For the second of the a-n Assembly events that took place during May and June 2017, a-n visited Liverpool for an ‘Artist-Led Assembly’. Working together with a-n, Liverpool-based artist Kevin Hunt devised a programme of events hosted primarily at The Royal Standard, an artist-led gallery, studio and social workspace in the city.

Liverpool had seen a rapid increase in artist-led activity with a diverse array of new project spaces, performance platforms and residency programmes punctuating the institutional heavy gallery ecology in the city. Alongside this, celebrating its eleventh year, The Royal Standard had recently relocated to a new site, also home to several newer artist-run projects.

This context provided a backdrop for the Assembly, a 48-hour event that celebrated emerging artist-led activity, involving some of the most exciting artist initiated projects both in Liverpool and nationwide. The programme included discussion, tours, performance and socialising, alongside specific professional development advice brought to Liverpool by the wider a-n team.

Friday 26 May

People like us – An artist-led debate
11.00am – 5.00pm
The Royal Standard, Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, 5 Mann Street,
Liverpool. L8 5AF

Ask a-n
11.00am – 5.00pm
The Royal Standard, Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, 5 Mann Street,
Liverpool. L8 5AF

Negotiating with confidence
10.00am – 5.30pm
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool, 22 School Lane, Liverpool. L1 3BT

Mixer – An artist-led cocktail party
7.00pm – 10.00pm
The Royal Standard, Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, 5 Mann Street,
Liverpool. L8 5AF

Saturday 27 May

TAT – An artist-led audio-visual tour of Liverpool
11.00am – 3.00pm
Audio-visual tour begins at The Royal Standard, Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, 5 Mann Street, Liverpool. L8 5AF

Ask a-n
11.00am – 3.00pm
The Royal Standard, Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, 5 Mann Street,
Liverpool. L8 5AF

Tžužjj presents — Crit-a-Öke: The Liverpool edition
7.00pm – 9.00pm
The Royal Standard, Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, 5 Mann Street,
Liverpool. L8 5AF