Life Drawing: The Avant Garde + Light and Shadow
This is a Life Drawing course unlike any other! Artist Mike Cassidy will be here again to lead you through an examination of mark making and the human condition. Joined this time, by renowned performance artist Kris Canavan, the course will also explore the link between performance art and mark-making. You’ll learn about form and […]
Happiness! The Ken Dodd Exhibition
Opening on 24 June and running until 2 January, this major new exhibition brings Sir Ken Dodd’s extraordinary world of comedy, laughter and happiness to Blackpool in spectacular style. Packed with iconic costumes, famous tickling sticks, rare memorabilia, original notebooks, hilarious props and interactive experiences, it’s a joyful journey through the life and career of […]
Gold & Delicious: Student showcase
Celebrate the first assignment exhibition from Creative Practice students at Blackpool School of Arts at Abingdon Street Market. Inspired by the theme “Gold & Delicious”, this exhibition showcases the creativity, imagination and fresh perspectives of emerging local artists. From bold ideas to unexpected interpretations, this exhibition celebrates the students’ first steps in their creative journeys. […]
Dame Harriet Walter leads RSC’s all-female Julius Caesar to Blackpool school
Phyllida Lloyd’s acclaimed production, set in a women’s prison, takes up a week’s residency at St Mary’s Catholic Academy, with two community performances and a post-show conversation on creative health and young people Dame Harriet Walter is to lead the Royal Shakespeare Company’s landmark all-female production of Julius Caesar at St Mary’s Catholic Academy in […]