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We believe that making art is a learning experience and by working together, we can challenge our understanding of the world and explore who we are. Browse artworks, projects and resources below, specially designed with artists for all ages and abilities to learn.

Discover how we work with people through learning and engagement with art, technology, culture and heritage. We believe that making art is a learning experience and by working together, we can challenge our understanding of the world and explore who we are. We present art as:

  • A space for critical dialogue
  • A meaningful exchange between individuals with groups from different generations and backgrounds
  • An opportunity to discuss the possibilities of what society can be

Are you a teacher or educator? Take a look at how we work with schools including free exhibition tours, hands-on workshops, and online Zoom sessions.

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Digital Ambassadors in FACTLab

You get to make new friends, it's fun and you learn more about what's to come in the world.

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The Liverpool Complaints Choi at Liverpool Lime Street Station, 2019. Photo by Amina Bihi.
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Events Young People Learning

(darkforest) The Zone of Ghosts (2026)

Sahjan Kooner creates expansive, speculative worlds that question the technological, social and racialised structures shaping our daily lives. Guided by the belief that imagination is our most important form of technology, this new exhibition invites us into a world created in collaboration with young people aged 12-19 from Liverpool and Leigh.

by Sahjan Kooner

Sahjan Kooner, (darkforest) The Zone of Ghosts (2026). Installation view at FACT Liverpool. Photography by Rob Battersby

Chainmail 4 - Silent Knight (2025)

Amartey Golding is a British artist whose practice explores themes of masculinity, nationhood, violence and vulnerability. Since 2023, Amartey has been working with groups of imprisoned men at HMP Altcourse in Fazakerley to make a suit of armour, creating the latest piece in his ongoing Chainmail series.

by Amartey Golding

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Sentences (2023)

As part of On the other side, Katrina presents Sentences (2023), a book of texts produced in collaboration with individuals working in the justice system and people who are currently imprisoned.

by Katrina Palmer

On the Other Side FACT2024. Photography by Rob Battersby

Augmented Empathy (2020)

Augmented Empathy is a multi-platform installation created by artist collective Keiken. Developed as a collaborative commission with FACT’s Learning team, the artists designed a project which mirrors the way we, and specifically young people, learn through the navigation of social media.

by Keiken

Augmented Empathy 2020 Keiken Sakeema Crook Ryan Vautier Photo by Drew Forsyth Installation view at FACT
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Conference

Young at Art Sharing Event

Offsite

One year on from the launch of Young at Art, we want you to join us for a sharing event at Museum of Liverpool.

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Performance

Live Performance: Augmented Empathy

Offsite

Step into an augmented world that brings Instagram filters to life. Join us for a special event by artist collective Keiken and dance artist Sakeema Crook that uses augmented reality and your phone to present two live augmented performances.

Augmented Empathy 2020 Keiken Sakeema Crook Ryan Vautier Photo by Drew Forsyth Installation view at FACT 11

Exhibition

Augmented Empathy

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Immerse yourself in this new free exhibition that uses Instagram to explore how social media can be used as a space for exchange and artistic creation. Created by artist collective Keiken with Sakeema Crook and Ryan Vautier.

Workshop

You're On Mute

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Online

You’re On Mute is a series of online workshops and webinars specially designed for arts educators and practitioners with an interest in participatory and engagement projects that work across generations as well as with isolated, or vulnerable individuals.

Danielle Brathwaite Shirley WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT 2020 Installation view at GENDERS group exhibition Photo by David Tett Courtesy Science Gallery London

Workshop

Family Workshop with Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

FACT

Have you been to Do Something Saturdays recently? We have been having loads of fun creating maps and characters inspired by Danielle Braithwaite-Shirley's new artwork. Now it’s your opportunity to meet the artist!

Quipo in the Museo Machu Picchu Casa Concha Cusco

Talk

Accounting and Accountability

Online

This session brings together our board’s artist in residence, Jack Tan, FACT board member, Matthew Balnaves and artist, curator and cultural futurist Lauren Craig to consider accounting and accountability.

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Talk

How Can Artworks Influence Decision Making?

Online

In this conversation and Q&A moderated by Dr Emma Murray, Melanie Crean and Anita Dockley discuss how artworks created in collaboration with participants can influence decision making.

Danielle Brathwaite Shirley When Our Worlds Meet 2022 Installation view at FACT Liverpool Photo by Drew Forsyth WEB RES 30

Special Event

Educators Evening

FACT

Calling all educators and facilitators! Join us for an insightful sharing session and learn about how we engage with schools and young people across the Liverpool City Region.

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Tour

Jenkin van Zyl Exhibition Tour

FACT

(SOLD OUT) Join us for a tour of Jenkin Van Zyl's Surrender (2023), led by the artist and a group of young people.

Finding Fanon Part Three Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

Special Event

Game On

FACT

Join artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy for an interactive gaming event.

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Families, Workshop

Do Something Saturdays

FACT

Join us every second saturday of the month for fun, experimental and free family workshops!

