Eye Candy Festival, a visual pop culture festival, will be showcasing illustration, art and design through a programme of events in the form of exhibitions and meet-ups etc. There will also be workshops and a talks program with industry heavyweights. The event will be held in the Southside district of Birmingham, this is only a … [Read more…]
A week after I have packed my life away into boxes, only to reopen them a day later and slowly scatter them across my new home, I am on my way to The Public in West Bromwich to do some research for my first article in this series I am calling ‘Welcome to Birmingham’. This … [Read more…]
Fused magazine, as part of Eyecandy Festival, are helping out the Oxjam charity this year by calling for submissions for a 12×12 visual interpretation of your favourite record sleeve. They will be giving artists a blank 12″ record sleeve for them to ‘re-imagine’ a new cover for their favourite album by a Midlands artist/ or maybe write/design their favourite song lyrics … [Read more…]
Chris has written about the Coffee Club Collective before on CiB, introducing them with links pointing you to the individual members of the coffee club. The original 5 members of the CCC graduated this year from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, and since then, they’ve had several solo exhibitions, and have acquired a new … [Read more…]
As part of the Eye Candy Festival, an oh so tasty Birmingham celebration of graphic design and illustration, the grand folk of Inkygoodness have announced the details of their open event, entitled SKETCH Brum. Looking to get canvas dressers of all sorts together, this will be a chance for you come down with your pencils and … [Read more…]
“Birmingham: The Magic City is a snapshot of overlapping perceptions, an exploration of the unknown underground sub-infrastructure of the city, a collage of 1980s Grindcore fanzines from the birthplace of heavy metal, a day in the life of walkers of Birmingham, an orgy of civic boosterism and a reconstruction of a ‘creepy’ wooden lath wall. Welcome to … [Read more…]
A floating mini-forest made up of real trees and soil will travel along the Birmingham and Black Country Canals between 31st August to 7th October. The official launch is 8th September, with a daytime event starting at Curzon Street Canal, where you can walk alongside The Rootless Forest as it’s towed by hand to Edible Eastside … [Read more…]
Greetings all, I hope you had an enjoyable bank holiday. I’ll start by introducing myself, my name is Dan and I am one of the five who have taken over the reigns here at Created in Birmingham. I’ve been subdued over the past few weeks as I have been busily preparing for my move into … [Read more…]