With thanks to Arena for their support

Here are some images of events and exhibitions that took place during the Liverpool Art Month 2013:

Enjoy the Liverpool Art Month for Light Night this Friday.

Start at The Bridewell at 4pm for ‘Possible Impossibilities’ then go to The Royal Standard for the ‘Black Sun Horizon’ preview at 4.30pm. WCS are presenting ‘Liverpool Unfinished’ at Drop the Dumbells all night until 12midnight, then Arena Studios & Gallery start at 6pm with their now legendary Light Night shenanigans, this time with a twist: Come and explore Arena’s studios and all its little interesting nooks and crannies and participate in some of the interesting happenings, events and interactive performances presented for one night only.  Don’t miss Paul Bywater’s ‘Something to do with Death’ exhibition too! Next up get over to the Albert Dock for The Liverpool Art Prize exhibition that closes at 8pm.  Back into town for Breeze studios Bonanza, then Lu Lowe’s Photo Booth on Seel Street at Matt Ford Studio (make sure you get there before 9pm) and finish off at Mello Mello after dark for their 3D projection ‘Of Time and Place’ on the side of their building. Phew!

In order to help raise the vital funding needed to promote and facilitate the events taking place for Liverpool Art Month, selected professional artists across Merseyside have dedicated their time to contribute to ‘Making Shapes.’ These artworks are currently being displayed at the Art Month Hub venue (The Grand Hall) situated in Liverpool’s Albert Dock, and will be sold in an on-line auction to raise the funds needed for the Art Month. Email edgehill@metalculture.com to register your interest.

Liverpool Art Month would like to invite you to use the Art Month Bus Tour to visit
the events and exhibitions that are taking place in Liverpool throughout May. Our
bus tour guide will take you on a trail to discover the independent art venues and
exciting exhibitions offered by Liverpool Art Month.

Bus tours will pick up from all venues on the tour and will run every Saturday during
Art Month departing at 1pm from The Liverpool Art Month Hub Space, Grand Hall (next to ‘What’s Cooking?’), The Colonnades, Albert Dock, L3 4AA  ,  Please leave time
to see the Liverpool Art Prize Exhibition at The Hub Space, before the bus departs.
Arrival at The Hub Space, after the tour, should not be any later than 4pm.

Tickets are £4 and as there are a limited number so we strongly recommend that you
buy in advance from this website.

PLEASE NOTE THAT DISABLED ACCESS IS LIMITED AT A NUMBER OF
THE VENUES.

Bus Tour Plan Saturday 4^th May
The Drifters Escape, The Bridewell
Open Studios, Road Studios

T-Here, Camp and Furnace

Bus Tour Plan Saturday 11^th May
Landscape 2013, Corke Gallery
Strangers in a Strange Land, The Walker Art Gallery
Something to do with Death, Arena Studios and Gallery
Open Studios, 104 Duke Street Collective

Bus Tour Plan Saturday 18^th May
Possible Impossibilities, The Bridewell
Black Sun Horizon, The Royal Standard
Photo Booth, Matt Ford Studio
Liverpool Unfinished, Wolstenholme Creative Space at Drop the Dumbells

Bus Tour Plan Saturday 25^th May
JMU Degree Show, Liverpool John Moore’s University
Open Studios, RedWire Studios
Realism, The Gallery Liverpool
Liverpool Art Fair, Camp and Furnace

The Drifter’s Escape is an exhibition of new paintings by five Liverpool artists. The exhibition is part of Liverpool Art Month and will include an exciting event called John Wesley Harding Revisited.   All five artists show paintings that pertain to the theme of The drifter’s Escape, either in very direct terms or very loosely; from Charlton’s historical portraits of Outlaws, Kemp’s paintings of constructed American landscapes showing scenes of death and tragedy, Nick Sykes’ quasi abstract landscapes/portraits steeped in myth and the outcasts, cowboys and drifters in the works by Quin and Turnross.

Curated by: Gareth Kemp

The exhibition takes place in the gallery within The Bridewell Studios and Gallery, housed in a former police station.

Private View: Thursday 2^nd May 2013 18.00-22.00
The Private View will include performances by Sonny Morris and Mark Pountney.
Exhibition open: 3^rd/4^th May 2013 11.00-17.00

Address: Bridewell Studios and Gallery
101 Prescot Street
Liverpool
L7 8UL

The exhibition will act as a backdrop for a performance and Bridewell fundraiser on Sun 5^th May 2013 13.00-18.00

John Wesley Harding Revisited; hobos and drifters from the Liverpool music scene perform songs from Dylan’s classic 1967 Long Player.   The event will open with a talk by Writer, Musician and Dylanologist  Chris Hockenhull, about Dylan’s John Wesley Harding Album. Performing the songs are The Night Porters/Stuart Todd/Chris Hockenhull/Paul Molloy/Kristian Ealey/Mark Pountney/Cathy Butterworth/Dom Delacroix/Chiz Turnross/Puzzle/Bryan Biggs.

Support slot by Matt Barton (Tramp Attack).

Doors Open: 13.00
Support Act: 14.30
Main Performance: 15.30

This is a Bridewell Fundraiser: suggested donation £5.00

For further information or images please contact Gareth Kemp 07718918030 mail@garethkemp.com

In order to help raise the vital funding needed to promote and facilitate the events taking place for Liverpool Art Month, selected professional artists across Merseyside have dedicated their time to contribute to ‘Making Shapes.’ 

This is a crowd funding project that asks artists to create an original artwork using a small wooden Art Month shape – the piece can be inventive as the artist wants but must be representative of their individual practice. 

 Each artist has been provided with two pieces of wood that can be combined and styled in any way the artist sees fit.  These artworks will then be displayed at the Art Month Hub venue situated in Liverpool’s Albert Dock, and sold to raise the funds needed for the Art Month.  Artworks by high profile artists will be sold separately in an online auction.

In the spirit of supporting Liverpool Art Month, the artists are donating the artworks from the goodness of their hearts and receiving no payment.