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Liverpool Arab Arts Festival connects digitally for 2020

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, the UK’s longest running annual festival of Arab arts and culture, returns in July, connecting artists and audiences from across the UK and beyond in a…

‘RISE’-ing up in lockdown

Twelve brand new arts commissions by Culture Liverpool will show how female artists from across the world have responded creatively to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a special online legacy project,…

Arriva bus services in the North West will increase from Sunday 31 May

Following government advice that people in England who are unable to work from home should return to work and increased social distancing measures on public transport, Arriva will be increasing…

Support the NHS – Buy Art!

dot-art has teamed up with member artist John Petch to offer this stunning limited-edition print, At Home, All’s Well, for sale in support of the NHS in our region during…

FACT awards £15,000 of grants to northern artists to support creation of new digital work

FACT are delighted to announce the 10 artists and artist groups who will receive grants of £1,500 each plus 3 months of support to create work from home. The scheme…

Derry Girls star, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, joins poet Lemn Sissay to become patron of theatre company, 20 Stories High.

She joins poet Lemn Sissay to be the second-high profile name connecting with the company’s ways of working, and sharing an ambition to offer culturally diverse, working class young people…

ONLINE SUPPORT for pregnant women, mums, dads and families

WHAT'S ON OFFER Mamafit® @ HOME - LIVE  FREE 30 minute HIIT workouts with options for all the family and all fitness levels ▶︎ Tuesday 11:00am - Instagram LIVE ▶︎…

Unity Theatre announce their Artist Emergency Response Programme: BUILDING A FUTURE

Created following consultation with over thirty creatives from across Liverpool, the Unity Theatre response programme looks to a supportive future, helping artists develop and share their career skills, networks, and…

Three months FREE dot-art Membership

Over the past 15 years, dot-art has supported a wide range of talented artists, both emerging and established, through our unique, ever-developing membership package. We are always generating lots of…

Homotopia present Queer Art Always

13 new artworks, created by LGBTQIA artists and creatives, will be unveiled by Homotopia this summer, as part of a new project ‘Queer Art Always’. With an investment of £10,000,…

Liverpool Philharmonic announces 6th Christopher Brooks Composition Prize for young composers in association with The Rushworth Foundation

Now in its sixth year, the prize represents Liverpool Philharmonic’s commitment to the commissioning and performance of new music and supporting home-grown talent. The Christopher Brooks Composition Prize is open to any…

Drama, music, poetry and film – Culture Unconfined festival launches online

The University of Liverpool is launching Culture Unconfined – five days of drama, documentary, poetry, film and music to help people engage and stave off isolation as lockdown bites. The…