Hearts And Minds - new Red Dot Exhibition 25/4/2008
Red Dot staged their biggest ever group exhibition, titled 'Hearts And Minds' at the Liverpool Academy of Arts, which featured work by over twenty of its members. The Academy, which is based in a former paint factory, is located on Seel Street in Liverpool city centre.
It included paintings - mainly abstract - abstract-oriented photography, mixed media work and installations.
As a tribute to former Red Dot member, painter and printmaker Peter Oakley, who died last April, it also featured examples of his work.
Hearts And Minds ran from 7th May until 23rd May. Mon-Fri 12pm - 4pm.

Experimenting With Art - Art Workshops
Red Dot member Jo Derbyshire ran a two-day workshop titled Experimenting With Art on 22/23 April at Liverpool Centre for Arts Development (LCAD), based on Franceys Street (off Brownlow Hill), Liverpool city centre.
The aim of the course was to explore painting, collage and experimentation to produce group or individual work with Liverpool and the city as a theme, using found objects, flyers, icons of Liverpool, etc.
Day One: Overview; group discussion; develop work
Day Two: Completion of work for an exhibition later in 2008 at LCAD.

New exhibition by Nathan Pendlebury
Red Dot member Nathan Pendlebury, along with Anthony Pendlebury, staged an exhibition of their work, titled 'As Is Now', at the Gostins Gallery, based in the Gostins Building on Hanover Street in Liverpool. The exhibition ran from 4 April until 10 May.

Exhibition by Claire Stringer
Red Dot member Claire Stringer, who has created many paintings inspired by music, has now produced a series of new paintings, this time inspired by another art form, namely dance. They go on show for the first time in an exhibition titled Momentum at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool. The show runs from 4 March until 12 April 2008. The Unity is located at 1 Hope Place in Liverpool city centre. Telephone 0151 709 4988.

Jane Fairhurst exhibition at Salford Quays
Red Dot member Jane Fairhurst stages a solo exhibition of her work with Comme Ca (a Manchester-based art agency) at the Lowry Hotel at Salford Quays. The show runs from 29 February until 8 April 2008. A private view will take place on Thursday 28 February 6pm - 8pm.

Visual Arts Festival
Red Dot staged a Visual Arts Festival in Liverpool over three days - at LCAD (Liverpool Centre for Arts Development and Training), based in Franceys Street off Brownlow Hill - on Tuesday 4th - Friday 7th March 2008. The festival included artist-led workshops, covering a number of practical demonstrations of visual arts, including painting, photography and other related art techniques. In addition there was a series of lectures and debates dealing with various art and culture issues. For more info click here

Recycling Exhibition by Red Dot 26/10/2007
Red Dot are staging a group exhibition, 'Recycle Into Art', at the International Gallery, run by TAO (The Art Organisation), based on Slater Street in Liverpool. All the artwork displayed will have been created from waste materials or found objects.
It runs from December 12 - December 22 (Tues - Sat, 12pm - 6pm). A private view will take place on Tuesday December 11 (5.30pm - 8pm).

Red Dot Presentation in Chile 20/9/2007
Red Dot were asked to send a presentation package promoting the work of its artists to Chile, where it was displayed in the Presidential Palace at the end of October. A number of artists and arts organisations from various parts of the world also participated in the event. Museum MAN director Adam Nankervis, who has moved his gallery to Chile, after formerly being based in Liverpool, requested that Red Dot should take part.

Lisa Ashcroft at Cornerstone
Lisa has a solo show at the Cornerstone Gallery at the Hope at Everton college building at Haigh Street in Liverpool. It runs from 1 December 2007 until 10 January 2008. A private view of her exhibition will take place on Friday 30 November 6pm - 8pm.
Please note: Lisa has two new images of her work in her artist profile section on this site.

Microscopic images by Barbara Jones
Barbara has devised a number of etchings, titled 'Microscopic Particles', which forms part of the 'An Extraordinary Journey' exhibition taking place at the Roald Dahl Centre and Linda McCartney Centre at the Liverpool Royal Hospital. It continues until 30 November 2007.

Calendars of photographs by Nathan Pendlebury
Nathan has two wall calendars available of a selection of his photography. These can be viewed at his website www.erpenstudios.co.uk and can be bought for £9.99 each.

Capital of Culture Funding for Red Dot 30/3/2007
Red Dot have been awarded £3000 from the Innovation and Development Fund administered by Liverpool Capital of Culture. The money will be used to finance a visual arts festival staged by Red Dot (as mentioned on this page). An application has also been submitted to Awards for All to part fund the festival.

Liverpool Turner Prize 26/4/2007
Three members of Red Dot, Barbara Jones, Jo Derbyshire and Colin Serjent, have been nominated for the inaugural Liverpool Turner Prize. A shortlist of four artists from the 44 nominated will be chosen by a panel of four judges.

Art of Recycling 4/10/2007
In September Red Dot staged a series of workshops dealing with how to recycle waste materials and found objects into art work, for example, turning discarded bottles and other forms of glass into art; turning used crisp packets into art!; metal recycling; and paper and cardboard recycling.
The workshops took place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 26-28 September at LCAD (Liverpool Centre for Arts Development and Training) based at Franceys Street off Brownlow Hill.
Leading the workshops were Arthur Roberts (Loop Gallery), Beccy Williams (The Art Organisation), Sarah Nicholson (Kitchen Gallery), Jane Fairhurst (OK Studios), and Lesley Cunningham (Elcie-Mojo).

