Sandford Jr sells screen printed clothes for kids up to the age of 7: The desire to collaborate with artists to create something truly unique for babies and children as well as supporting artists along their careers has always been the driving force behind Sandford Jr The featured artists are Lucy Mclauchlan, Leanne Jones and … [Read more…]
At 7pm on BBC2: Michael Smith looks for the positive in what some consider Europe’s most boring city – Birmingham Putting the ‘n’ into ‘BBC cuts’. UPDATE You can see this episode on iPlayer until 7pm on 4 November. It featured The Event (in particular, Creative Machines, Minimalist Sculpture at Curzon Street Station), Eastside Projects … [Read more…]
Ikon‘s Autumn Almanac, from 17-20 November will be: a four-day celebration of Birmingham’s creative life showcasing the city’s artists, filmmakers and musicians. Ikon’s gallery spaces will exclusively exhibit works created in Birmingham, also hosting some of our best-known music festivals and organisations in a programme of live performances The list of people involved includes Oliver … [Read more…]
Internationally renowned visual artist and producer Mohammed Ali will bring together the words of Tshaka Campbell, the sounds of percussionist Daniel Waples together with live-spray painted art. Breaking Down the Wall is on Saturday 12 November at New Art Gallery Walsall and it’s free. It looks a little similar to the Writing on the Wall … [Read more…]
BAZ are busy at The Event. They’re hosting Love in the Snug (an alternative festival hub) where you can also buy the in-joke stuffed Mills and Koons, which is: A Brief Introduction to the Saucy Secrets of the Birmingham Art World I did and can confirm it’s simultaneously amusing and baffling (I’m pretty sure some … [Read more…]
In no particular order… Getting to wander around Curzon Street Station (although there’s some good stuff in there, I have to admit I was excited enough about the building itself), finally making it over to The Lombard Method, Simon Faithfull’s window piece at Grand Union, meeting the guys behind BAZ (and Athletico Tortured Artists), Crowd … [Read more…]
Richard Southall’s exhibition ‘Smethwick’ opens at Calumet on the Hagely Road on Friday 21 October (that’s tomorrow). And on Saturday 29 October, Friends of Moseley Road Baths will open their Pool of Memories exhibition. sdsd
The BP Portrait Award 2011 is on at Wolverhampton Art Gallery until the end of the month. The one above is Little Sister by Tim Okamura.