Bluecoat Posters Explore our Collections
This collection of posters provides a snapshot of Bluecoat's arts programme over the past 50 years, from Yoko Ono's 1967 performance to Pierre Henry's Liverpool Mass, presented at the Metropolitan Cathedral as part of Bluecoat's tercentenary programme in 2017. The posters represent just some of those in our archive and we will be adding to this collection in the coming months. Comprising mainly posters for exhibitions in the gallery, others are also included representing performances and literature events and other aspects of our work. The collection also reflects developments in graphic design and the use of typefaces, colour and imagery over this period.
If you have any posters from Bluecoat events that you would be willing to share with us, we would love to add them to our archive if we do not already have a copy.
1967
Poster for Yoko Ono performance
1971
Poster for Lawrence Arthur exhibition
1971
Poster for Modern Primitive Painters exhibition
1972
Poster for Bruce Onobrakpeya exhibition
1972
Poster for Exhibition of Hanging Works of Art
1972
Poster for Stephen Collingbourne exhibition
1973
Poster for exhibition, Recent Sculpture by Afredo Queiroz-Ribeiro
1973
Poster for Christmas Exhibition, 1973
1974
Poster for David Cockayne exhibition
1974
Poster for David Saunders, Serial Works, 1968-73 exhibition
1974
Poster for Ian Carrick's Scuptural Extravaganza exhibition
1974
Poster for Barry Flanagan Exhibition
1974
Poster for Nick Wyndham Sculpture exhibition
1974
Poster for Peter Henry Emerson exhibition
1975
Poster for Bluecoat Christmas Exhibition, 1975
1975
Poster for exhibition, Aspects of Dockland by Edna Lumb
1975
Poster for exhibition, Patrick Caulfield Prints
1975
Poster for exhibition, The Gibbeting of Wm Jobling
1976
Poster for the exhibition, An Honest Patron: a Tribute to Sir Edward Marsh
1976
Poster for Christmas Exhibition, 1976
1976
Poster for Drawings exhibition
1977
Bluecoat Cavalcade, Golden Jubilee Exhibition poster
1977
Poster for the exhibition, Brian Johnson & Stan Dobbin: Recent drawings & paintings
1977
Poster for Variations exhibition by Enda Lumb
1977
Poster for exhibition, John Devane and John Monks: Recent Paintings
1977
Poster for Peter Bibby exhibition
1977
Poster for Simon Roodhouse and George Drought exhibition
1978
Poster for Art of The Invisible exhibition
1978
Poster for Artists Union exhibition
1978
Poster for Fred Wilde's exhibition, Yesterday’s World
1978
Poster for exhibition, Pam Holt, Tony Wells, Yvonne Gilbert: paintings & drawings
1978
State of Clay exhibition poster
1979
Poster for Camera - Early Photography exhibition
1979
Poster for Claude Rogers exhibition
1979
Poster for Clement McAleer exhibition
1979
Poster for exhibition, Phoenix: Women artists at work
1979
6 Cartoonists exhibition poster
1980
Poster for Clive Hickinbottom, Soccer Icons exhibition
1980
Fred Wilde, Lancashire Between The Wars exhibition poster
1980
Poster for Going Backwards, An Exhibition By Don McKinlay and Sam Walsh
1980
Graham Ashton, Family Sculpture exhibition poster
1980
Exhibition poster for Horse and Bamboo, The Home Made Circus - Prints by Bob Frith; and Janina Cebertowicz, Recent Work
1980
Paddy Shanahan, Merseyside Portraits exhibition poster
1980
Terence Clarke, Representational Paintings exhibition poster
1980
Poster for Poetry Subscription Series 1980/1981
1981
David Taborn: Paintings and Drawings 1979 - 1981, exhibition poster
1981
Poster for Harry Hoodless, Douglas Wilson, Paintings exhibition
1981
Poster for Mick Kelly and Chris Prewett, Paintings exhibition
1981
Poster for North West Illustrators exhibition
1981
Poster for Peter Mousdale, Songs and Journeys exhibition
1981
Poster for Stephen Farthing, The Construction of a Monument exhibition
1982
Poster for Bluecoat Invitational exhibition
1982
Poster for Denis Masi exhibition, 1 CONSTRUCTION+
1982
Poster for exhibition, Graham Crowley and Tim Jones, Paintings
1982
Poster for Mike Knowles Paintings and drawings exhibition
1982
Poster for exhibition, Urban Kisses: 7 New York Artists
1983
Poster for exhibition, Between Ourselves: recent work by Don Mckinlay and Sam Walsh
1983
Poster for Brian McGeogh, Hearts and Minds exhibition
1983
Poster for Max Eastley, Sound Sculptures exhibition and Whirled Music performances
1983
