Uncovering Birkenhead's Working Class History, Convenience Gallery X Historic England.

Convenience received £9985 from Historic England to explore the working class history of Birkenhead. Collecting 100s of oral histories, and creatively responding with artworks from:  Astles, Charlie Ann Buxton, Jon Edgley, Tash Evans, David Bell/ Sugarshack Soundsystem and Declan Connolly

See more here.

CRAFTBAR Workshops Programme

Circular economy and sustainability creative session, and workshop programme: Featuring, Jackie Pease, Alison Bailey Smith, Ellie Hoskins, Rosie Ashton/ Urban Herbal, Di Vegartemis, Nathan Thomas, Charlotte Boardman, Claire Henderson.

Read more about the project here

Manchester Contemporary 2024:

 Featuring works from, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould, Luke George, Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro & Leo Fitzmaurice. Alongside the Convenience Store artists.

See documentation of this event here.

Birkenhead International Film Festival #4: Worldbuilding

Bringing the world to Birkenhead. 

13 filmmakers, collaborations with, Williamson Art Gallery, Focal Studios, Scenegraph Studios & Northern Fortress

Read and see more here. 

BIOART: 

A science and arts collaboration consultation workshop series, in collaboration with Wirral Council and Di Mainstone.

Convenience were commissioned to discover more about Wirrals Dock Branch Line, working with Artists and Scientists to envision futures for that place. 

You can read a bit more about the workshops here.

Convenience Editions: Charlie Ann Buxton Birkenhead Scarf & Dripped Goods, Lucky Hats, Online

Read more about the pieces here. 

Gathering: Cultural and Social History event.

Featuring Spaces of Hope, a lecture from Dr Michael Howcroft, and exhibition of Working Class History project.

Read more here.

St Monica's School Mural

Working with Amy Flynn (Dripped Goods) and the pupils of year 6 we produced a brand new mural for the School in Bootle.

See more about the project here

M&S Bank Arena Showcase.

Featuring artwork from, Zahra, Elisa Sallis, Jason Hollis, Jon Edgley, Luke George, Max Mallender, Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro, & Mia Cathcart.

The idea of this collaboration was to highlight local artists and sell their work. 

See more from this collaboration here

Convenience Store: Online curated sale platform

This site was begun in connection with work ongoing at M&S Bank Arena, Manchester Contemporary and as way to support the local cultural economy.

Convenience launched an online sales platform for local artists. The shop closed in late 2024. 

If you are interested to learn more about our shop project and why it closed drop us a message on conveniencegallery@outlook.com

Abstract Kab (broken down - solidarity hazard lights) - 

pop exhibit planned with Division of Labour, Daniel Pryde Jarman, Leo Fitzmaurice, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould. @ Second Act, London. Abandoned due to breaking down on the motorway. 

See bubble wrapped works there <-

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Division of Labour

Second Act Gallery

Leo Fitzmaurice

Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould

Astles @ Philharmonic Music Room - Community Banner Workshop

3rd annual collaboration with wonderful musician Dan Astles. Some of our volunteers worked with dan on creating a backdrop and banner. 

Although we have no more to share about this workshop! You can watch a video from his 2024 performance here

ELLSQUARED Workshop at Mallory & Irvine

Duo Ellsquared worked with the Mallory & Irvine team to run a workshop for the building launch events. Participants were able to take part in rug tufting. Creating an illustrated map of Birkenhead with iconic landmarks. 

Find out more about this work by contacting the gallery - conveniencegallery@outlook.com

Red City Disco

Queensway and Red City invited us to collaborate on an event at the Bridewell. Here we started our Convenience Gallery Community Tea Towel.

This event took place in the Bridewell Studios, Liverpool

You can see the many portraits contributed to our project here

and you can see more about our friends on their pages: 

Red City Disco

Queensway