The Tate Liverpool have introduced a monthly, late night session, for all Liverpool art lovers. The sessions will take place on the last Thursday of every month when the Tate Liverpool keeps its doors open until nine in the evening.
Late at Tate is an idea which stemmed from the creative minds of Young Tate. The group of 13-25 year old artists had past hits with events such as a Halloween Fright Night - with gallery tours, and band performances, as well as The Alternate Turner Prize, an award for young people for their art work, which had been inspired by the work under consideration for the turner prize. Late at Tate is the groups latest project.
Late at Tate is a three hour session of events, which are designed to make you think about and react to the work of the artists within the take art gallery. However, instead of being like a gallery tour, or a regular workshop on an artist work, the Young Tate team have attempted to make it contemporary, cutting edge, and fun, in the hopes of inspiring the young and old alike.
It is an exhibition of work by William Blake - poet, printmaker and philosopher - which has last inspired the Young Tate team. February's 'Late at Tate', William Blake: Wild Things, boasted two very different types of activity: a print workshop, and a performance.
The print workshop was a chance for you to get your hands dirty and create some of your own artwork, using the same techniques that William Blake used. There was also the opportunity for some of those involved with the workshop to take home a limited edition print by Roslyn Vallejo.
There was also a highly successful performance which marked a huge collaboration of different young people throughout Liverpool. Young Tate worked along side teams from Everyman Youth Theatre, ESOL students from Liverpool Community College and LIPA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts). They bought audiences a delightful mixture of fashion and performances.
Among each session refreshments are available as well as the opportunity to talk to members of the Tate Liverpool, and Young Tate, as well as all those who have gotten involved and helping. Making it a good night out, and giving you the chance to meet the people responsible, as well as even offer your services should you wish to.
With the success of the event, next month's Late at Tate, Glenn Brown: Living Vicariously, is anxiously awaited. This time with Brown's work being so heavily based on contemporary culture, a.P.A.t.T., a Liverpool based band, whose musical style is to imitate and reinvent other artists work, will be playing.
The Glenn Brown exhibition is on display until the 10th of May, with the Late at Tate taking place on the 26th of March, between 6pm to 9pm. So get yourself down there and get involved.
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