The Ikon Gallery is running family workshops over the half-term holiday on 17 and 19 Feb from 2-4pm. That’s in addition to the regular ones they’re running on 7 Feb and 7 March from 2-5pm. Places are free but need to be reserved in advance. The themes for (and links to) these workshops are: 7 … [Read more…]
This is the work of Superrbilly Via debut
GZEAN is a quartely zine produced by Moseley’s Gallery of Owls. It’s been created to: harbor all those crazy little snippets of ideas that we all have from time to time in the format of photos, drawing and collage (any 2D images) It costs £1 (plus postage) and you can get hold of one in … [Read more…]
Last year Modulate put a call out for a ‘Sonic Beatnik’ to undertake a three month International Artist Fellowship and, among the applicants from 24 countries, New Zealander Damian Frey was selected. In May 2008 Damian re visited us in Birmingham and we took the opportunity to talk to him about his experience of being here, and how … [Read more…]
Printmaker Phil Wilkinson‘s latest work: The demolition of a residential highrise block of flats on Sherlock St in the Highgate area of Birmingham was the basis for this work. With the dramatic jagged pinnacle and exterior walls removed the tower made for a tempting subject The pic is of the finished print but Phil’s blog … [Read more…]
Sam from Stereographic has emailed with info about a couple of his projects: Mr Underwood (and various other names, depending on musical genres) a variety of projects from creating soundtracks and effects for animations to wowing crowds with his all hardware improvised liveset. When time permits he also dabbles in the design and build of … [Read more…]
JKB Fletcher is a super-realism artist whose canvases are currently being displayed at the Coffee Lounge on Navigation Street. Some kind soul has done a short video tour of the artwork (warning – may not be pleasant if you suffer motion sickness).
I have two reasons for posting this: It amused me that the site talks up ‘free entry to the splendid Birmingham Artsfest’ when entry is free anyway It’s good to see Birmingham being talked about as a destination for an arty getaway There’s a few other items bundled into the package that might make it … [Read more…]