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Book Launch: A Look At A New Perspective

23 November 2023

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Book Launch: ‘544m’ By Kevin Crooks

30 November 2023

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6 November - 5 February 2024

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17 November - 17 December 2023

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Bernice Mulenga: Artist Talk

18 November 2023

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26 October - 11 April 2024

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Local Roots @ The Atkinson

14 October 2023

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Critique Surgery for Socially Engaged Photographers

6 November 2023

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Deeds Not Words: panel discussion

12 October 2023

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Deeds Not Words @ Atrium Space

3 October - 22 October 2023

Ode To Our Space @ Digital Window Gallery

29 September - 23 December 2023

A Look At A New Perspective @ Digital Window Gallery

29 September - 23 December 2023

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Exhibition Launch: A Place of Our Own

28 September 2023

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Book Launch: Crow Dark Dawn

19 October 2023

Reflections

12 September - 22 December 2023

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Sandra Suubi ‘Samba Gown’ Procession

9 September 2023

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A Place of Our Own

29 September - 22 December 2023

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POETRY BOOK LAUNCH: JACK BENNETT – LUNETTE

7 September 2023

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A Portrait of the High Street @ Prescot

31 August 2023

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Our Home. Our Place. Our Space. @ Walton

16 August - 2 October 2023

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Poetry Reading: Coast to Coast to Coast’s sixth Birthday!

16 September 2023

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CHILDREN’S STORYTELLING: The Mermaid’s Revolt

9 September 2023

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Findings: an exhibition by service users of Age Concern

8 August - 10 September 2023

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Film screening: The Undesirables + When the Sea sends forth a Forest

24 August 2023

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Reclaim. Suzanne St Clare and residents of Chester @ Chester

5 August - 10 September 2023

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Picturing High Streets. Ciara Leeming and The Spider Project @ Chester

28 July - 10 September 2023

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Picturing High Streets. Suzanne St Clare and Chester Traders @ Chester

28 July - 10 September 2023

VR: Home. Perspectives

4 May - 21 May 2023

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Book Launch: Vestige

27 July 2023

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An Evening of Poetry: Launch of Life Stills and readings from Merseyside Stanza Poets

15 June 2023

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LCR Photo Award Winners @ Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

1 June - 1 July 2023

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Me, Myself, My SPACE @ The Atkinson

27 May - 9 July 2023

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as the glass clears

25 May - 29 May 2023

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Poets Hanan Issa and James Conor Patterson at Open Eye Gallery

21 May 2023

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PLATFORM: ISSUE 5

27 April 2023

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5 May - 21 May 2023

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1 May - 15 June 2023

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Home. Settings @ The Atkinson

4 May - 15 June 2023

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Home. Perspectives @ Open Eye Gallery

4 May - 21 May 2023

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Home. Land @ Norton Priory Museum and Gardens

27 April - 11 June 2023

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HOME: Launch Event

4 May 2023

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HOME SCHOOLS ACTIVITY PACK

18 April - 21 July 2023

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Home. Liberty @ Unity Theatre Exhibition Space

1 May - 31 May 2023

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Home. Resistance @ Williamson Art Gallery and Museum (Wirral)

26 April - 27 May 2023

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People and Places: Whitby High School Student Exhibition Private View

28 April 2023

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The Liverpool Camarade – part of The European Poetry Festival 2023

11 May 2023

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People and Places @ Open Eye Gallery

26 April - 1 May 2023

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Liverpool Biennial 2023

10 June - 17 September 2023

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Zine Launch: PLATFORM Issue 5

20 April 2023

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EuroFestival: exhibitions and events @ Open Eye Gallery & Liverpool City Region

26 April 2023

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A Portrait Of…

2 August - 29 September 2019

Launch Night: 1 Aug, 6-8PM. RSVP Here.

 

Portraits change the way we understand one another. Whether this is professional photos, selfies on Instagram or snapshots of our friends, the photos that we take of ourselves and each other speak volumes about who we are and who we want to be.

Through portraits, we come face to face with someone else: they create a space in which we can challenge the assumptions that we often hold about people. This exhibition presents projects that give us a chance to empathise, to consider the experience of someone else’s life.

SIXTEEN asks ‘what’s it like to be sixteen years old now’? Craig Easton invited leading photographers to join him and collaborate with more than one hundred and seventy young people from across the UK to explore their hopes and fears. Open Eye Gallery has selected work by four of the female photographers in the group: Linda Brownlee, Lottie Davis, Jillian Edelstein and Kate Peters. Using photography, writing, and social media these portraits, and the wider SIXTEEN portfolio, give prominence to voices rarely heard.

