Arts, crafts and such in Liverpool, Merseyside*

Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.

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• The art shop on Bold Street - Rennie's. It's great in there, student discount, staff are top.
• The museum and gallery by the Empire and the Tate gallery on the Albert Dock
• Its got to be the Bluecoat centre really,local artists and unique pieces, good for special occaisions.
• Blue coat chambers, the tate in the albert dock, walker art gallery, renees on bold street is the best shop in town.
• The best small gallery in town l.issue Gallery @ The Urban Coffee Lounge. 349 Smithdown road, also makes a mean smoothie or ...coffee.
• Blue coat chambers are quite cool
• FACT picture house, Wood Street off Berry Street. With video and multimedia. Open in 2003 and making an excellent effort thus far.
• The Bluecoat Art Gallery & Arts and Crafts Centre. the Tate Gallery when its not charging unemployed and students to get into special exhibitions. Walker Art Gallery.
• Love Bluecoat chambers. Always putting on cool exhibitions that no one else has heard of.
• quiggins obviously!
• deyeshigh skool best school for art
• Bluecoat chambers has some great modern art.
• THE INKLINGS, Merseyside's premier writers group. Meetings every Wednesday 1pm to 3pm, Central Library, William Brown Street (between Museum and Walker Art Gallery). Web site: http://www.mersinet.co.uk
• Quiggins for beads and stuff
• bluecoat chambers behind hmv
• utility up bold street sells really trendy stuuf for presents and home wise, its great to look at but a little on the expensive side
• We've got loads of these! The Tate at the Albert Dock has some leading artists exhibitions. I think theres a craft shop in Croxteth Park.
• Bluecoat Arts Centre on School Lane for a good cross section of modern arts and crafts, Open Eye on Wood Street for photography, The Walker for old school art and The Tate for nu, the Number 7 on Falkner Street also has a cafe in it and the Parking Space on Berry Street is a cool new gallery set in a former chippy.
• Tate modern if you like that stuff is at the albet dock
• By Lost Art in Quiggans.
• NATURES TREASURE has the best selection of silver jewellery in Liverpool and surrounding areas, I (gramps) should know I've been there!!!!
• For the finest selection of silver jewelery at reasonable prices you can't beat NATURES TREASURE just along from The Tate Gallery on the Albert Dock. They also stock a fine selection of gifts, pewterware, celtic jewellery, crystals and semi-precious stones, agates, amethysts, geodes, they have a great range. Call in ask for Sandra or Phil,tell them where you heard about them !!!!
• Egg Cafe - full of pretentious foreign students / crusties.
• Liverpool Museum. Big and Beautiful.
• Liverpool Art Gallery. Next door to the Museum. Also big, and very beautiful.
• Liverpool Public Library. Also next door to the Museum. Yet again, big and beautiful
• Bluecoat Chambers. Arty, crafty galleries.
• The Tate. Wierd stuff, and conventional too sometimes.
• Acorn Gallery, off Renshaw Street - nice for a quiet cup of coffee and a browse at the artwork for sale/exhibition.
• Trade Craft on Bold Street has a good selection of stuff, run by a Mother and Daughter.
• Grin in Quiggins (and lots of other shops in Quiggins, come to that)
• Open Eye Gallery in Wood Street (above Beluga Bar), new home of the internationally recognised photographers gallery - and its free!!

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Last updated: 2008-10-14