In Conversation
BlackFest 2024
BlackFest is an award winning festival that boasts an inclusive programme celebrating theatre, film, spoken word, poetry, music, dance and visual arts, providing a safe space for experimentation, excellence and connection within arts. Our collaborations with artists, organisations and the community has encouraged the creation, appreciation and access to this celebrating and centring Black Arts...
In Conversation with Michael Mansfield
Barrister Michael Mansfield, KC, has spent his career fighting injustice, persecution and corruption. And be it the Birmingham Six, Bloody Sunday, Stephen Lawrence, the Marchioness, Hillsborough or Grenfell, he has come to learn one thing – that people power is unstoppable. A long association with Liverpool, Michael has worked since 2008 with the Hillsborough Families...
Meet the Artist – Becky Beasley, Sonia Boué and Pierce Starre with Claire Penketh
Join Tate Liverpool for a panel discussion exploring neurodiversity and its relationship to contemporary art practice. To coincide with Liverpool’s Neurodiversity Arts Festival 2024 artists Becky Beasley, Sonia Boué and Pierce Starre will be in conversation with Claire Penketh, Professor of Disability Studies and Art Education at Hope University. The talk will explore how we...
Janette Ayachi: Exploring Heritage Through Poetry
Scottish-Algerian poet Janette Ayachi gives a special reading at Bluecoat as part of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, hosted by Deryn Rees-Jones. Janette Ayachi is a Scottish-Algerian poet, London-born & Edinburgh-based. She has a BA combined honours degree in English Literature & Film Media Studies (Stirling University) & an MSc in Creative Writing (Edinburgh University) She’s...
Liverpool Art Fair Special: Protecting and Promoting Your Creative Work
The Business & IP Centre is again a proud partner of the Liverpool Art Fair. We are running a special event designed to give creative people access to free professional advice around the all important 3 Ps – Protection- Price and Promotion. In a world where AI dominates conversations around originality and copyright, it has...
Meet the Artist: Signe Johannessen
Join Tate Liverpool for a talk with Signe Johannessen to ask how artists can use creativity to respond to climate change. Signe Johannessen’s art playfully combines personal biography and historical archives. She will discuss her latest project, which draws on Liverpool’s maritime history to bring our attention to the effects of climate change on marine...
Bye Bye Tiberias Preview + Director Q&A
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema, SAFAR, is delighted to present an exclusive Q&A preview of Bye Bye Tiberias ahead of its UK release by T A P E Collective. In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her...
The Thief of Bagdad: Film Screening + Q&A
Join us for a special screening of The Thief of Bagdad, a cinematic masterpiece from 1940. Following the screening, award-winning artist Michelle Williams Gamaker will lead a Q&A session, providing insight into the intersection of art, cinema, and storytelling. Williams Gamaker, the creative force behind Bluecoat’s current exhibition ‘Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass’ will...
In conversation with Emma Rodgers and Johnny Vegas
Join us, as Emma and Johnny discuss their work practice and working together with exhibition curators Samantha Rhodes from Bluecoat Display Centre and Nicola Scott from the Walker Art Gallery. The in conversation will take place on Tuesday 4 June at the Quaker Meeting House on School Lane from 5.45 – 6.45pm, followed by refreshments...
An Evening with Celia Imrie
Join Olivier Award-winning actress Celia Imrie as she takes us on a journey through her illustrious career and captivating new novel, Meet Me at Rainbow Corner – inspired by the resilience and camaraderie of women during the Second World War. Celia has forged her career on and off screen, renowned for her unforgettable performances in...