In another project, Open Eye Gallery worked with Vida Creative Learning, a local group of young women who come together to work on photography projects as a way to build resilience and increase self-esteem. The group made a selection of work from the gallery’s archive, guided by their interest in what people wear, how they choose to appear in photos and and how this expresses their identity. Their selections include work from recent years and older projects, including Teresa Eng, Yan Wang Preston, Michelle Sank, Dave Turner and John McDonald.

Edwin Bowey (b. 1924), London, 2011, Freestyle Wrestler.Katherine Green(web-res)
Dorothy Tyler (née Odam) (b. 1920), Surrey, 2008, High Jump (silver medal). Katherine Green

Before 2012, the last time the Olympic games took place in the UK was 1948. Katherine Green met with the surviving athletes, and took portraits of them as they looked at photos of themselves competing 64 years before the 2012 games. She also recorded their memories as they shared them out loud; these recordings are presented alongside their portraits. The Olympians seeks to allow everyone to consider the rich lives that older people have lived, encouraging reflection on the stories and experiences that exist in all generations.

A Portrait Of... runs from 2 August to 29 September, with a free public launch night on the 1st August, 6-8PM. Open Eye Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, and entrance is always free. Open Eye Gallery is supported by Arts Council England, Liverpool City Council, Foyle Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation. A Portrait Of… forms part of RISE, Culture Liverpool’s year of celebrating extraordinary women. SIXTEEN is a national touring project initiated by Craig Easton and produced with Anne Braybon and Liz Wewiora. A wider series of works can be found in Liverpool at TATE Exchange, TATE Liverpool, Liverpool ONE, Ropes and Twines, Bootle Strand and on Southport’s High Street in partnership with the Atkinson, Southport.

Launch Night: 1 Aug, 6-8PM. RSVP Here.

 

Portraits change the way we understand one another. Whether this is professional photos, selfies on Instagram or snapshots of our friends, the photos that we take of ourselves and each other speak volumes about who we are and who we want to be.

Through portraits, we come face to face with someone else: they create a space in which we can challenge the assumptions that we often hold about people. This exhibition presents projects that give us a chance to empathise, to consider the experience of someone else’s life.

SIXTEEN asks ‘what’s it like to be sixteen years old now’? Craig Easton invited leading photographers to join him and collaborate with more than one hundred and seventy young people from across the UK to explore their hopes and fears. Open Eye Gallery has selected work by four of the female photographers in the group: Linda Brownlee, Lottie Davis, Jillian Edelstein and Kate Peters. Using photography, writing, and social media these portraits, and the wider SIXTEEN portfolio, give prominence to voices rarely heard.

In another project, Open Eye Gallery worked with Vida Creative Learning, a local group of young women who come together to work on photography projects as a way to build resilience and increase self-esteem. The group made a selection of work from the gallery’s archive, guided by their interest in what people wear, how they choose to appear in photos and and how this expresses their identity. Their selections include work from recent years and older projects, including Teresa Eng, Yan Wang Preston, Michelle Sank, Dave Turner and John McDonald.

Edwin Bowey (b. 1924), London, 2011, Freestyle Wrestler.Katherine Green(web-res)
Dorothy Tyler (née Odam) (b. 1920), Surrey, 2008, High Jump (silver medal). Katherine Green

Before 2012, the last time the Olympic games took place in the UK was 1948. Katherine Green met with the surviving athletes, and took portraits of them as they looked at photos of themselves competing 64 years before the 2012 games. She also recorded their memories as they shared them out loud; these recordings are presented alongside their portraits. The Olympians seeks to allow everyone to consider the rich lives that older people have lived, encouraging reflection on the stories and experiences that exist in all generations.

A Portrait Of... runs from 2 August to 29 September, with a free public launch night on the 1st August, 6-8PM. Open Eye Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, and entrance is always free. Open Eye Gallery is supported by Arts Council England, Liverpool City Council, Foyle Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation. A Portrait Of… forms part of RISE, Culture Liverpool’s year of celebrating extraordinary women. SIXTEEN is a national touring project initiated by Craig Easton and produced with Anne Braybon and Liz Wewiora. A wider series of works can be found in Liverpool at TATE Exchange, TATE Liverpool, Liverpool ONE, Ropes and Twines, Bootle Strand and on Southport’s High Street in partnership with the Atkinson, Southport.

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