10 Million visitors and £1bn due to culture year.

Kitchen Gallery closing this weekend - Sale now on. - don't forget you can use the Own Art interest free scheme

Ian has been out of action this week but he still got to Power Plant at Calderstones which was great and well worth seeing next time it comes around to Liverpool. Also the Tracy Lewis exhibition at the International & Titos there till 19th and McCoy Wynne was excellent but finished now. He never made it to the Car park gallery but try to as the show is meant to be great. 

Only a Game? opened at World Museum with another speech from Phil Redmond. That man does get around. 

Mark McNulty launched his pop cultured book with exhib at Microzine and (fantastic pictures) Pete Carr also has his book 'Port of Culture' in the shops with a launch soon.

Imagine at Liverpool Academy of Arts was launching as we recorded the show with an exhibition by users and staff involved with the mental health organisation. 

Tuesday 14 October City, Light, Sky at Unity Theatre, exhibition of Photographs by Mike James ex Marketing person for Unity now at the Royal Court.  The exhibition continues till 15th November 2008

Wednesday 15 Oct Private View 18.00 at Novas CUC.  the Art of Sound presented by The Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland, as part of theLiverpool Irish Festival 2008. A multimedia exhibition featuring leading Irish composers. Exhibition on until 8 November

Thursday 16th October from 18.00. Invisible Lives. Joanna Biela Garrido, refreshments at The New Slaughterhouse Gallery from 6pm

An installation of tiny photographs directly on the streets of Garston.  Using images of anonymous people. Don't bring your dominoes as they are supplied. 

Saturday 18 October 10am-5pm LAUNCH OF PAVEMENT ART COMPETITION on Bold Street, Liverpool. The 1st Pavement Art Competition, in celebration of the life and times of Liverpool born Victorian pavement artist James William Carling. Ian is a judge - notes in a brown envelope please.

EIGHT DAYS AT THE BLUECOAT PROJECT SPACE. 13-19 October 2008. Ulrike Oeter

Eight Days A Week is taking out a 3 month lease on the ‘Artist in Residence Space at the Bluecoat’, Liverpool to function as an activity and resource space for artists from October 1st – December 31st 2008.  Ulrike’s work explores and researches history and representation through evocative site related installations and interventions. She will create the Strassenmuseum [street museum] to engage with particular histories of Liverpool to develop dialogue and engage with the public.  In Liverpool she will show the images of Jewish children of the Kindertransport 1938/39 who were rescued by British families and institutions. She presents mementoes of children mounted on felt and transparent paper, exposed in chests, drawers and shelves in her MOBILE STREET MUSEUM.

 

 

Once again the Festival offers a range of cultural activities that are unique to the Liverpool/Ireland mix; from late night pub music sessions to readings from James Joyce, from the blood and thunder of Gaelic football to the more measured passion of Christy Moore and from the contemporary theatre of Fishamble to the citywide Heritage Walks and Coach Tour - it is all there, a celebration of Liverpool and Ireland, past and present. Go and Enjoy  

 

Evocative images by celebrated photographer Philip Jones Griffiths will be on display in Recollections at the National Conservation Centre from 17 October 2008 to 15 March 2009.  The first display of his work since Griffiths died in March this year, the exhibition will feature around 60 images of Britain in the 1950s and 60s.  One of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, Griffiths’ depiction of the Vietnam War redefined photojournalism and provided a window on the actions of America.  Recollections will showcase lesser known but equally engaging images of Britain, and in particular Liverpool, at a time of social and political change.  Born in Rhuddlan, Wales, Griffiths took photographs of local weddings and day-trippers whilst still at school, creatively influenced by Liverpool artist and friend Adrian Henri who was evacuated to nearby Rhyl. Speaking earlier this year Griffiths remembered fondly his time spent in Liverpool: ‘In my youth Liverpool was the unofficial capital of North Wales. It was where I went to expand my horizons, experience the world outside my village. It provided a mix of enlightenment and education and an early experience of multiculturalism. The bustling seaport city became my favourite!’ 

 

Evocative images of 1950s Liverpool street scenes.

Striking photographs of the conflict in Northern Ireland.

An insight into the 1950s and 60s cultural scene including revealing shots of the Beatles, Adrian Henri, Lawrence Olivier and Norman Wisdom. 

Captivating images of London life, from Buckingham Palace to Battersea Park, Piccadilly Circus to Pentonville prison.                    

Fascinating portraits of protests and political figures such as Tony Benn and Harold MacMillan.

Slideshow of Griffiths most important pictures from Vietnam.