The Disability Film Festival Day takes place on 3 December, at various venues arcoss the country, including The Public, mac and Light House. The festival will be packed full of international shorts, a selection of films from Oska Bright, themed discussions and archived films, in the UK’s first celebration of disability and film. The Public … [Read more…]
Every Monday we’ll be kicking off your week with a round up of all the lasted jobs which have been added to Jobplot in the past week. Here’s the first batch of Birmingham based jobs and opportunities, posted since the site’s launch. Jobs: Creative Practitioners x 4, Bright Space ICT/Digital Media Practitioner, Bright Space Web … [Read more…]
As part of Inhabit‘s pop up arts and tearooms, Curator5 presents b-ART-er. Opening on 25 November, they’re taking over an empty shop in the Pavillions to showcase an exhibition with artists Michael Bold, Chris Clinton, Alex Lockett, Adam Radley, Lisa Roffey and Tim Stock. The space will be filled with contemporary art including video, action, … [Read more…]
Launching on 23 November is Ikon’s latest exhibition, a retrospective collection of work by Len Lye, featuring film, sculpture, painting and drawing. Lye’s philosophy of ‘Individual Happiness Now’ – a belief in the possibility of ‘the best in human experience’ for all – is embodied by this exhibition; a testament to the simple joys that … [Read more…]
Birmingham Salon will be debating just that on 8 December at The Studio, joined by authors Helene Guldberg with her latest book ‘Just Another Ape?’ and Jeremy Taylor discussing ‘Not a Chimp: the hunt to find the genes that make us human’. Today, the belief that human beings are special is distinctly out of fashion. Almost … [Read more…]
How2crafts are a Birmingham based publishing company currently residing in the Jewellery Quarter, who’ve put together this series of step-by-step books on various crafts, including soap making, printing, jewellery and felting. Designed to expand over time, craft makers are invited to contribute images of what they’ve made using the books, to the website. Collected images … [Read more…]
After headlining the second stage at Moseley Folk Festival back in September, Goodnight Lenin are back in their hometown once again, for this special gig in St. Pauls Church on 4 December. With support from Boat to Row, what better way to warm up a chilly night than with a nice bit of folky music. … [Read more…]
Birmingham & Worcestershire based surface pattern designer and illustrator, Abigail Borg, recently won Best British Pattern in ELLE Decoration’s British Design Awards 2010. Big congrats!