Live Music at Coopers Bar in Southport

HIDDEN just off the at the top end of Lord Street is Coopers Bar, on Leicester Street, Southport. The venue is always friendly and welcoming, with live music on most nights of the week, like this monthly event, called:- 'Peter Rimmer and Friends Folk Night.'  We want to hear from other venues in Southport who are doing live music.  Let us know your thoughts on this news topic... Email our Newsroom at:- News24@SouthportReporter.Com or send us a message on:-  Mastodon, Facebook or Twitter.

THE multi talented, local textile artist, Barbara Richardson, certainly has more than 1 string to her bow with her artistic output embracing mixed media, felt making, botanical dying, batik work and print making. A graduate of Roehampton Institute in Education and Art in London, specialising in textiles, Barbara has always been passionate about passing on the diverse skills of her craft to others:- "I have taught secondary Art in Croydon, Liverpool and Hampshire but have spent the past 20 years sharing the love of my subject with primary age pupils, while continuing to develop my own work."

A longstanding convert to beachcombing, Barbara is often found discovering the treasures washed up on the oceanfront:- "I take inspiration from our coastline and the natural materials found along the shore. I develop my finished pieces from photographs and sketchbook studies incorporating sea washed stone, wood, glass and botanicals to reflect the changing light and colour palette that defines the shifting boundaries between land and sea."

Barbara's screen print of the inimitable architecture of Southport was created from detailed collages using self generated photographs, sketchbook studies and recycled magazine print type.