The Bluecoat
The Bluecoat art gallery is a 300 year old Grade II listed building in the heart of Liverpool's old town . It offers a mixture of visual art, music, dance, live art and literature and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site .
history
Liverpool Bluecoat School 1708-1906
In 1708, Robert Styth, Principal of Liverpool, and Bryan Blundell, Captain, founded the Liverpool Bluecoat School , an institution for the education of children from poor families. Work began in 1716 and was completed in 1725. Extensions were made later. The architect's identity is still unknown.
In 1906, after almost 200 years, the school moved to a larger building in Wavertree , a suburb of Liverpool.
Sandom Studios Society 1907-1940s
In 1907 a group of artists was looking for a new studio because the previous one had been destroyed. The group moved to the former Bluecoat School. Since then, the Bluecoat has been used as the center of the city's artistic activities. This started the future as a cultural center. The building was badly damaged during the Second World War and only reopened in 1958.
The Bluecoat 1960s to date
Since the 1960s, the Bluecoat has established itself as the center of Liverpool's artistic life. The Bluecoat Gallery was founded in 1968 to exhibit works by contemporary artists and offer a program of visual art, music, dance, live art and literature by local and international artists.
Major renovations began in 2005. In 2008 the gallery was reopened.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://de.visitliverpool.com/kultur/kunst
- ↑ http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/content/heritage
- ↑ http://www.e-architect.co.uk/liverpool/bluecoat_arts_centre.htm
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Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 15.1 ″ N , 2 ° 59 ′ 2 ″ W.