Exhibition
Carter Preston Prize Exhibition
09 Jul 2016 – 20 Aug 2016
Bluecoat Display Centre
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Emma Rodgers ceramics
Event
Charity Fundraiser Event
14 Jul 2016
Event times
6.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost of entry
Ticket price £17.50 (£15.00 concessions and BDC Friends)
Address
- the Bluecoat
- College Lane Entrance
- Liverpool
- L1 3BZ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- By car: Follow signs for Liverpool City Centre. We recommend parking in Q-Park, Hanover St. Or alternatively, Liverpool ONE has three new car parks: Q-Park Strand Street, Q-Park Gradwell Street and Q-Park John Lewis. Disabled Parking: There are 3 designa
- By plane: Liverpool John Lennon Airport has a regular bus (click here for further details) with Liverpool City Centre, or a taxi ride is approximately seven miles.
- By train: Liverpool Lime Street is the main intercity station. It is approximately a 10 minute walk to the gallery. Chester - Liverpool Lime St 43 minutes Manchester Oxford Road - Liverpool Lime St 47 minutes London Euston - Liverpool Lime St 2 hours 7
Event map
About
The evening will begin at the Display Centre with the opportunity to view our new Julia Carter Preston Prize Exhibition of the 6 shortlisted emerging ceramic artist’s work over a complementary glass of fizz.
We will then move over to the Performance Space in the Bluecoat main building to listen to an illustrated talk by Hope University Carter Preston Archivist, Sue Beck, on Julia Carter Preston’s work and her techniques.
The evening will culminate with the rare opportunity to see a modelling demonstration by the acclaimed artist Emma Rodgers, the ticket price will include automatic entry into our prize draw with the chance to win Emma’s piece from the demo after completion and firing.
‘Emma Rodgers is now recognised as one of Britain’s leading ceramic sculptors. She has a particularly probing insight into both the action and tenderness of the animal world. It is a subject she invests not with sentimentality (as is often the case) or saccharine blandness, but with its full power and life force. Her wild hares, bulls and ravens, her human dancers are often expressed – in bronze as well as clay- in a heightened sense of movement or tension, absorbed in the trials and dramas of existence.’ David Whiting-art critic & writer
All funds raised will go towards our local artist led outreach programme.
To book tickets please call the Bluecoat Display Centre on 0151 7094014 and pay with credit/debit card or for further information email us at crafts@bluecoatdisplaycentre.com
Bluecoat Display Centre has been a registered charity since 2010.
Charity number: 1136680
