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lgbt culture

03 Jan

We’re Still Here! Bigger, bolder and back for 2026

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsHeritage, Local NewsBlackpool, lgbt culture, LGBTQIA

LGBTQIA+ heritage project We’re Still Here! has been awarded £235k from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting series of public exhibitions in Blackpool in 2027. Abingdon Studios commissioned project We’re Still Here! is delighted to announce it has secured major funding for the continuation of a pioneering LGBTQIA+ heritage project, producing two new major exhibitions at the Grundy Art Gallery and Showtown. We’re Still Here! was founded in 2021 by Garth Gratrix and Harry Clayton-Wright - two internationally acclaimed artists from Blackpool with deep roots in the local cultural landscape - with the aim to create the first…

06 Jun

Exhibition Review: Make a Scene at HIVEArts

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsblackpool arts scene, Drag, exibition, lgbt culture

In partnership with Funny Girls and the 'Be Who You Want to Be' initiative, HIVEArts has put together a celebration of drag culture and its contribution to Blackpool. Having seen M&S mannequins arriving for the gowns, David Simper was keen to see how the show would pan out. I just had time to get home from a rare visit to the office nowadays, change my clothes, pick up the camera and catch the service 61 bus to town and the Church Street gallery space, where large numbers of people were already thronging in to the venue. They entered through a…