WHAT’S ON > COMING SOON Frances Disley ‘Pattern Buffer’ Bluecoat
Jonathan Baldock ‘Facecrime’ Bluecoat
FILM: Rosalind Nashashibi – Vivian’s Garden, FACT
TALK: Maker Meet Up Make
Exhibitions Keeping It In The Family: Carole and Martin Dawber Southport Contemporary Arts, 3rd-28th March Keeping it in the Family – artistic siblings hold joint exhibition -Jessica Slack Studio – Flower Power Merseymade, 6th March, 6-9pm Dive headfirst into spring with bright abstract florals, vibrant colour and positivity in this debut show.
by cuneiform-inscribed tablets – an early system ofwriting – dating from 2500BC. -Frances Disley ‘Pattern Buffer’ Bluecoat, 13th March – 21st June As a starting point for her work Disley has previously used the colourways of a high fashion tracksuit to create a moving painting and a community aerobics class as the setting for a dance performance and installation. --
-Simon Dredge Southport Contemporary Arts, 10th-28th March With a sigh of relief, local artist Simon Dredge is taking a much welcome breather from his recent sojourns around the globe.
Limited Editions Bluecoat Display Centre, 14th March – 23rd May ‘Limited Editions’ will feature designer/ makers who produce beautiful batch production homeware and jewellery, with affordable pieces that have been carefully selected to ensure this is no compromise on design or quality.
--Jonathan Baldock ‘Facecrime’ Bluecoat, 13th March – 21st June The main installation contains a landscape of ceramic columns inspired
Is This It? The Royal Standard, 20th March – 10th April Artists present work at the boundaries of space and time, in a new multidisciplinary exhibition at The Royal Standard negotiating the limits of physics, metaphysics and questions of scale. -Gore 1776 Tate Exchange, 30th March – 5th April Explore the history of Liverpool through maps, photos of the past and a portrait of the city’s people .
Talks, Tours & Performance COURSE: dot-art: Beginner’s Sculpture (3 x Sundays) Faith Bebbington Studio, starts 1st March Learn to create and construct 3D art using recycled materials with re-nowned Liverpool sculptor Faith Bebbington. -WORKSHOP: Poppies & Trees Fused Glass Workshop-Cheshire The Silver Zerba, 1st & 2nd March This fabulous fused glass workshop is suitable for complete novices & intermediates incorporating lots of materials & techniques -TOUR: Taki Katei Exhibition Tour World Museum, every Tuesday, 11am Join us for a guided tour of this special exhibition to discover the hid-den stories behind the characters and find out how Taki Katei helped shape a new generation of Japanese artists.