The Bluecoat
@thebluecoat.bsky.social
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
Open Tue - Sun, 11am - 5pm, Free entry.
Cafe open from 10am, Tue - Sat & 11am Sun.
💻 thebluecoat.org.uk
Ffion Evans is a Welsh artist who makes large textile work which invites us to move closer and feel the materials. She experiments with texture, scent, and form to connect viewers with materials and everyday objects.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ffion Evans is a Welsh artist who makes large textile work which invites us to move closer and feel the materials. She experiments with texture, scent, and form to connect viewers with materials and everyday objects.
Shop local this Christmas ✨
At the Bluecoat, we've got plenty of thoughtful, unique gifts for your family and friends.
Browse our new Bluecoat Gift Guide on our website and pick up the perfect gifts for your loved ones today.
www.thebluecoat.org.uk/christmas
At the Bluecoat, we've got plenty of thoughtful, unique gifts for your family and friends.
Browse our new Bluecoat Gift Guide on our website and pick up the perfect gifts for your loved ones today.
www.thebluecoat.org.uk/christmas
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Shop local this Christmas ✨
At the Bluecoat, we've got plenty of thoughtful, unique gifts for your family and friends.
Browse our new Bluecoat Gift Guide on our website and pick up the perfect gifts for your loved ones today.
www.thebluecoat.org.uk/christmas
At the Bluecoat, we've got plenty of thoughtful, unique gifts for your family and friends.
Browse our new Bluecoat Gift Guide on our website and pick up the perfect gifts for your loved ones today.
www.thebluecoat.org.uk/christmas
Lou Miller is a banner maker, textile artist, and activist based in Manchester, UK. Her work is often created out of collaborative workshops and partnerships with grassroots groups, trade unions, and artists.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Lou Miller is a banner maker, textile artist, and activist based in Manchester, UK. Her work is often created out of collaborative workshops and partnerships with grassroots groups, trade unions, and artists.
Have you visited Lou Miller's exhibition yet?
'We Dream of Our Freedom' has transformed our Gallery into a community studio. Stop by this weekend and design your own postcards inspired by Miller's banners and leave your own message of freedom.
Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
'We Dream of Our Freedom' has transformed our Gallery into a community studio. Stop by this weekend and design your own postcards inspired by Miller's banners and leave your own message of freedom.
Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Have you visited Lou Miller's exhibition yet?
'We Dream of Our Freedom' has transformed our Gallery into a community studio. Stop by this weekend and design your own postcards inspired by Miller's banners and leave your own message of freedom.
Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
'We Dream of Our Freedom' has transformed our Gallery into a community studio. Stop by this weekend and design your own postcards inspired by Miller's banners and leave your own message of freedom.
Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
We're currently redeveloping our upstairs 'bistro' into an exciting new event space. Here's a sneak peek of the progress so far 👀
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're currently redeveloping our upstairs 'bistro' into an exciting new event space. Here's a sneak peek of the progress so far 👀
'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
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
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
'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
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
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.
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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.
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.
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.
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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.
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.
(...) 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.
Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
(...) 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.
Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
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 (...)
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 (...)
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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 (...)
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 (...)
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.
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.
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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.
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.
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 (...)
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 (...)
October 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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 (...)
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 (...)
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...
Read our new blog to find out more: www.thebluecoat.org.uk/about/news/t...
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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...
Read our new blog to find out more: www.thebluecoat.org.uk/about/news/t...
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...
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...
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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...
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...
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.
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.
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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.
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.
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.
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.
October 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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.
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.
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.
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.
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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.
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.
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
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
October 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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
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
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.
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.
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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.
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.
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.
October 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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.
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.
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.
October 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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.
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.
Find out more: www.thebluecoat.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Find out more: www.thebluecoat.org.uk
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.
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.
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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.
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.
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.
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.
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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.
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.