Up & Coming Arts present the second Up & Coming exhibition, building upon the success of the 2008 exhibition held at the Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool.
 
Giz a Touch is a scouse colloquialism for ‘to give a helping hand.’ Up & Coming Arts have taken this notion to the next level with their Giz a Touch exhibition. Both curators also exhibit as artists in the exhibition, using their initiative to curate and exhibit independently, in light of imminent funding cuts faced by the ACE. They have extended opportunities to Up & Coming artists, selected using social networking sites. 
 
Exhibiting Artists:

Maria Cassidy (UK)
David Thomas Crawley (UK)
Sooim Jeong (S Korea)
Farzad Kohan (USA)
Michael J Mac Gabhann (Ire)
Claire McCarthy (UK)
Chris Pheysey (UK)
Sarah Leanne Trappe (UK)
Jim Turner (UK)
Outcasting (UK)

Curated by Crawley & Trappe
 
Following negotiations with the Scouse Press, a definition for Giz a Touch is to be inserted in a publication called ‘Lern yerself SCOUSE’. The definition is as follows:
 
‘Giz a Touch’: to give a helping hand. To help with something that needs to be done. Refers to ‘Up & Coming’ exhibition at Domino Gallery in 2010 as part of Liverpool Independents Biennial. The term originated from a joiner named Thomas Glyn Crawley. Books will be available to buy for the duration of the exhibition.

An ongoing dialogue will be placed up on the main site and on our blog over the duration of the exhibition. 
Crawley & Trappe will work with Felicity Wren (Domino Gallery) in developing the 'scouse' conversations within the space over the forthcoming weeks. The main Liverpool Biennial theme of 'Touched' plays a great part in this exhibition and in the space used. Not just an alternative gallery space but a place where the fellow scouser can mix with the art in sipping on a cuppa.

Up & Coming have worked in partnership with Outcasting and have teamed with Found a Pound and Voodoo Dog Media.

FURTHER INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY