families are invited to use Alices assortment of collected collage materials, lots of PVA and sellotape to make collages of their own! This workshop is part of 'Decomposition' exhibition by Soup.
 

 

VIEWING: Inspirational Images
THURSDAY 27 Aug 2009, 16.00 - 21:00 at artroom, Parkgate
A Highly Impressive display of Contemporary landscapes and abstract works by Angela Charles, Erin Ward, Jenny Hirst & Matthew Snowden.  Your Opportunity to Purchase Original Fine Art.  
 
 

VIEWING: Jad Fair : Automatic Vaudeville

FRIDAY 28 August 2009, 18.30 onwards at Red Wire
Red Wire Gallery is delighted to announce the first U.K solo exhibition by acclaimed and increasingly influential American artist and musician, Jad Fair.  
 

CLOSING EVENT: 'UnClaimed' Photograph exhibition

FRIDAY 28 August, 18.00 - 20.00 at the International Gallery
The UnClaimed Photograph exhibition aims to reunite a sack of lost photographs with their owners or relations. The Photographs were rescued from a skip on Wood Street, when the Samson Camera Shop closed down earlier this year. There will be chance for you to take home any photos of meaning to you at the exhibition’s closing event.   

 

EVENT: David Lakein Workshop in Composition & Performance

SATURDAY 29 August 12noon - 18.00 at Wolstenholme Projects
Drop in for a special event as David Lakein, in association with Fool?s Proof Theatre, will bring the exhibition to life with an exciting workshop in composition and performance. 

Calidad Events: Art, Craft & Design event

SUNDAY 30 August 11.00 - 16.00 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Speke
Original work by local artists and designer-makers. Calidad Events’ first Event at the Art Deco styled Crowne Plaza Hotel will see 30 artists and designer-makers exhibiting and selling their work on Bank Holiday Sunday. Admission Free.

 

FURTHER AHEAD

VIEWING: Revolver - Gareth Kemp

THURSDAY 3 September, 18.00 – 20.00 at The Lost Soul & Stranger Service Station (Old Barber Shop at the Bluecoat)
In Revolver, painter James Quin brings together four artists for whom painting remains a prime concern, for whom the notion that painting has had its day has not registered on their collective radar.  Whilst all four artists concentrate on disparate painterly concerns and narratives, what they appear to have in common is a fascination with the materiality of paint and the modes of image making.