Missed it: Nikki Pugh posted up her notes from the Studio Space debate last month held at Vivid. In a trade off to get people talking the event wasn’t recorded for publication, which is a shame. I was hoping more blogging, etc would come out of this. Maybe Christmas got in the way?
One thing I’ve been meaning to do for a while now is a survey of Birmingham’s gallery spaces, from the high-end commercial to the drafty warehouses. In the meanwhile the occasional piece of serendipity will have to suffice, such as this post on Midwest which informs me of the existence of Three White Walls, a … [Read more…]
Kelly Large is currently artist in residence at the New Art Gallery, Walsall where she’s examining “the construction and circulation of The New Art Gallery’s collection and archive as a base to create new art work.” There’s an “open studio event” on Friday 18th and Thursday 24th of January from 2pm entitled Me, Myself and … [Read more…]
The next Pub Conversations is on Thursday 17th January at the Lamp Tavern in Digbeth. Guest speakers are Douglas Wright and Justin Combes. A Royal College of Art graduate, Douglas White has won the Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award, and a Mann Drawing Prize. He was also shortlisted for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize and the Jerwood … [Read more…]
A brief update to the Margaret Street closure blogged about here in April. A comment left on that post from BIAD Fine Art course director John Wigley implies it won’t go ahead quite as planned. If I may quote: To reassure everybody and to end speculation, at present, as far as we are concerned working … [Read more…]
An amusing spoof at theSpoof.com with a Birmingham angle: Shoppers in Birmingham’s City Centre were confronted by the spectacular vision of the city’s Arts Czar this morning. As they feebly attempted to keep their minds on their Christmas shopping their imaginations were captured by the charismatic figure of Theodore Parker Bowles, Birmingham’s Arts Czar since … [Read more…]
Ben Neal rounds up some art and music stuff he’s done / been to.
The Great Grock. I’ll let you figure out what this is all about for yourselves. But here’s some photos.