Missed this one, but Moseley’s Reuben Colley Fine Arts gallery has a blog and it looks as if it’ll be updated fairly regularly with new pieces and events. Notable among the early posts is the gallery’s Summer Exhibition which will run until 7 July. The second part of the exhibition launched on Friday 11 June … [Read more…]
If you’re out and about today you might catch the over-capitalised (shouty?) ROADWORKS project, Birmingham’s contribution to PARK(ing) Day. Located in close proximity to Victoria Square, St Phillips Cathedral (Colmore Row) and Waterloo Street the ROADWORKS will feature: ‘Not My Type’ by Fluid Design and collective illustrators Three easels will be set up and some … [Read more…]
Heard And Not Seen (HANS) is an arts project and exhibition at Gallery 36 at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery by artists Sandra Hall and Mitra Memarzia, in association with Friction Arts. Here’s what the project’s website has to say about it all: The project aims to create a unique, safe space for people to … [Read more…]
There’s been lots of examples of Birmingham artists banding together to do stuff and put on shows together recently – Not My Type, the Grand Union, stuff happening at the Lombard Method, the Freestyle/Untitled exhibitions at the Hare and Hounds and plenty more besides. The next one to add to that list is the Meeting … [Read more…]
Digbeth is Good, We Are Eastside and Creative Boom have already mentioned the Fight The Power exhibition that opened the BASS Festival the other day. Here’s a link to the opening speech and here’s a video of Ammo Talwar walking round and explaining the exhibition: It’s at the Zellig Gallery (Custard Factory) until 26 June. … [Read more…]
Birmingham (at Grand Union and The Lombard Method), to be exact) 11-12 June: Manchester (specifically, at Rogue Studios) 5-6 June:
There’s a Cure Leukaemia art auction being held at Wragge & Co’s offices (on Colmore Row) on Thurs 20 May. RSVP here. Here’s the bluffer’s guide: Fifth Art Auction set to raise £20,000 for Centre of Clinical Haematology at University Hospital Birmingham Over £75,000 raised to date at annual event Hosted by David Bintley, Director … [Read more…]
BASS Festival is the UK’s only month-long celebration of Black Music and Art. The festival is now in its fifth year and this year’s line up of events, produced by Punch Records, includes new commissions, gigs, exhibitions, master classes, showcases, club nights, theatre, conferences and film. Handily, you can check out the brochure and browse … [Read more…]