The Bluecoat
@the-bluecoatBluecoat is Liverpool’s contemporary arts centre, a working home for artists, and a place where audiences can experience art in new ways.
Events
Book Launch: Melete by Jennifer Lee Tsai (Bloodaxe Books)
In this first full-length collection, Jennifer Lee Tsai explores family history, intergenerational trauma, love, loss, and belonging through the lens of a second-generation Brit…
Talking Culture: Public Discussion Group
Talking Culture is a series of friendly discussions where curious people can come together to think, talk, and explore today’s major issues. The next session will take place on …
Introduction to Woodcut Printing
Wood-cut is a relief printmaking technique whereby your image is carved into a wooden block leaving a raised design. The design is then inked and printed revealing a distinct wo…
Introduction to Multi-Colour Lino Cut
Learn the basics of Linocut, a beginner friendly process that makes a perfect introduction to printmaking. You will learn how to transfer an image onto your lino, carve your lin…
Loss, Legacy and the Law: Lessons from Grenfell and Hillsborough
Discover the legal legacies since Grenfell and Hillsborough and learn about the ongoing campaigns for justice. Nine years on from the Grenfell Tower fire and with the Inquiry in…
Responding, Repairing and Creating Together: Lisa Nash in Conversation with Dr Robert SImpson
Hear about the role of creativity and the arts in the aftermath of tragedy, reflecting on experiences after the Grenfell Tower fire and Manchester Arena bombing. After the Grenf…
Our Monstrous Bodies by Emma Cleary (Borough Press)
Join us for a special launch event celebrating Our Monstrous Bodies, the debut novel by Emma Cleary. Cleary’s striking first novel blends queer literary fiction with horror, exp…
Still Life Drawing & Screen Printing
This one day course is split into two mini sessions: Morning Session: You will spend time drawing from a still life arrangement. Afternoon Session: After creating your hand-draw…
The Art of Screen Printing - 4 Week Course
The Art of Screen Printing is a comprehensive course suitable for beginners and intermediate printers alike. On completion you will be a knowledgeable, confident screen printer …
Four Poets at the Bluecoat
Join us for an evening of live poetry with James Byrne, Jesse Hill, Chris McCabe, and Robert Sheppard. Supported by Liverpool Poetry Space, this event brings together four disti…
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 basic…
Debjani Banerjee: Jalsaghar
Jalsaghar is a solo exhibition by Debjani Banerjee that explores the relationship between the artist’s Bengali heritage and her 1980s upbringing in England. Across film, sculptu…