Music
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October
13.00-17.00 | Café
Enjoy incredible DJ sets and live music performances.
Grow with us: Seed giveaway
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October
12.00-15.00 | Fourth floor
Grow your own plant! Pick up seeds and a sustainable plant pot and our expert Andrea Ku will let you know how to get growing! Inspired by our recent Radical Landscapes exhibition we encourage you to grow along with us during our temporary closure period. We’ll share information about how our gallery will be growing and developing once our transformation project begins.
You’ll also be able to find out about green spaces in Liverpool and discover where you can learn about how to develop your growing skills locally.
Art Monsters Talk: Lubaina Himid and Lauren Elkin
Saturday 14 October
15.00-16.30 | Auditorium
Join acclaimed writer Lauren Elkin in discussion with Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid as they discuss Elkin's book Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art. The talk will be followed by a book signing. Booking essential. Tickets are available here.
Video Card Goodbye
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October
What has been your favourite exhibition or experience here at Tate Liverpool? Record a message about your memories with local artist Amber Akaunu.
The Waters Call Forth our Fires: Workshops with Kiara Mohamed Amin
Sunday 15 October
14.00-14.40 and 15.30-16.10 | Auditorium
Take part in a workshop led by local artist and healer Kiara Mohamed Amin. The artist will lead participants through ideas of repurposing and transmutation, inviting them to centre compassion and letting go as an act of liberation. Booking essential. Free tickets are available here.
Artist and Visitor Engagement Assistant Tours
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October
11.30-16.00
Join special tours with artists and Visitor Engagement Assistants as they reflect on Tate Liverpool. Hear personal thoughts and insights into the gallery, the Tate collection and exhibitions over the years.
Placard workshop
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October
11.00-15.00 | Studio
Make a statement! Participate in our workshop where you can make placards inspired by Bob and Roberta Smith's artwork All Schools should be Art Schools 2016 currently on display in the gallery. This free workshop is delivered by visual artist, poet, comic book writer and radio host on NTS, Babak Ganjei.
Air-dry clay workshop with Louise Waller
Sunday 15 October
14.00-16.00 | Fourth floor
Repurpose and reuse in this air-dry clay workshop with artist Louise Waller. Create teapot lids with clay for disused teapots from the Tate café and take home your creations!
Make your Mark: Graffiti workshop
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October
11.00-17.00 | Fourth floor
Get your pens ready – this is your chance to graffiti the walls of our 4th floor gallery! Join local graffiti artists to make your mark before the gallery closes and the messages disappear! Be inspired by some of our past exhibitions including the street art of Keith Haring and pop art by Andy Warhol.
T-Shirt making workshop
Saturday 14 October
12.00-14.00 | Fourth Floor
Join Keziah Thomas-Mellor and some of the Tate Collective Producers to design and take away your own t-shirt.
In Conversation: Torkwase Dyson and DJ Lynnée Denise
Sunday 15 October
15.00–15.40 | Ground Floor
Artist Torkwase Dyson activates her sculptural installation Liquid A Place 2021 in an intimate collaborative performance with DJ Lynnée Denise. Through poetry, film and music the artists explore the music of the African diaspora within the context of social justice. This talk will be followed by a Q&A. Booking essential. Free tickets are available here.
Pick up a party bag
Take away a Tate Liverpool party bag with artist made prints and postcards. Among the artists contributing designs is 2006 Turner Prize nominee Mark Titchner who is celebrated for his exploration of words and language, Liverpool-based illustrator and artist Sumuyya Khader, and Manchester-based illustrator Joe O’Donnell.