Interview with Sahjan Kooner

Sahjan Kooner reflects on their most recent project, in which they centred imagination as the most important form of technology and explored how stories are created and shared.

by FACT

WEB 1500px 72dpi Sahjan Kooner Darkforest MAY 2026 c Rob Battersby 87

FACT Journal #2 - Resolution

The second edition of FACT's journal explores Resolution (2018–25), a seven-year programme using art, listening and collaboration to reimagine justice and social change.

by FACT

Katrina Palmer, Sentences (2024). Installation view at FACT Liverpool. Photo by Rob Battersby

Podcast: Resolution

Introducing a new three-part podcast series in which we hear from those who have direct experiences of the UK justice system and educators, alongside artists who have contributed to the multiyear art and research project, Resolution.

by FACT

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Podcast: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre x DOMES FM

Listen to the personal stories and reflections of Alex, Mel and Luke - three young people who are currently being treated for cancer or who recently completed cancer treatment - as they share their unique perspectives in this experimental podcast.

by FACT

PODCAST The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre x DOMES FM

Listen: K-Podcast

BTS! Red Velvet! How is K-pop reaching all corners of the world? Discover the power of the popular Korean music genre, K-pop, in a special K-Podcast. Join our special guest panellists to explore what K-Pop means to them.

by FACT

FACT My Garden My Sanctuary July 2022 Rob Battersby 5

Watch: K-pop Dance Tutorial

Become a K-pop dance sensation! Learn a fun K-pop dance routine alongside The University of Liverpool's K-pop Society.

by FACT

Sian Fan Deity 8 2022 Installation view at FACT Liverpool Image by Rob Battersby

Activity Sheet: My Garden, My Sanctuary

Discover an underwater seaweed garden, learn a K-Pop dance and unlock interactive Instagram filters in this family-friendly activity sheet. Specially designed for families to explore our exhibition, My Garden, My Sanctuary.

by FACT

LightNight: Ritual, 2019. Photo by Rob Battersby.

Watch: Accounting and Accountability

Join us as we consider accounting and accountability with artist in residence, Jack Tan, FACT trustee, Matthew Balnaves and artist, curator and cultural futurist Lauren Craig.

by FACT

Quipo in the Museo Machu Picchu Casa Concha Cusco

Listen: I’ve got the power!

For Framework for Trust, artist in residence Tessa Norton and artist Shonagh Short have produced a podcast by exchanging voice notes.

by FACT

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Online Workshops: You're On Mute

You’re On Mute is a series of online workshops and webinars specially designed for arts educators and practitioners with an interest in participatory and engagement projects that work with older people, or individuals that are isolated or vulnerable.

by FACT

How to Make an Instagram Filter with Keiken

Learn how to get a virtual glow up! This online tutorial will help you get started with Spark AR, the digital software that influencers and artists use to create augmented reality experiences such as Instagram filters.

by FACT

Online Prototype Create An Instagram Filter Keiken

Once and Future Tales

In 1972, four women from the Merseyside Women’s Liberation Movement endeavoured to rewrite a series of traditional fairy tales. This is the story behind why and how you can read their retold Once and Future Tales.

by FACT

Once and Future Tales

Does time travel exist and will solar power save our planet?

The Digital Ambassadors (FACT's creative and digital programme for older adults) have been working closely with physicists from The University of Liverpool to demystify the world of science and find out how it’s occurring in our everyday lives.

by FACT

Digital Ambassadors FACT Liverpool STEAM Broken Symmetries

Probationary: The Game of Life

Probationary: The Game of Life on Licence has been created by FACT, criminologists at LJMU, artist Hwa Young Jung and a group of men who are on probation in Merseyside with the aim of changing attitudes towards offenders.

by FACT

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Beckman Simnett Primary and Secondary Teachers Guide

Opening our year-long discussions around issues of feminism and representation, our current exhibition, Ericka Beckman & Marianna Simnett, showcases two female artists whose works reach across more than forty years.

by FACT

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Broken Symmetries Learning Guide

Broken Symmetries brings together artists who aim to understand and question the physical world by navigating the shifting realities of modern science.

by FACT

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States of Play: Roleplay Reality Learning Guide

The roles we play, both on and offline, reflect and shape our realities. States of Play: Roleplay Reality considers how roleplay - found in many video games - can be used as a way to reflect and question real-world power structures and suggest ways to move beyond these.

by FACT

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Under Cinema - Learning Guide

Wu Tsang’s new solo show at FACT investigates the ways in which artistic practice can be a platform for less mainstream narratives, different from Western culture and traditional gender discourse.

by FACT

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Learning news

All learning news

Interview with Sahjan Kooner

Sahjan Kooner reflects on their most recent project, in which they centred imagination as the most important form of technology and explored how stories are created and shared.

by FACT

WEB 1500px 72dpi Sahjan Kooner Darkforest MAY 2026 c Rob Battersby 87

Podcast: Resolution

Introducing a new three-part podcast series in which we hear from those who have direct experiences of the UK justice system and educators, alongside artists who have contributed to the multiyear art and research project, Resolution.

by FACT

V2 resolution podcast web image

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