Now in its 6th year, Liverpool Art Prize exhibition opened on Thursday 25 April.

Shortlisted artists: Kevin Hunt, Tabitha Moses, Julieann O'Malley and Laurence Payot

This year's judging panel was made up of Sally Tallant (Artistic Director and CEO of Liverpool Biennial), Tim Etchells (Visual Artist and Writer), Robyn Woolston (Visual Artist, Winner of LAP2012) and Laura Davis (Arts Editor, Liverpool Daily Post) More info here.

Liverpool Daily Post article here.

All four artists are exhibiting their work at the Liverpool Art Prize exhibition 26 April - 8 June 2013, at Grand Hall (next to 'What's Cooking?'), The Colonnades, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AA.

Opening times: Tues-Sat 11-5pm. Free Admission.

Download the brochure HERE.

PRIZES

The Art Prize: £2000 plus solo exhibition at The Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

The People's Prize (in memory of Joe Bampton): £1000 selected by the audience during the exhibition of shortlisted artists

METAL RESIDENCY AWARDS

Metal are giving artists the chance to apply for a residency in Liverpool and Shanghai. This is not part of the prize for the shortlisted artists therefore all artists are encouraged to apply.

Metal studio residency award: Supported studio space for a period of 1 year at Edge Hill Station. Available for all artists based anywhere in the UK.

Metal international residency: To Shanghai in partnership with Shanghai Art School for 1 month. This residency is only offered to artists based within the NorthWest of the UK.

Artists images above: Courtesy of the artist, Laurence Payot image credit Ian Poulson

Photos from the opening: Courtesy of McCoy Wynne

STILL is an exhibition of new work made by artists in relation to the economics, politics, ownership and contested nature of global water supplies in the era of climate change. Water is all around us, yet increasingly we need to take steps to conserve our supplies of it. In our everyday lives, in the West, we take water for granted as a supply from the tap, a place for leisure and as a basic human right. Over the next forty years, predictions intimate that water will be as contended as oil now is in the post-industrial and developing countries.

STILL is produced by Metal and curated by Simon Poulter It has been shown in Southend on Sea, Liverpool and now comes to the City Gallery in Peterborough for its third outing.

STILL runs from 4 May to 30 June 2013 and features works by Peter Cusack, Simon Norfolk, Annette Mangaard, Paul Howard and David Matthews and a brand new commission from Markus Soukup.

Opening Hours
Tuesdays – Saturdays – 10am – 5pm
Sundays – 12noon – 4pm

Peterborough City Art Gallery
Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF
Tel: 01733 864663

Entry to the gallery is free.

Markus Soukup has been in residence at Metal’s Peterborough base – Chauffeurs Cottage – over March/April 2013, creating a new film and audio work in response to the city and in particular to the recent discovery of unique Bronze Age boats at Must Farm.

The Must Farm boats are a nationally and internationally important archaeological discovery. They have been uniquely preserved in the wetlands of the area and are the most significant find in Peterborough since the discovery of the Flag Fen Bronze Age site by Francis Pryor in 1982.

The development of STILL was supported by Essex & Suffolk Water, Arts Council England and Southend Borough Council. It is supported in Peterborough by Peterborough City Council and Vivacity.

Upon This Rock – Lantern Parade
Friday 6th September 7-8pm
Parades start at 7pm from:
Shamrock Park (top of Broadway)
Peterborough Museum (Priestgate)
Chauffeurs Cottage (St Peters Rd)
Culminating performance: Cathedral Square

Keep reading for opportunities to get involved as performer, participant, volunteer or audience

About the event

Bring your family and friends for an unforgettably magical journey! Brought to you by Metal, 'Upon This Rock' is a visual and musical celebration of Peterborough and its people. Spectacular lantern parades peopled by hundreds of local schoolchildren and their families will start in four corners of the city and converge on Cathedral Square, filling the city centre with light, colour and sound. The event will feature a performance of a specially commissioned score by composer Jonathan Baker, performed by local musicians and musical groups. Using music and song, a number of residents of Peterborough will tell their own stories about how they and their families came to call the city ‘home’. Taking its inspiration from the idea of ‘home’ and from the city’s history of migration, dating back through the housing schemes of the 1960’s and as far back as the celebrated bronze-age boats, the performance will embody the lives and journeys - great and small - that have led people to settle in Peterborough. Metal has pulled together an amazing artistic team to create this event including:

Artistic Director: Emma Bernard
Musical Director: Jonathan Baker
Lantern designers: Lantern Company plus local artists Stuart Payn, Jeni Cairns, Shashi Patel, Alex Lingford
Performance team includes (amongst others): Orton Wistow Primary School, Ken Stimpson Community School, Hampton College, St Thomas More RC Primary School

Opportunities to get involved:

PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS: Jonathan Baker has been commissioned to create a new musical score for the event and is seeking professional musicians to create a band at the heart of this open air event. Musicians will be required to be from Peterborough and the surrounding region and attend an audition. Those selected from the auditions will need to be available for rehearsals and the final performance over the full 3 day period from 4 – 6th September. The culminating performance will take place in the city centre from 6 – 8pm on 6th September.

Jon is particularly interested in recruiting the following musicians:
2 x trumpet
2 x trombone
2 x percussion
1 x keyboard/samplist
1 x bass/samplist
1 x guitar/percussion
1 x singer/fiddle player

Auditions will take place on the weekend of 15 and 16 June at Chauffeurs Cottage, St Peters Rd, Peterborough. Auditions will involve playing two short pieces of their choice, some relatively easy sight-reading, a short interview and involvement in a short workshop.

To state your interest and register for an audition please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 07908 970 424.

TELL YOUR STORY:
Are you a grandmother who has grown up in Peterborough? or
Did you or your parents move to Peterborough from another country? or
Perhaps you are a young parent with a child under the age of five?

Metal are seeking 16 ordinary people with extraordinary stories to tell, to incorporate into ‘Upon this Rock’. We are looking for people to represent the city of Peterborough, those who have a story to tell about why Peterborough is ‘home’ to them. You may simply want to tell us your story but you might also be interested in performing at the event.

To get involved drop in, have a cup of tea, meet the creative team and tell us your story:

Saturday 15th June, 11am-12 noon or 2-3pm
Sunday 16th June; 11.30am-12.30pm, 2-3pm
Venue: Chauffeurs Cottage, St Peters Rd, Peterborough, PE1 1YX

VOLUNTEER AT THE EVENT:

Metal are seeking a number of volunteers to assist at the event. This might be as parade manager, parade assistant, runners, wardrobe assistant or as event stewards. The event will be even more successful with the support of these valuable volunteers. It’s a great way to get involved in a community event, work towards accreditation or gives weight to a growing CV of experience. To register your interest and find out more please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

JOIN THE PARADE:

Each parade will have a theme. Watch this space for ideas on things to make, items to wear so that you can join in one of the parades.

More information about the Lantern Company
The Lantern Company, based in Liverpool, have grown a reputation over the last 10 years for creating unusual work of an excellent artistic quality, becoming one of the leading national companies for processional kinetic floats, costumes and large-scale puppets . They have a wealth of experience in producing and directing arts festivals, one-off site specific events, carnival parades and visual theatre.