Poster for Mike Lawson exhibition
1983
Poster for New Work: 9 Artists on Merseyside exhibition
1984
Poster for Prescote at the Bluecoat exhibition
1984
Poster for Anthony Davies, Urban Portrait 84; and Etching at the Bluecoat exhibition
1984
Poster for Bluecoat Invitational exhibition
1984
Poster for Ivor Abrahams: The Garden Image exhibition
1984
Poster for Sculpture in a Garden exhibitions
1984
Poster for Small Works exhibition
1985
Front of two-sided poster for the exhibition, Grapus: The Floating Image
1985
Reverse of two-sided poster for the exhibition, Grapus: The Floating Image
1986
Poster for Open Spaces weekend
1986
Poster for Punchlines exhibition
1986
Poster for Tony Hayward: Sculpture 1975-86 exhibition
1987
Poster for an Evening of Music and Poetry with Adrian Henri
1987
Poster for Holly Warburton's Palladia installation at the Oratory
1987
Poster for Liverpool/Cologne Arts Exchange exhibition at Merseyside Maritime Museum
1987
Poster for Liverpool/Cologne Arts Exchange exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery
1987
Poster for Liverpool/Cologne Arts Exchange exhibition at Mercury Court
1987
Poster for Modern Chinese Prints exhibition
1987
Poster for The Art of Adrian Henri, 1955-1985 exhibition
1988
Poster for two exhibitions of paintings by David Mabb and Pam Skelton
1988
Poster for Joolz poetry event
1988
Poster for exhibition, Alali: Sculpture by Sokari Douglas Camp
1988
Poster for The Last Poets at Bluecoat
1989
Poster for Four Legs To Fly exhibition from BBK, Cologne
1989
Poster for John Heartfield exhibition
1989
Poster for Keith Khan: Soucouyan exhibition
1983
Poster for Power Plays exhibition
1989
Poster for Perestroika in the Avant Garde programme
1990
Poster for In A New Light exhibition
1990
Poster for Let The Canvas Come to Life with Dark Faces exhibition
1990
Poster for New Sculpture exhibition
1991
Poster for Chawal ki Chadder performance
1991
Poster for video programme, Video Art, 1976-1990: The German Contribution
1992
Poster for Doris Lessing reading
1992
Poster for three exhibitions: Robert D. Clark, John Plowman, and Cross-Section
1993
Poster for jazz poetry conversation event
1993
Poster for the exhibitions, Mal Dean 1941-1974: Cartoons, Illustrations, Drawings & Paintings; and Jazz by Tony Phillips
1993
Poster for exhibition ...Cigarettes, Flowers and Videotape: Multi-media installations by Tony Oursler
1994
Poster for two exhibitions, Virtual Duality: a Migrant Song, by Nina Edge, and The Sound of Science by Peter Beeton
1994
Poster for On Location: Site specific artworks in Liverpool City Centre
1994
Poster for Somewhere in Particular exhibition
1995
Poster for Video Positive festival
1996
Poster for Live From The Vinyl Junkyard live art commissions
1996
Poster for Peter Kennard's Unwords exhibition
1997
Poster for Linton Kwesi Johnson performance
1997
Poster for Mixing It live art commissions
1997
Poster for Reformat performance
1997
Poster for Video Positive 97, Escaping Gravity
1998
Poster for exhibition, Alex Laing: Brookside Photographs
1998
Poster for Atomic Lip spoken word event
1998
Poster for Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison: Casting a Green Net exhibition
1999
Poster for James Williams Trio performance
1999
Poster for Janet Hodgson: History Lesson exhibition
1999
Poster for June Tabor concert
1999
Poster for Conrad Atkinson: Mining Culture exhibition
2000
Poster for Eight Days a Week programme
2000
Poster for Mana Bozho Drum Orchestra performance
2000
Poster for Martin Creed's Martincreedworks exhibition
2001
Poster for exhibition by Andrew Mania, Penny McCarthy and Imran Qureshi
2001
Poster for Beck's Futures 2 exhibition
2001
Poster for Bluecoat Connect exhibition
2001
Poster for exhibition, Look Out! Art-Society-Politics
2001
Poster for Marion Coutts exhibition
2002
Poster for 2002 DaDaFest
2002
Poster for Manual exhibition by Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller
2002
Poster for Shen Yuan exhibition
2002
Poster for Wong Hoy Cheong exhibition
2003
Poster for Civilia exhibition
2003
Poster for From A Distance exhibition
2003
Poster for Hammertown exhibition
2003
Poster for national skiffle conference, Here's The Way We Play It, and concert
2003
Poster for exhibition, Senseless - Art/Bodies/Misfits
2004
Poster for Dinesh Allirajah's A Manner of Speaking performance
