Month: September 2007

Jacques Nimki in Erdington

Not content with colonising Digbeth every summer the IKON is invading Erdington: As part of Birmingham City Council’s Arts Champion Scheme, artist Jacques Nimki has designed a range of brightly coloured banners that line Erdington’s High Street. The works feature wild fl owers that grow in the area, as observed by the artist on a … [Read more…]

Brumcast 68

Brumcast number 68 is up. Download, subscribe or click to listen. [audio:http://ipodnetworks.com/podcast/363/1913_hifi.mp3]

Best of British Urban

The Town Hall re-opening festival is nearly upon us and I’ll be profiling some of the events that have an explicit Birmingham connection. Which looks to be most of them truth be told. As you’d expect really! Best of British Urban has been put together by local outfit Punch who operate in many fields including … [Read more…]

Island wants a mural

Attention artists who like to work on a big canvas. Matt Scriven of Island Bar writes: “I would like to get a mural painted on one of the walls at island bar and wondered if you knew of any talented local artists out there who might be interested? I have a design for it already.” … [Read more…]

The Moseley graffiti wars

Remember the graffiti art behind the Jug of Ale that got daubed with anti-graffiti slogans because the artists had, allegedly, been tagging in Moseley? Here’s the full story from today’s Mail with a follow up thread on The Stirrer. In short, it was the street wardens wot dun it.

7inch September listings

7inch Cinema September listings. A bit late in the month admittedly but still packed full of goodness with lots of links to stuff going on by interesting people as seen through he 7inch filter.