Design by Sara Cullen
The Winter Arts Market
St George’s Hall, Liverpool
10am – 5pm Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th December 2011
Entry £1.50 Under 16s FREE
120 Arts & Crafts Stalls
Each day sees 120 stalls with artists and makers selling paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, textiles, knit wear, clothing, cards, ceramics, jewellery, glass, beauty products, accessories and much more at prices for all pockets.
Sneak a peek at some of the stallholders on the blog: winterartsmarket.wordpress.com
£100 in vouchers to be won!
If you spot one of our colour or black and white Winter Arts Market posters on your travels, take a picture on your phone (or camera) and post it on our Facebook page (or @_openculture on Twitter) with where you took it and we’ll enter you into a prize draw to win a £50 or one of two £25 vouchers to spend at the event! You’ve got until Midnight 29th November 2011 so get snapping…
Crown Court Concerts
Enjoy a series of free performances over both days; Saturday sees the Liverpool Ukelele Orchestra, Showstoppers concert band, choirs and more! You’ll be pleased to know that the magnificent Mellowtone host all day Sunday with a platter of live acoustic and roots music for your listening pleasure…
Dickensian Tomfoolery
Discover some fascinating facts about the Grade I Listed venue from roaming dickensian characters brought to life by the Friends of St Georges Hall. Plus, Lormac Productions offer you the rare chance to meet and greet Queen Victoria and her royal entourage…!
Can Cook Café
After your festive shopping relax and refuel at one of two pop-up cafés from Can Cook who’ll be serving culinary treats from their tasty winter warmers menu, including scrumptiously seasonal mulled wine! Yum.
So, are you coming? Invite your friends to the Winter Arts Market on Facebook
You can see pictures from last year‘s event on our Flickr page and why not follow the blog too!
Venue
St George’s Place, Liverpool, L1 1JJ
(Opposite Liverpool Lime Street Railway Station and adjacent to Queen Square Bus Station in Liverpool City Centre)
St George’s Hall Telephone: 0151 225 6909
St George’s Hall Website: www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk
Organisers
Open Culture: info@culture.org.uk / 0151 478 4928
Open Culture Website: www.culture.org.uk
About
The Winter Arts Market has become a staple event in the Merseyside arts calendar, and 2011 sees the third installment of this special event. As a festive celebration of arts and crafts, the event is a creative showcase of the region’s most imaginative and skilled artists and designer-makers.
The 2010 Winter Arts Market saw over 4,000 shoppers in the space of a day, enjoying the grade I listed St George’s Hall transformed into a veritable treasure trove of locally made gifts and artworks from 120 stallholders.
Taking place in the lead up to Christmas Open Culture organise the event with Liverpool City Council to provide shoppers with an alternative to the high street, and provide support and opportunities to artists, designers and makers to exhibit, sell, promote, network and sell their work and services directly to the public.
Are you an artist or maker who wants to take part?
We’re full for the 2011 event, and have pencilled in the next dates as 8 & 9 December 2012, which are to be confirmed closer to the time. To hear news please follow us on our social network pages: Twitter @_openculture and Facebook www.facebook.com/OpenCultureLiverpool
You should also join our Events Mailing List and make sure you tick the ‘Creative Opportunities’ box to ensure you receive the right updates. Adding info@culture.org.uk to your safe senders list will help prevent our messages landing in your spam or junkmail folder.
