Visual Arts & Exhibitions

I love breakfast: crumpets, eggs and bacon, toasted teacakes. All some of my favourite foods. This forthcoming exhibition is not about food though and you cannot eat it. It's all about a visual feast! Funded by Leftcoast and based at a pop-up Coronation Street Gallery (just at the side of the Winter Gardens, next to Charabanc), the name, I believe, comes from the initial idea of photographer Jack Boniface to photograph the charming hoteliers of Blackpool. The idea evolved however and now features a series of portraits of local Blackpool business owners, including some really interesting portraits of  arcade owners…

The Tangerine Art Company, aka John Marc Allen, is currently exhibiting at the Galleon Cafe on Topping Street (until 1 June). Jill Reidy attended the launch and brought back these images to whet your appetite.  

Blackpool's Grundy Art Gallery and new Abingdon Street Studios are teaming up for a series of drawing workshops for artists at any stage of their career. The fortnightly series of workshops will give the opportunity to explore a range of drawing styles using a variety of mediums and for participants to develop their skills. Eight workshops will take place from June right through until September with the Grundy hosting on the first Monday of the month and Abingdon on the third Monday. There are ten spaces available and artists are invited to apply for a place if they can attend…

Guest post by Grundy Curator Richard Parry Modern History, vol. 1 is a group exhibition, guest curated by internationally respected curator Lynda Morris. The exhibition features new commissions and existing works by leading national and international contemporary artists based in the north west and gives opportunities to younger artists to exhibit alongside more established names. While not definitive in its survey of contemporary art in the north west right now, it does present a microcosm of certain dialogues occurring in the region at the moment, articulating how these are intertwined with the world today and its pressure points. By taking…

Dancing, Some people love it! I did dance at drama school; modern, tap, jazz etc. I was a clunker at it and, thankfully, very few people had the misfortune of seeing me in action. If the thought of me stumbling uncomfortably through a routine with the grace of a drunken Thunderbirds puppet with a loose string hasn't put you off reading, carry on and see how Blackpool based artist Sam Simpson has turned her love of dancing into a body of artwork that has more than the usual oomph. Sam's work is on show upstairs at The Galleon Cafe on…