© The Bluecoat

© The Bluecoat
Julia at the Bluecoat
11 September 2026 to 8 November 2026
Photographs, documents and commemorative plaques trace Julia Carter Preston's decades at the Bluecoat, where she kept a studio. She revived sgraffito, a scratched-slip ceramic technique.
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To celebrate the centenary of the popular Liverpool artist Julia Carter Preston (1926- 2012), five Liverpool venues (The Bluecoat, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool Hope University, The Walker Art Gallery, and Victoria Gallery and Musuem) are staging exhibitions on her life and work, which is explored in an accompanying symposium. Julia Carter Preston had a studio overlooking the Bluecoat garden for many years. This archive display charts her long association with the arts centre,...
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