Art & Design School Trip to Liverpool

A WST Art & Design tour to Liverpool may support the study of elements of the following exam board specifications.

AQA

GCSE

3.5 Fine art

3.8 Three-dimensional design

A-Level

3.4 Fine art

3.7 Three-dimensional design

Edexcel

GCSE

Knowledge, understanding and skills in Fine Art

Knowledge, understanding and skills in Three-dimensional Design

A-Level

Art and Design (Fine Art) (9FA0)

Art and Design (Three-dimensional Design) (9TD0)

OCR

GCSE

2c(ii). Content of Art and Design: Fine Art (J171)

2c(vii). Content of Art and Design: Critical and Contextual Studies (J176)

A-Level

2c(ii). Content of Art and Design: Fine Art (H601)

2c(vii). Content of Art and Design: Critical and Contextual Studies (H606)

WJEC

GCSE

Art and Design (Fine Art)

Art and Design (Three-dimensional Design)

A-Level

Art and Design (Fine Art)

Art and Design (Three-dimensional Design)

Foundation for Art & Creative Technology (FACT)

FACT is the UK's leading media arts centre, based in Liverpool. Offering a unique programme of exhibitions, film and participant-led art projects, they use the power of creative technology to inspire and enrich lives. The award winning building is home to 3 galleries which show 4 exhibitions a year. 

Open Eye Gallery

The only gallery dedicated to photography and related media in the north-west, Open Eye is increasingly an essential part of Liverpool's art scene. Using a mixture of cutting-edge international photography and a considerable archive, Open Eye is a must-visit destination on the city's art map.

Tate Liverpool

Tate Liverpool has become one of the largest and most significant galleries of modern and contemporary art in the UK outside of London. Expect blockbuster artists across four floors of gallery space and an ever-changing programme of special events and lectures.

The Bluecoat

Known as Liverpool’s centre for contemporary arts, the Bluecoat showcases talent across the visual art, music, dance, live art and literature. The Bluecoat boasts a rich history; it hosted the first Post-Impressionist exhibition in 1911, including works by Picasso, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Matisse and Gauguin – it is, nevertheless, an institution facing forwards. Many artists have presented their work here at an early stage in their career, including several, for instance, who went on to win the Turner Prize. Bluecoat provides a creative hub for people to meet, talk, work, perform, question, create, craft, display and enjoy themselves.  

Victoria Gallery & Museum

This is the sister venue to London's Natural History Museum (both designed by Liverpool-born architect Alfred Waterhouse). Expect a really creepy museum (fossils, taxidermy, skeletons and curios from the university's 130-year history), a special collections gallery (including the largest display of paintings and prints by wildlife artist John James Audubon the US), and a regularly revolving programme of contemporary art exhibitions.

Walker Art Gallery

The Walker Gallery hosts an impressive collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day. This grand gallery is still one of Liverpool's best tourist attractions. Highlights include the Victorian galleries lined with traditional wallpapers, 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art and John Moores Painting prize winners.

Plensa’s Dream Sculpture

Chosen by a group of ex-miners and commissioned by St Helens Council as part of of The Big Art Project, Dream stands 20 metres high on top of the former Sutton Manor Colliery overlooking the M62, a gateway sculpture for both Merseyside and Greater Manchester at the heart of the North West.

The work takes the form of the head of a little girl with eyes closed, seemingly in a dream-like state. It is the artist’s response to the brief and subsequent conversations with the ex-miners and members of the wider local community who wanted a work that looked to a brighter future and created a beautiful and contemplative space for future generations, not least their own grandchildren, at the top of the former spoil heap. The work has been fabricated in pre-cast concrete, with a very white, almost luminescent finish using a white marble/concrete aggregate mix in marked contrast to the black of the coal that still lies below.

The Albert Dock

The Albert Dock is a firm Liverpool favourite, a top British heritage attraction, it should be on the agenda of every visitor. Located on Liverpool's stunning waterfront, the largest collection of Grade I listed buildings in Britain is part of Liverpool's designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mersey Ferries

A River Explorer Cruise is a must do experience and the only way to see and enjoy Merseyside and Liverpool’s iconic waterfront and UNESCO world heritage site. Departing hourly, the 50 minute experience sails between Pier Head, Liverpool and the Wirral peninsula and a journey can be selected to suit each and every day out.

The British Music Experience

The newest addition to Liverpool's colourful music offering, moving to its permanent home in the first-class passenger lounge of the iconic Cunard Building.

Liverpool ONE

A spectacular shopping destination near the waterfront, where you’ll find the biggest and best range of Liverpool shops. Located at the heart of the city centre. Liverpool ONE is a shopping experience that has something for everyone.