Arts
Boogie Days Disco
Come and celebrate the school holidays and the start to the weekend with a boogie! A chance for families and friends to shake some moves together on a Friday afternoon and hang out. This is a space for you, for families to be together and to connect creatively. Let go of the week, de-stress and...
Botanical Summer Print Party
Be inspired by our Bluecoat Garden this Summer, using flowers and foliage to create beautiful botanical prints. Participants will begin the session by choosing from a selection of fresh wild flowers and foliage. They will then use a variety of techniques to create beautiful botanical Collagraph prints using our A3 table top relief press. Children...
Introduction to UV Screenprinting on Fabric
Learn the basics of UV screen-printing on fabric and use your own design to create a set of tote bags to take home with you. During this one day course you will learn the basics of screen printing, including learning about the materials used and processes involved in creating a UV exposed screen. After preparing...
Coptic Stitch Bookbinding
Learn how to create a handmade book from scratch and bind it using Coptic stitching. Coptic stitch bookbinding (also called Coptic bookbinding) is a way of binding pages of a book together without the use of glue or staples. Like other types of hand binding, its origins are ancient. A Coptic stitch is a type...
Japanese Stab Stitch Bookbinding
Create a set of beautiful hand bound books using 3 traditional Japanese stitching techniques. ‘Japanese bookbinding or ‘Stab Binding’ is an ancient form of bookbinding that is beautiful, easy for beginners and endlessly customisable. The basic Japanese version of stab binding is called Yotsume Toji, which roughly translates to “four holes”. This is because the...
Introduction to Copper Sulphate Etching
Learn the basics of etching, one of the oldest & most unique printmaking processes, at the historical Bluecoat Print Studios. During this one day course you will learn the basics of copper sulphate etching, including learning about the history, tools & materials of etching and the chemical processes involved in creating a copper sulphate etched...
Liverpool Book Market
Book fairs are back at the Bluecoat! Browse a fantastic selection of books from a range of local book sellers, including Kernaghan Books and still Out-of-Print of Smithdown Road. More stallholders to be announced soon. 11am – 5pm. Free entry. Fri 26 – Sat 27 April Fri 24 – Sat 25 May Fri 21 –...
Printmaking for Beginners
This 3 week evening course is a perfect taster session into 3 different print techniques; monoprint, linocut & drypoint etching. You’ll learn the basics of all 3 techniques and create prints using each technique. The course is designed for beginners who would like an introduction to printmaking and those who would like a taster of...
Dahong Hongxuan Wang: Role Model
Dahong Hongxuan Wang, an artist who has played the role of Anna May Wong in several of Michelle Williams Gamaker’s works, will exhibit her new film Role Models. Hongxuan Wang’s new film follows the path of Anna May Wong who travelled to her ancestral hometown of Taishan, Guangdong. Having been rejected by Hollywood in favour...
Michelle Williams Gamaker: Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass
Through her practice British-Sri Lankan artist Michelle Williams Gamaker explores race, identity, her love of cinema and the power of storytelling. Known for her inventive filmmaking and screenwriting, Williams Gamaker draws on and celebrates the classic movies she watched growing up, and takes inspiration from early Hollywood and British cinema. The exhibition at Bluecoat will...