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Jennie Wishart shows us her artwork’ not wishy-washy. Born in Anglesey, North Wales she initially studied Fine Art at the then Sunderland Polytechnic. This was followed by further study at our very own John Moores University, Liverpool becoming her adopted home. She began a career teaching Art in secondary schools, this was brought to an…

The London Marathon, Women’s Urinals, are you taking the pis*? Feminism or fucked up thinking?   A two hundred person queue for the women’s toilets at the start line of the Virgin London Marathon ran this previous Sunday. Six months of training rolled into one day of nerves waiting for the queue to go down…

May Day Magic, spend the day re-discovering the art of colouring in. Claire McGorman brings us ‘Stuff from my head’, the latest adult colouring book to reach our shelves. Volume 1 allows time to unwind and de-stress, every black and white illustration has been hand drawn, the sophisticated patterns encompassing intricate details. We are taken…

For this week we have a short story, the characters and events are fictional and not based on anyone or real events. Next Time ‘Next time you cuddle me I will set fire to your Fur Coat!’ Exclaimed Jack. He was fed up, he was fourteen, he was determined to stop his Mothers Gay friend…

Shatter the Silence, the debut exhibition to be curated by Alison Little put violence against women at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Six female artists addressing everything from Sexual Violence to fairy stories, Rape recovery to living in fear, Male dominance to finding happiness through imperfect bodies in which we live. Pain, pleasure and personality…

Matisse and Dance Matisse returns to the theme of dance throughout many of his paintings and the body of work he produces over his lifetime. In his early work, he identifies with the theme of dance in La Joie de Vivre we are presented with an assemblage of dancers within the middle ground, central to…

Private View  4-6pm Friday 24/03/17 Shatter the silence Violence against Women ‘Shatter the Silence’ is the first group exhibition to take place in Liverpool showcasing works of art relating to the themes of; Rape, Sexual Violence, Domestic Abuse, Street harassment, Consent and Feminist Issues. The group of artist present us with a range of wall…

Bethany Davies is one of the Liverpool art scene’s brightest new talents. The feminist artist uses her creative direction to draw attention to the misogyny, patriarchy and degradation of women is STILL an issue in society. Currently, on a printing internship at Hope Uni’s creative campus, she has no plans to stop creating now she…