New Red Dot Shows 28/7/2007
Red Dot staged an exhibition, titled Signpost, this summer at a new art venue hired by TAO (The Art Organisation). It was based on Henry Street, at the back of a building on Duke Street which housed the former offices of the Liverpool Big Issue. The show featured the work of a selection of their members. The private view of the exhibition took place on Thursday 30 August (7pm - 10pm). The show was open to the public from 1 September - 22 September.

Launch of Alan McKernan’s new book 'Sea Margins' 16/6/07
Sea Margins is a photographic celebration of the coastline owned by the national trust at Formby. Beginning in the year 2000, through his use of specialist hand printing techniques, Alan McKernan has created a collection of photographs that interpret the variety of textures and moods that for him represent the varied landscapes of the parts of Formby that he has loved since childhood.
Friday 6th July, 2pm until 8pm at Calumet, 7 Century Building, Summers Road, Brunswick Business Park, L3 4BL.

Tribute to Peter Oakley 26/4/2007
We were very sad to hear about the death of Red Dot member Peter Oakley, who died in April. He was an exhibition painter and printmaker for over 50 years, but had also been responsible for numerous residencies, murals, illustrations, theatrical set and costume designs, and public artworks.
The stimulus for much of his work came from collections of objects, either personal or public, with which he surrounded himself.
Peter had his studio in Warrington, and a lot of his work was held in private and public collections throughout England.
As a tribute to Peter, Red Dot intend to display some of his work in the next exhibition we stage.

Red Dot at Cornerstone 16/2/2007
Three members of Red Dot, Michelle Burrows, Sue Milburn and Colin Serjent are included in a group exhibition taking place at The Cornerstone Gallery. Titled 'Loop: Overview 07', it comprises 30 plus abstract practitioners working in Liverpool. It runs from 23 February to 23 March. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. The private view is on Thursday 22 February 6pm - 8pm. Cornerstone is situated at Liverpool Hope University, 1 Haigh Street, Liverpool L3 8QB. For further information contact exhibition curator Arthur Roberts: 07792 478 281.

Jane Fairhurst Exhibition 17/1/2007
The Blackburn exhibition is called 'Freefall', at the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Museum Street, Blackburn, BB1 7AJ from 27th January to 10th March and the preview is 12-2pm on Sat 27th January.

Red Dot Liverpool Biennial Exhibitions
Red Dot staged during the 2006 Liverpool Arts Biennial an exhibition of paintings, photography and installations at the art space at 52 Roscoe Street in Liverpool city centre. It formed part of the Independents strand of the Biennial.
Artists featured were Michelle Burrows, Claire Chambers, Jane Fairhurst, Nicola Fitzsimmons, Leon Jakeman, Sue Milburn, Jon Nash, John O'Neill, Colin Serjent and Claire Stringer.
Milburn and Serjent, who both run Red Dot, had earlier, during the Biennial, been involved in a joint exhibition of new abstract photography, titled Artisers, at the Almiro Gallery in Waterloo, Merseyside. Milburn also included a selection of her abstract expressionist paintings. This exhibition also formed part of the Independents strand. Serjent's new work is featured on his website www.abstractway.co.uk

Shadowtime
Prior to the Biennial Serjent and Milburn had an exhibition 'Shadowtime' at the Ikonography Gallery in Mathew Street in Liverpool. It was a retrospective show of their photography work over the past seven years.

Digital Photography workshops
Red Dot member Alan McKernan is running a series of digital photography workshops at BBC Radio Merseyside. The final two workshops, which are free, take place on Friday 23 March and Friday 30 March 2007, both running from 10am - noon. If you are interested in taking part please ring Radio Merseyside on 0151 708 5500. McKernan's exhibition Unfamiliar Journeys' is being staged at the BBC performance space.

Sharon Mutch at 60 Hope Street
Red Dot member Sharon Mutch has an exhibition of her photography at the 60 Hope Street Restuarant. The closing date has to be confirmed.

Claire Stringer at Unity
Red Dot member Claire Stringer has an exhibition of her work, which deals with the relationship between abstract qualities in music and art, at the Unity Theatre. It runs from 20 March - 28 April 2007. The private view is on Thursday 22 March starting at 5.30pm.

Claire Stringer Solo Exhibition 31/8/06
Blackburne House, 5th - 30th September.
Private View on Wednesday 6th September from 6pm - 8pm.

Funded By Feeling 31/8/06
A selection of work from the last two years by Leon Jakeman, presented by Headspace at the Egg Space Gallery, 16-18 Newington, L1 4ED.
31 August - 15 September.

Lisa Ashcroft Exhibitions
The first is titled Peepshow Morality Kick, at The PAD Gallery, Church Street, Preston till 3rd September (sculpture, prints and jewellery).
The second, Eye Candy, is at the Kitchen Gallery, Halton from Sept 4th - end date TBC.

Michelle Burrows Exhibition
Pickering Pastures, Nature Reserve, Mersey Road, Ditton, Widnes.
Sat August 26th - Mon August 28th, 9am-5pm. Admission free.

Pride of Liverpool
Serjent and Milburn were involved in a group exhibition 'Pride of Liverpool', which celebrated the launch - sadly short term, it has since closed! - of the Met Art Gallery, which was based off Castle Street in Liverpool.

Open Art Exhibition for Contemporary Artists
Red Dot member Lisa Ashcroft won first prize in the Kitchen Gallery's first Open Art Exhibition for Contemporary Artists in the North West of England. Read more

Chelsea Flower Show
Janette Ireland, another Red Dot member, recently exhibited pebble art at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Unfamiliar Journeys
Alan McKernan, who was a founding member of Red Dot, had an exhibition 'Unfamiliar Journeys' at the University of Liverpool Art Gallery, 3 Abercromby Square, until 28 July 2006.