2004
Poster for exhibition by Susan Philipsz and Paul Rooney, Let Us Take You There
2004
Poster for 2004 Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival
2004
Poster for 2004 live art programme, Liverpool Live
2004
Poster for exhibition, Put Your Hands Where We Can See Them
2004
Poster for exhibition, Susan Hefuna: XCultural Codes
2004
Poster for exhibition, ZK: Drawings from Cologne
2008
Poster for 2008 Chapter & Verse literature festival
2008
Poster for Made Up The Translocalmotion project
2008
Poster for 2008 Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival
2008
Poster for 2008 live art programme, Liverpool Live
2009
Alternative version of poster for 4x4 exhibitions
2009
Poster for 4x4 exhibitions
2009
Recruitment poster for Angie Hiesel's Twins performance
2009
Poster for Artists' Book Fair
2009
Poster for 2009 Chapter & Verse literature festival
2009
Poster for 2009 DaDaFest
2009
Poster for Slow Magic exhibition
2009
Poster for exhibition, The End of the Line/Attitudes in Drawing
2009
Poster for Under The Volcano: An Exhibition for Malcolm Lowry
2017
Poster for Captain Beefheart Weekend
2017
Poster for Pierre Henry's Liverpool Mass
2013
Poster for exhibition, A Universal Archive: William Kentridge as Printmaker
2013
Poster for The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things exhibition
2013
Poster for Portfolio NW exhibition
2003
Poster for Paul Du Noyer in conversation event
2013
Poster for One Night In Istanbul literature event
2013
Poster for Northern Elements event
2013
Poster for The Day of the Dead of Night event
2013
Poster for a bookbinding course
2013
Poster for exhibition, 3am: wonder, paranoia, and the restless night
2012
Poster for exhibition, Tophobia: A Fear of Place
2012
June Events 2012 poster
2012
July Events 2012 poster
2012
August Events 2012 poster
2011
September 2011 Events poster
2011
Democratic Promenade exhibition poster
2010
Bed-In at the Bluecoat
2008
Poster for Next Up exhibition
2010
Poster for Arabicity exhibition
2010
Poster for 2010 Chapter & Verse literature festival
2010
Poster for Four Corners exhibition
2010
Poster for Gary Younge talk, Who are we and should it matter in the 21st century?
2010
Poster for Liverpool Biennial 2010 exhibition, Touched
2010
Poster for Living Sketchbook event
2010
Poster for the exhibition, Sonia Boyce: Like Love Parts One and Two; and Action
2010
Poster for Mark Anstee's installation, Removed and Destroyed Without Warning
2010
Poster for Underwater exhibition
2011
Poster for Jyll Bradley's exhibition, Airports for the Lights, Shadows and Particles
2011
Poster for Patricia Duncker event at the Chapter & Verse literature festival
2011
Poster for 2011 Chapter & Verse literature festival
2011
Save the date poster for 2011 Chapter & Verse festival
2011
Poster for Democratic Promenade exhibition
2011
Poster for Gina Czarnecki exhibition
2011
Poster for Honky Tonk exhibition
2011
Poster for 2011 Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival
1972
Captain Beefheart exhibition artwork for poster
1972
Poster for A Concept of Multiples exhibition
1973
Poster for Derek Boshier exhibition, Documentation and Work 1959-72
1973
Poster for exhibition, Contemporary Art of Africa, Caribbean and Liverpool
1974
Poster for Images of War exhibition
1974
Poster for Ovidu Maitec sculpture exhibition
1975
Poster for Lawrence Arthur exhibition, Light Relief
1980
Poster for Jean Cocteau exhibition
1980
Poster for exhibition, Duncan Grant: Designer
1982
Poster for Cover Versions exhibition at Southampton Art Gallery
1981
Poster for Women's Images of Men Exhibition
1981
Poster for Contemporary British Tapestry exhibition
1983
Poster for exhibition, Derek Boshier: Selected drawings 1960-82
1983
Poster for Marc Camille Chaimowicz exhibition, Past Imperfect
1985
Poster for Black Skin Bluecoat exhibition
1987
Poster for Gavin Jantjes exhibition, Korabra
1989
Poster for John Heartfield exhibition
1993
Poster for Bashir Makhoul exhibition, Al-Hejara
1994
Poster for Ann Whitehurst, On the Map Exhibition
1995
Poster for Chila Kumari Burman's exhibition, 28 Positions in 34 Years
1975
Poster for Ernst Barlach Graphic Works Exhibition
2019
Poster for Studio Me exhibition at Bluecoat
2019
Poster for Jade Montserrat, Instituting Care exhibition at Bluecoat
2019