The Royal Standard is an artist-led gallery, studios and social workspace in Liverpool, England. We are dedicated to promoting a culture of critically aware exchange, debate and experimentation, providing a supportive environment for our 27 studio artists, as well as the wider cultural community.

Artists: Andrew Foulds, Andrew Wilson, Baptiste Croze, Emily Speed, Flis Mitchell, Hamish McLain, Harry Lawson, Henry Finney, Jemma Egan, Jim Buso, Kevin Hunt, Laura Pullig, Laura Robertson, Laurence Payot, Leo Fitzmaurice, Lucy MacDonald, Madelaine Hall, Mike Carney, Natalie Hughes, Richard Proffitt, Sam Venables, Sian Green, Stephen Forge, Susan Massey, Zoe Fagg

Events, Exhibition and workshops planned during the weekend

Exhibition: This Matter
21^st May – 19^th June 2010

This Matter is an exhibition that investigates the physical nature of landscapes, drawing together the changing ideas of what is natural and unnatural within our everyday surrounding. This exhibition focuses on the continuous alteration of our environment in which we live and strives to create subtle gestures that have wider connotations towards the world we live in; its perpetual evolution, growth and destruction.

Print works by pioneering figures such as Robert Motherwell, Claus Oldenburg and John Salt and Robert Smithson reconstruction are shown alongside pieces by contemporary artists; Sovay Berriman, Tomas Chaffe, Claire Greenshaw, Ilana Halperin, Celia Hempton, Bobby Niven and Laura Shimmin.

Join us for a weekend of build your own Natural Disasters Workshops plus Barbecue

12^th June 2010 13-16.00

-Geometrical Boulder building workshop

-Create an Erupting Volcano

-Design an Anarchitectural building

CURVE STUDIOS
Address: Jerome Building
Top Floor
61 Victoria Street
Liverpool   L1 6DE
mobile: 07884411344

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email: curvegallery@hotmail.co.uk
web: www.curvegallery.co.uk

Open: Sat & Sun 12/13 June 12.00-18.00

Artist:   Lisa Who

Details:
The first opportunity to view Lisa Who’s Studios and the Curve Gallery exhibition space, currently showing works by Liverpool artists: Emily Speed, Robyn Woolston, Lisa Who, Hannah Fray, Colette Whittington and Elizabeth Willow.

Curve Studios & Gallery are located in the loft space of an original 19th Century warehouse in Liverpool’s city centre (next door to Red Wire).

The open studios event will allow you to see inside the bohemian warehouse culture of Liverpool. A unique chance to view, commission  and purchase original work direct from the artists and to discuss collaborative projects and exhibition opportunities at Curve Gallery for the Liverpool Biennial 2010.

The Bridewell Studios & Gallery

Address: Prescot Street, Liverpool, L7 8UL
Phone: 0151 236 6730

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Open: Sat & Sun 12/13 June : 11.00 – 17.00

Email: info@bridewellstudios.co.uk
Web: www.bridewellstudios.co.uk

Events/ Workshops:
Jim Loftus – operating his bespoke optical paraphernalia throughout the day
Sian Hughes – Cyanotype workshops (Photogram technique). Create your own Cyanotype. Sian will be running several one hour ‘Taster for a Tenner‘ booked sessions during the weekend. Booking is essential, contact Sian at art@sianhughes.plus.com
Steve Hitchin – Stone carving demonstrations. Details TBC

ALSO See the current exhibition in the Gallery:

In every dream home a heartache,
15 May – 20 June 2010 (Opens: Saturday & Sunday only. 12 – 5pm)
In parallel with The Bluecoat’s ‘Global Studio’ exhibition The Bridewell Gallery draws together diverse work from Liverpool’s artists’ studios. Our attention is diverted inward from the global to the domestic sphere and, as the title suggests, this scrutiny reveals all is not well. Featuring artists from The Bridewell, The Royal Standard, Red Wire, Arena, Post.

Studio Artists involved:
Tabitha Moses
Jim Loftus
Frank Linnett
Damian Cruikshank
Sian Hughes
Steve Hitchin
Faith Bebbington
Janet Wilkinson

REthinkthings is a Liverpool based product design agency owned and directed by 3D creative consultant Ilsa Parry who was a contestant on the BBC2 reality documentary “Design for Life” with Philippe Starck. Ilsa is a design educator and is passionate about raising interest and awareness about the importance of design for human development and life sustenance.

