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Bluecoat, Liverpool : the UK's first arts centre / edited by Brian Biggs and John Belchem.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press and Bluecoat, (c)2020.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781800347472
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NX820 .B584 2020
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Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Bluecoat Building: Origins and Continuity -- 2 Saving the Bluecoat, Regenerating the City -- 3 'A Live Arts Centre' -- 4 Where Village Hall Meets the Avant-garde -- 5 'A Dissident View': Bluecoat Exhibitions, 1967-2005 -- 6 Bechsteins and Beyond: Music at the Bluecoat, 1907-2017 -- 7 A Creative Community -- 8 Academics-in-Residence -- 9 A Reflection on Bluecoat's Tercentenary -- Bluecoat Timeline -- Further Reading -- Index
Subject: This book tells the fascinating story of Bluecoat's transformation from 18th century charity school to Britain's first arts centre a century ago. Hosting music, visual art, performance and literature, it is described as where 'village hall meets the avant-garde', a unique venue at the heart of Liverpool's cultural life.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Bluecoat Building: Origins and Continuity -- 2 Saving the Bluecoat, Regenerating the City -- 3 'A Live Arts Centre' -- 4 Where Village Hall Meets the Avant-garde -- 5 'A Dissident View': Bluecoat Exhibitions, 1967-2005 -- 6 Bechsteins and Beyond: Music at the Bluecoat, 1907-2017 -- 7 A Creative Community -- 8 Academics-in-Residence -- 9 A Reflection on Bluecoat's Tercentenary -- Bluecoat Timeline -- Further Reading -- Index

This book tells the fascinating story of Bluecoat's transformation from 18th century charity school to Britain's first arts centre a century ago. Hosting music, visual art, performance and literature, it is described as where 'village hall meets the avant-garde', a unique venue at the heart of Liverpool's cultural life.

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