Liverpool's creative hub at the Bluecoat

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Liverpool Biennial 2014: A Needle Walks Into a Haystack

Sat 5 July – Sun 26 October, 10am - 6pm

FREE

A Needle Walks into a Haystack is the Biennial’s exhibition of international art that unfolds across Liverpool’s public spaces and galleries. Curated by Mai Abu ElDahab and Anthony Huberman, it disrupts the way we assume our habits, and experience our habitats.

The Bluecoat presents a single artist, American painter James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Through paintings, prints, drawings, sound, ephemera and key correspondences, this exhibition, the first of its kind in the UK, will explore elements of Whistler’s practice and life that position him as the ‘original’ contemporary artist, in a reflection of how artists operate today.

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Liverpool Biennial 2014 - Exhibition Tour

Sat 2 Aug, 2pm

Free, booking required

Simone Mair (Assistant Curator, Liverpool Biennial) leads this tour.

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Welcome to
the Bluecoat

Liverpool’s creative hub, the Bluecoat showcases talent across visual art, music, dance, live art and literature.

As the oldest building in Liverpool’s city centre, the Bluecoat houses a creative community of...

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Summer Holiday Explore

Wed 23 Jul - Sat 30 Aug (Mondays to Saturdays) 10am - 4pm

Free, drop-in

Why did Whistler make his gallery attendants wear yellow? Find out the answer to this question and more with the Bluecoat's Engagement Team who are in the galleries with activities for families and anyone with an equiring mind.

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Introduction to Screenprinting with Alex Smith

Wed 6 Aug - Wed 27 Aug, 6pm - 9pm

Tickets: £130/£120

This four week course is a great way to get started with screen print at the Bluecoat.Great for both absolute beginners and those who want to freshen up on past experiences in screenprint. Screenprint is a flexible medium that lends itself well to most 2D approaches from painting and drawing to graphic design and photography.

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