Painting and The Blank Page

Eight Days a Week facilitates artists from Liverpool and Cologne taking part in unique cultural exchanges through an on-going programme of exhibitions, residencies, films, performances, discussions and publications. ‘Eight Days A Week’ projects in both Liverpool and Cologne are the result of collaborations between artists working with a number of venues and sites, including galleries, colleges, artists’ spaces, civic buildings, alternative exhibition venues like community centres, the cathedrals and churches, and the Internet. Since its beginnings in 1998 we have organised over 150 projects in Liverpool and Cologne and developed many creative offshoots and networks. We are a significant ‘grass roots’ organisation that brings together the different artists and educational and cultural organisations in Liverpool for a common creative purpose to celebrate its energy and artistic quality.

The exhibition programme for September and October 2012 contains 25 exhibitions and cultural events. They include the exhibition of 5 Liverpool artists – Adrian Henri, Bernadette O’Toole [recently Liverpool Art Prize nominee], Frances Disley and Ailie Rutherford [Royal Standard Studios], and Nicki Mc’Cubbing with 4 Cologne Artists at the BBK Gallery [Bundesverband Bildender Künstler is the Professional Association of the Arts in Germany]. The two Cologne Printmaking Galleries and Studios include the Graphikwerkstatt where artists from the two cities will collaborate on making work together and at Kunstraum Dreizwanzig, a specialist Relief printing and letterpress gallery where Pete Clarke will exhibit recent graphic works. David Jacques, a recent exhibitor in the Northern Art Prize will exhibit work in the St Theodor Church. Tony Knox will make his ‘Mothman’ Performance at the ‘artclub’ and Gina Czarnecki who recently held the significant solo show at the Bluecoat will present a video installation at the Moltkerei, a specialist gallery for time-based and performance work. Bryan Biggs, the Bluecoat and exhibitor and prize winner in the Jerwood Drawing Exhibition will show and compare recent drawings with Jurgen Kisters, Writer, Art Critic and Journalist Kolner Stadt Enzieger. There will also be exhibitions and discussions in Cologne artists’ studios with Liverpool’s Royal Standard, Arena and Wolstenholme Square, film screenings and drawing workshops with Jon Barraclough and Mike Carney’s ‘Drawing Paper’ and collaborations.

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