The Liverpool Academy of Arts

Birkenhead Operatic Society staged the musical "Crazy for You" at the Liverpool Empire theatre.

As usual we ran an open exhibition for art work based on the show. There were three prizes on offer of £100, £75, and £50, sponsored by Queenie's charity and presented by Herbert of Liverpool at the private view.

You can find out who the winners were and see some images of works from the exhibition by clicking on 'Crazy For You' above.

In April 2010 we welcomed Merseyside artist Maxine Shisselle. Maxine started painting at a very early age, moving on at 13 to Liverpool Art High School and eventually to a Fine Art Degree at Wirral Metropolitan College.

For this exhibition she focused on figurative and impressionistic works, many of them with Merseyside subjects.

A spring exhibition by the members of the South Wirral Art Society. The society meets regularly at Ellesmere Port Golf Course Centre and has enthusiastic members from all over the Wirral and beyond. You can find out more about them by visiting their Web Site.

At this exhibition we had eighty paintings on display produced by over twenty artists.

The new year started as usual with a themed open exhibition. This year it was on the subject of Bags and Baggage. Artisits were invited to submit a work on the subject of bags - shopping bags, handbags, suitcases, duffel bags, any sot of bag. The only constraint was that bags had to be a central theme in the work.

A large collection of bags and luggage of all sizes was also on view - many with interesting tales.

Our annual end of year open exhibition for 2009 with over two hundred works by ninety eight artists.

A joint exhibition by six of Merseysides most experienced artists - E Scott Jones, Deborah Butler, Mary Campbell, Irene Jones, Martin Jones and Brian Roe.

Phil Pyros was a well known figure in the art world in Liverpool in the seventies prior to his emigration to Australia where he has pursued a succesful art career. We were delighted to welcome him back with a collection of his superb portraits and charcoal drawings.

An exhibition of poetry and paintings by Liverpool Echo reporter Peter Grant and Cathy Roberts depicting the magic of the River Mersey.

An extention of the Beatles exhibition combining some of Len Ehlen's wonderful portraits with a selection from the ComeTogether 2009 exhibition.

On the left you can see an image of Lee-Ann Pritchard's painting 'Liverpool Classics'.

An exhibition by artist Maria Saunderson of the original illustrations she created in fabric using embroidery and appliqué techniques for her children's book "The Brave Little Ferryboats".

Maria researched the story herself which recounts how the ferries Royal Iris and Royal Daffodil earned the right to use the prefix "Royal".

Our annual Open exhibition of Beatles art.

This was one of our best Beatles exhibitions yet with over one hundred and sixty paintings, sculpture etc produced by over seventy Merseyside artists.

This was a welcome return of Cheshire artist Len Ehlen who used his skill at portraiture to create a wonderful collection of paintings with a Beatles theme.

In July we welcomed back Imagine, the Mental Health Charity with their exhibition of paintings and sculpture aptly titled "Summer in the City". As this is also Liverpoool's year of the environment the usual activities & workshops were based around our surroundings and its effect on our health.

Click on the Title to go to their web site and learn more about them.

At the end of June we welcomed back the Collidoscope collective with their own highly individual and diverse styles and media, ranging from representational to expressionist and abstract work.

Artists exhibiting this year were Jackie Brown; Nicola Brown; Janet Cobbold; Dorothy Culshaw; Sylvia Garrette; Mair Griffiths; Ann Harrison; Marie McGowan; Jeff Nelson; Pat Nelson; Maria Shuttleworth and Sydney Smith.

Ahead of his second solo exhibition in New York we were delighted to have Stephen Collett presenting his largest and most audacious show yet.

"Pop art Reloaded" relates closely to contemporary living and the modern desire to express one's self through a purchased lifestyle influenced by sex appeal or fashion.

Stephen's large, bold pieces of modern art are a move on his part away from his impressionistic roots to tackle the canvas in a completely original way.