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The Bluecoat
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Liverpool's centre for the contemporary arts. Open Tue - Sun, 11am - 5pm, Free entry. Cafe open from 10am, Tue - Sat & 11am Sun. 💻 thebluecoat.org.uk
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 11h
'Tis the season to get creative at the Bluecoat 🎄🎁

Join us for a series of workshops this Christmas and give something truly unique to your friends and family, or enjoy a family-friendly storytelling show with Father Christmas.

Visit our website to find out more: www.thebluecoat.org.uk/christmas
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 14h
You might remember his 2022 Bluecoat installation ‘OK! Cherub!’, which featured a giant yellow worm representing Rest, a group of green frogspawn representing Community and a giant cartoon arm representing Connection.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 14h
Bruce Asbestos' work combines painting, sculpture and performance, and blurs the lines between high fashion, fine art and popular culture. 👀👕

His designs ‘Hooboo’ and ‘Octopus’are now featured on two t-shirts available to buy from our exhibition Just Browsing.

Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 5d
Thank you! 💙
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Future Arts Centres @artscentres.bsky.social · 6d
🎉 Huge congratulations to our member Bluecoat for winning the Innovation in Social Value award at Liverpool Chamber's Innovation in Business Awards 2025! This is a brilliant recognition of the vital role arts centres like Bluecoat play in driving social change and community impact. Well deserved! 👏
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We’re thrilled to announce that Bluecoat has won the Liverpool Chamber Innovation in Business Award for Innovation in Social Value!

The Bluecoat has been at the centre of arts and creativity in Liverpool for almost 100 years, and our commitment to innovation and entrepreneurialism allows us (...)
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 8d
(...) Lou Miller in collaboration with children from St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School, and transforms the Gallery into a community studio, where you’re invited to share your own ideas of freedom and respond to Miller’s work.

Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 8d
NOW OPEN 👋

Stop by our Gallery to explore two brand new exhibitions, 'Just Browsing' and 'We Dream of Our Freedom'.

Just Browsing reimagines the Gallery as a retail space, featuring tactile artworks that can be touched, used, worn, and bought.

We Dream of Our Freedom was created by artist (...)
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 9d
Join Bryan Biggs and Helen Tookey to explore never-before-seen photographs from the Lowry family, followed by a coach tour of the Wirral to explore places from his childhood.

Sat 1 Nov, 11am-5pm
£8 (booking required - includes coach travel to the Wirral)

www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whatson/lowr...
The 2025 Lowry Lounge
The Bluecoat’s annual celebration of the writer Malcolm Lowry focuses this year on his early years.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 9d
Lowry Lounge returns this weekend, book your tickets today! 📖

Since 2009 we've been celebrating the life and work of local writer Malcolm Lowry, and this year's celebration will explore his early years spent in the Wirral.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 12d
Congratulations to all the nominees for their dedication and positive contributions to Liverpool. We're so proud to be recognised among so many incredible organisations.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 12d
(...) to continue to make a social impact across the city and beyond.

This award recognises this commitment and we're excited to continue making art accessible for everyone through our exhibitions, projects and our inclusive art programmes.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 12d
We’re thrilled to announce that Bluecoat has won the Liverpool Chamber Innovation in Business Award for Innovation in Social Value!

The Bluecoat has been at the centre of arts and creativity in Liverpool for almost 100 years, and our commitment to innovation and entrepreneurialism allows us (...)
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 15d
We'd like to express our gratitude to outgoing chair Peter Mearns, who is stepping down after nine years in service. His achievements as Chair include the transformative refurbishment of the 'Hub', and the securing of funds for the redevelopment of the Bistro into an exciting new events space.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 15d
We're pleased to announce that Maureen Royce and Eddie Berg have been appointed as the new Co-Chairs of our Board.

Read our new blog to find out more: www.thebluecoat.org.uk/about/news/t...
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 16d
SPACE TO LET ✨

This spacious and bright office is perfect for a small creative business. There is plenty of room for four desks, suited for a four-person team or two organisations of two people.

Find out more: www.thebluecoat.org.uk/our-communit...
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 20d
We're delighted to be shortlisted as a finalist for Cafe of the Year at the Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards 2025.

The awards celebrate the people, places and experiences powering a visitor economy worth £6.25 billion.

Find out more: liverpoolcityregiondp.com/2025/10/16/l...
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 20d
Want to get involved? The deadline for applications is Mon 3 Nov. Tables are priced at £40 for a full table or £20 for a half table, with payment due once your application is approved. Successful applicants will be notified by Fri 7 Nov.

Apply now: www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whatson/blue...
Bluecoat Arts Market
Join us this December as we host a selection of local artists, makers and creatives.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 20d
Bluecoat Arts Market returns this December! ✨✨✨

We’re opening our Garden and Sandon rooms to local artists, makers, and creatives. The market will feature a wide range of locally crafted, handmade goods, celebrating the creativity of our community.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 21d
As part of our upcoming exhibition ‘Just Browsing’, Tenneson will feature a set of t-shirts with printed slogans instructing the wearer to take part in a piece of performance art.

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.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 21d
JUST BROWSING: Chester Tenneson 👕🔤✨

Chester Tenneson’s work is interested in the nature of institutional language and behaviour, drawing influence from archives, signage, written rules, taxonomies and tropes of advertising to create painting, writing, performance, sculpture and print.
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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · 21d
Recently, visitors to the British Science Festival 2025 in Liverpool were invited to @thebluecoat.bsky.social where they could step into the future of medicine at the AI Puzzle Lab with @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🤖

@britsciassoc.bsky.social

www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 22d
Huge thank you to The Health Lottery Foundation and to the players of The Health Lottery for supporting our work.

The Foundation distributes money raised from players of The Health Lottery to projects that unite people to improve health, wellbeing and happiness.
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 22d
We're thrilled to share that we've received funding from The Health Lottery Foundation to support the development of Young Blue Room, our new inclusive arts programme with learning disabled young people aged 14-25.

Find out more: www.thebluecoat.org.uk/about/news/h...
The Bluecoat receives grant from the Health Lottery Foundation to…
The Bluecoat is pleased to announce that they’ve had £ 24,862.90 from The Health Lottery Foundation that will be used to support the development of Young…
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The Bluecoat @thebluecoat.bsky.social · 22d
For our new exhibition ‘Just Browsing’, Kelly will feature a collection of new ceramic works concerned with how objects are understood and designed in relationship to the body and experienced through touch.

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 · 22d
JUST BROWSING: Daniel Sean Kelly 🫖🏺📝

Daniel Sean Kelly uses analogue media to express the ideas of a brain developed under digital conditions, through drawings and ceramics.

Some of his interests include; being a body in real and imagined space and objects that misbehave or communicate unreliably.
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