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NEWS

We're still in an ongoing hung parliament situation. But here in lovely Liverpool Labour is back in power - they never really go away you see.

Liverpool Design Festival - The Design Show - Call for Entries 
The Design Show: 19th – 21st November 2010
The Call For Entries application pack can be downloaded from www.liverpooldesignfestival.com

Alternatively, if you want a pack sent to you please email Frank Collins This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Apply before May 31st and if you’re selected you’ll qualify for the Early Bird Offer

ROUND UP

Metal at Edge Hill Station - The Ballad of Juniper Davy and Sonny Lumiere
The Ballad of Juniper Davy and Sonny Lumiere
11 May 2010 - 15 May 2010

A site-specific promenade performance of poetry and live music written by Rebecca Sharp, with visual creations and curiosities by Elizabeth Willow. A magical tale of invention and industry, hide and seek, love, mischief and dark imaginings. Tickets available from News From Nowhere on Bold Street

A Curriculum: Exhibition at A Foundation
1 - 22 May 2010, Fridays and Saturdays only. 12-18.00

The A Curriculum artists-in-residence exhibition to present work made in the two months spent at A Foundation, Liverpool. During their time on the residency the artists have attended a programme of talks, and received studio visits, by a number of artists and art professionals. To mark the end of the residency the studios will be returned to their former state as a gallery for a final exhibition. Artists: Florian Bielefeldt, Noel Clueit, Przemek Dzienis, Myles Painter, Hannah Perry, Phil Root, Elizabeth Skadden, Emily Speed.

DRAWING PAPER Launch at Royal Standard. A free newspaper style publication focussing on drawing. Limited to 3000 so pick one up while you can from the usual art venues.

THIS WEEK

VIEWING - Local Produce
THURSDAY 13 May 2010, 18:00 - 21:00 at C.U.C.

Local Produce is a unique display of works by both established and up and coming local artists which explore themes of place, identity and reinvention. Through a diverse range of work which includes installation, graphic design and photography, Local Produce brings together artworks with key themes that reflect Liverpool as a centre of culture both past and present. Exhibition details

VIEWING: In every dream home a heartache
THURSDAY 13 May 18.00 - 21.00 at The Bridewell Gallery

In parallel with The Bluecoat's 'Global Studio' exhibition The Bridewell Gallery draws together diverse work from Liverpool's artists' studios. Our attention is diverted inward from the global to the domestic sphere and, as the title suggests, this scrutiny reveals - all is not well. Exhibition details

LIGHT NIGHT - Liverpool Art Prize EVENT

FRIDAY 14 May 18-20.00 in Liverpool ONE. Outdoor exhibition previewing this year's Liverpool Art Prize. FREE, Family-friendly, with Refreshments and Choir. On the Streets: College Lane, Manesty’s Lane, Peter’s Lane - Just turn up.

Featuring special preview of short-listed artists for 2010 and images of artworks from previous years. On the streets of Liverpool ONE.

LIGHT NIGHT - Curve Gallery Relaunch
FRIDAY 14 May 19-22.00 at Curve Gallery, Victoria St.

Private View of Relaunch Exhibition - Curve Gallery vs Picasso's Dog. The first opportunity to view Curve Artists in the new exhibition space. More Details

LIGHT NIGHT - Short Spring Open 2010 Launch
FRIDAY 14 May 2010, 18:30 - 20.00 at Egg (to coincide with the Light Night)

An annual group exhibition curated by HeadSpace featuring painting, drawing & photography by nearly 30 artists. Exhibition details

LIGHT NIGHT - Viewing at The Gallery Liverpool

FRIDAY 14 May 2010 19.00 - 02.00 at The Gallery Liverpool. Art Exhibition showing a collection of works by locally acclaimed artists and sculptors. Also featuring a “UV Glofitti wall” where visitors can participate and contribute to the Light Night theme. Music & other attractions will be on until 2am Full details

LIGHT NIGHT - Toulouse Lautrec at Walker
FRIDAY 14 May at the Walker. High Kicks and Low Life: Toulouse-Lautrec prints
Exhibition: 14 May - 8 August 2010

An exhibition of evocative prints that portray theatrical life and studies of daily life, including Lautrec’s very personal observations of the lives of prostitutes. The exhibition includes depictions of the dancer Jane Avril and the actress Sarah Bernhardt, as well as Lautrec’s iconic poster La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge. A British Museum Tour. Full Details

LIGHT NIGHT - Ranulph Fiennes at VGM
FRIDAY 14 May 18.30 at Leggate Theatre, VGM. Sir Ranulph Fiennes - Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Blackwell and the Victoria Gallery & Museum are pleased to present an evening with Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Adventurer, explorer and world record holder Sir Ranulph will talk about his book Mad Dogs and Englishmen and take the audience on a tour of his family tree. Read more...

LIGHT NIGHT - Il mattino ha l’oro in bocca?
FRIDAY 14 May 2010 at 49 New Bird Street L1 0DN. 18-22.00. Il mattino ha l’oro in bocca?

This Italian phrase literally translates to "the morning has gold in its mouth": a proverbial expression suggesting that people perform and think best in the morning (a conventional notion challenged during the Light Night). In a tribute to Felix Gonzalez Torres performed by Filip Gilissen, this ONE NIGHT ONLY event will end in an explosion of glitter and light.  Read more...

LIGHT NIGHT - Art of 3D at FACT
FRIDAY 14 May 2010 at FACT. The Art of 3D with SparkleVFX (see below) and Disco Dance Marathon in Gallery 1, from 19.00, FREE

Pull up your leg warmers LightNighters, and get ready to bust some moves. FACT hosts a very special disco dance marathon, inspired by the Phil Collins' film installation "they shoot horses". Currently on show in FACT's Gallery 1, the film follows a group of young Palestinians as they attempt a seven-hour-long disco dance marathon record in Ramallah.  Read more...

LIGHT NIGHT: Instantanés Vladimir Preview
FRIDAY 14 May 2010, 18.00 - 21.00 at Lost Soul and Stranger Service Station

A sound installation by Eimer Birkbeck. Venue: Lost Soul and Stranger Service Station (Old Bluecoat Barber Shop). Exhibition open: 14.00 - 18.00 Closed on Monday Venue details

CLOSING EVENT - Abstract Vibrations
SATURDAY 15 May 2010 17-19.00 at Gallery4AllArts, Lark Lane. 'Abstract Vibrations' - Exhibition Closing Event

Last chance to see exhibition and talk to some of the exhibiting artists and the curator. Programme: 17-18.00 at Gallery 2 - Harp music with Stan Ambrose (Entry at rare of the Old Police Station, 4 Sefton Grove) Read more...

FURTHER AHEAD

Royal Standard - THIS MATTER
THIS MATTER at Royal Standard looks like a really good show with interesting talks and events lined up.

22 May - 20 June 2010
Preview: Friday 21 May 2010, 17.00 - 20.00

'This Matter' is an exploration into the physical nature of landscapes, drawing together the changing ideas of what is natural and unnatural within our everyday surroundings. This Matter is an independently curated project by Harry Lawson, Claudia Lastra and Lucy MacDonald.