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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 2d

In Just Browsing, Saunders will feature a collection of t-shirts celebrating trans bodies, which often come under threat and censorship in public spaces such as galleries. In partnership with Homotopia, he will also host a sold out Queer Pottery Workshop in the Gallery.

Sat 25 Oct - Sun 8 Feb

Just Browsing

Just Browsing is a group exhibition that allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 2d

JUST BROWSING: Ben Saunders 🏺📖✨

Ben Saunders is a queer, trans-masc ceramicist, events producer and exhibition curator based in Manchester. His work focuses on community building, and explores themes surrounding intimacy, pleasure, sex and the trans body.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 2d

A limited edition collection of pin badges, magnets and screen prints featured in the exhibition are also available to purchase from the Bluecoat Shop: shop.thebluecoat.org.uk/products/bir...

Birds, Bugs & Botanicals - Limited edition A4 Screen Print

Blue Room, the Bluecoat’s inclusive arts project with learning disabled and neurodivergent artists present a new collection of prints, badges and magnets exploring the biodiversity of our urban garden...

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 2d

Exhibition extended!

Visit our Upstairs Gallery to see a new exhibition from Blue Room artists exploring the biodiversity of our secret Garden, depicting a range of commonly-found birds and insects.

Open until Sun 26 Oct
Free entry

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 5d

Mohamad Noor has been making work entirely using materials deconstructed from reclaimed objects, as a pledge to reduce her carbon footprint by avoiding the use of new materials.

As part of Just Browsing, she will present small sculptures designed to be held in your hand.

Sat 25 Oct - Sun 8 Feb

Just Browsing

Just Browsing is a group exhibition that allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 5d

JUST BROWSING: Sufea Mohamad Noor 🌵🪡🍽️

Sufea Mohamad Noor is an artist interested in social history, understanding materials and learning skills to make. Her practice uses words, textiles and food to tell untold stories, explore personal memories and bring people together.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 8d

We will launch a new solo exhibition from Miller, made in collaboration with children from St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School, to explore their visions of freedom. ‘We Dream of Our Freedom’ will feature textile banners, clay, and print works.

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Lou Miller: We Dream of Our Freedom

This interactive exhibition was created by artist Lou Miller in collaboration with local Liverpool school children to ask them about their vision of…

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 8d

For Just Browsing, Miller will present a new collaboration with artist Felicity Rowley. ‘Soft Prompts’ is a series of hand-crafted cushions that challenge the culture of overworking, featuring prompts designed to disrupt our thinking around exhaustion, ambition, and worth.

Sat 25 Oct - Sun 8 Feb

Just Browsing

Just Browsing is a group exhibition that allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 8d

Miller’s work is often created out of collaborative workshops and partnerships with grassroots groups, trade unions, and artists, highlighting the creative potential of shared labour and lived experience.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 8d

JUST BROWSING: Lou Miller 🧶🪡🧵

Lou Miller is a banner maker, textile artist, and activist based in Manchester, UK. Her practice is rooted in the traditions of collective making and protest art, drawing on the history of textiles as a medium for storytelling, solidarity, and political expression.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 9d

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 9d

WHAT'S ON IN OCTOBER ✨

We're excited to launch two new exhibitions in our Gallery this month, as part of our latest season, Felt.

Alongside our new exhibitions is a full month of markets, workshops, live music and more! And don't miss out on our free half term activities for the family.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 9d

As part of our new exhibition, Prosser will feature a mask made to be worn by performers and audiences as part of a practice that uses traditional willow weaving to establish meaningful interaction between people, place and culture.

Sat 25 Oct - Sun 8 Feb

Just Browsing

Just Browsing is a group exhibition that allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 9d

JUST BROWSING: Lewis Prosser 🧺🪵✨

Lewis Prosser is an absurdist basketmaker, artist, and curator based in Wales, whose work explores themes of regional identity, cultural exchange, and public ceremony through heritage craft techniques.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 11d

See Kalungi’s film ‘The Hair Shop’ in our Gallery as part of our new exhibition, Just Browsing. Kalungi filmed interviews with black women in salons across Belfast, Liverpool and Manchester, speaking about the personal and cultural significance of their hair.

Sat 25 Oct - Sun 8 Feb

Just Browsing

Just Browsing is a group exhibition that allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 11d

JUST BROWSING: Ivy Kalungi ✨📺

Born in Uganda, and raised in Belfast, Ivy Kalungi’s practice centres on storytelling through materiality and collaboration, shedding light on the nuanced complexities of identity and belonging.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 12d

For Just Browsing, Gratrix will feature 'Shy Girl', a series of custom made beach towels inspired by coastal culture, with motifs that reference British seaside towns, working-class culture and LGBTQ identity.

Sat 25 Oct - Sun 8 Feb

www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whatson/just...

Just Browsing

Just Browsing is a group exhibition that allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 12d

JUST BROWSING: Garth Gratrix 🏖️🩴💫

Garth Gratrix’s work navigates the intersections of materiality, identity and queerness, often drawing from coastal culture and everyday object. Their practice remains in constant negotiation with space, material and meaning.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 17d

Evans will present large wall hangings made from thick layers of fabric as part of Just Browsing, which feature quilting and tufting that invite us to move in close and feel her work.

Sat 25 Oct - Sun 8 Feb

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Just Browsing

Just Browsing is a group exhibition that allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 17d

JUST BROWSING: Ffion Evans 🖐️🪱🎀

Ffion Evans is a Welsh artist who makes work specifically to be touched, exploring play and touch to engage with and bring moments of joy and curiosity to people through interaction. The senses and psychology inform her work, from elements of ASMR, to play theory.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 18d

The artist and collaborators will present a performance at the church to celebrate the work and reveal its next phase.

Location: St Luke’s Bombed Out Church, Leece Street L1 2TR

Sun 28 Sep, 1.30pm
Free entry (suggested donation: £2)

www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whatson/tony...

Tony Phillips: Above us only sky? Finissage

This finissage marks the end of a display of four plaques on the Bluecoat’s Blundell Lane exterior, part of artist Tony Phillips’ art trail, Above us only…

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 18d

Visit the Bombed Out Church this Sunday for a special finissage event to celebrate the end of "Above Us Only Sky?", a trail of plaques created by artist Tony Phillips.

The trail featured a series of hand-painted works exploring flight, from the earliest aeroplane to today’s drones.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 18d

In 2022, Asbestos was commissioned by the Bluecoat to create a series of large inflatable sculptures, ‘OK! Cherub”, to be displayed in our front courtyard.

His work will be featured in our new exhibition, Just Browsing, which allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

Sat 25 Oct - Sun 8 Feb

Just Browsing

Just Browsing is a group exhibition that allows audiences to browse tactile works of art.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 18d

JUST BROWSING: Bruce Asbestos 🐛👀🐌

Bruce Asbestos’ interdisciplinary practice draws from a rich history of painting, sculpture, popular culture, folklore and fairy tales, mixing everyday objects with high art, fashion, and responses to global pop culture.

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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 22d

Featuring work by Alfred Beesley, Amy Dykes, Susan King, Tracey Ledley, Andrew Mellor, Kayleigh Murray, William Richardson, John Rigby, Ottman Said, Jean Smith, John Steele, Jane Walsh, and Veronica Watson.

Supported by The Community Foundation for Merseyside: BHP Billiton Endowment Fund.

Birds, Bugs, Botanicals of the Bluecoat: A Blue Room Exhibition

Artists from Blue Room, the Bluecoat’s inclusive arts project present a new collection of works exploring the biodiversity of our urban garden.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

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