Studio REthinkthings
1 Ward St, Liverpool, L3 5XX

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Open: Sat 12th 10am – 4pm, Sun 13th 10am – 4pm
Website:  www.rethinkthings.co.uk
Artist: – REthinkthings creative director Ilsa Parry – Product, furniture, lighting and home accessories designer

Studios: Elevator Artists,
3^rd Floor Elevator Buildings,
Entrance via Leaf Cafe

27 Parliament Street, Liverpool L8 5RN

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email: elevatorartists@hotmail.co.uk

website: www.elevatorartists.co.uk

Open: Sat & Sun 12/13. 11-17.00
Sunday there is the ‘Make Sundays’ craft event in Leaf Café

Elevator Artists: Becs Andrews, Richard Ashworth, Steve Best, Ken Bullock, Peter Cameron, Al Eddy, Bill Embery, Charlie Frais, Dave Garnett, Kim Harley, Daniel John, Vincent Lavell, Checkhuo Leung,  Jackie McKenzie, Freida McKitrick, Frank Moore, Lindsey Moran, Emma Newman, Susan Meyerhoff Sharples, Steve Strode, Emma Sumner, Marianna Whitehorn

Studio: Garston Art Works,
26 Duke Street, Garston
L19 2LT

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Art Works can be contacted on 0776 338 8509

Open: Sat & Sun 12/13. 13.00 – 17.00

Details of event: Alex Corina and Garston Art Works are hosting exhibition of paintings by artists Phil Dowling and Work In Wood by Mike Rule.
All three artists will be in the studio between 13.00 and 17.00 weekend 12th and 13th.

Artists: Alex Corina Phil Dowling and Mike Rule

Well worth a trip to Garston

About the Exhibition

Phil has been painting portraits and landscapes for nearly 30years. His main interest in painting landscapes is to capture natures abstract qualities, its light, colour, mood,but above all its energy in a harmonious way.
Phil says” my feeling about painting is summed up in the words of Bonnard
” Its not a matter of painting life; its a matter of giving life to a painting”

Mike Rule wood turner extrordinaire complements Phils work having similarly been working for the last twelve years on this collection. His work captures the beautiful organic textures and mellowness of tones in the wood and are beautifully crafted.

Alex Corina says ” It was a revelation looking back at 30years of Phils work and twelve in Mikes case. There are some real hidden gems by both artists in this show.”

Phil Dowling

Mike Rule

Liverpool Improvisation Collective
The Bluecoat, School Lane

Andrea Buckley, Paula Hampson and Mary Prestidge are dance artists whose work spans five decades. For the past fifteen years their practice has been centred in Liverpool. They also travel and work nationally and internationally as performers, project leaders and teachers.

They have devised projects, courses, conferences and festivals over the years not only to support and develop their own work but also to help build an infrastructure and community of dancers within this region.

This artist led designated space allows them to bring people together: To meet, exchange and share ideas and practices, creating a forum for dialogue and debate.

Email: m.prestidge@blueyonder.co.uk

Open: Saturday June 12th Sorry, Cancelled due to involvement in City Steps dance events
10.00 – 13.00 LIC Studio and associate artists will be sharing work in their Open Door event in the Bluecoat.(Performance Space or Sandon Room)
10.00 -12.00 in LIC Studio, Bluecoat.
Open dance workshop – participation only
14.00 – 16.00 LIC Studio open exhibition

Sunday June 13th.  10.00 – 13.00 LIC Studio Sorry, Cancelled due to involvement in City Steps dance events
Paula Hampson devising and rehearsal for forthcoming performance with other dance artists.

With a forty year history of printmaking on site, the Bluecoat now has two fantastic Print Studios open to the public.

Local printmakers and regular hirers demonstrate techniques and advise you on how to get involved.

See www.liverpoolprintmakers.blogspot.com for more details.

Intaglio Print Studio

The Etching/Intaglio Studio is clean, safe, light and airy, and current working practice is geared towards new developments in ‘safe’ printmaking.

Silkscreen Studio

Equipment and materials on site include:

• Three vacuum screen beds accommodating screens up to 60 x 70 cm and 90 x 110cm outside frame measurement
• A large Natgraph exposure unit able to accommodate screens up to 2 x 1.5m outside frame measurement
• Small portable exposure unit made by University of the West of England
• A fully stocked washout unit
• Drying cupboard able to accommodate screens up to 80 x 100cm outside frame measurement
• Large drying rack for finished prints
• Acrylic medium and photo emulsion

Sunday there is a ‘Make Sundays’ event in Leaf Café

Arena Artists: Claire Hart, David Cowey, Roisin Hyland, Anna Benson, Ruth Piper, Claudia Pink,Natalie Bennetts, Erica Hamilton, Rosalind Hargreaves, Naive John, Peter Dover, Christine Toh, Tony Smith, Nick Sykes, Benedict Gordon, Sarah Jane Richards, Ian Yell, Stephen Caine, Lucy Jones, Pamela Sullivan, Louise Morgan, Anna Ketskemety, Lee Donnelly, Jack Welsh, Roslyn Vallejo, Choterina Freer, Derek Culley, Philip Lockhart, Maureen Peacock, Christine Lavin

At present we don’t have any special events planned, and are thinking of just having a Open Studios, as its been a while since people saw our work, and our redesigned space.

Artists:
Michael Aitken
Emma Gilmour
Amy Goring
Liam Greenall
Katie Halsall
Roz Hyde
Jayne Lawless
Oliver Lomax
Julie Martin
Karen O Brien
Eleanor Overs
Dave Penny
Joshua Tennant
Alan Williams