This bronze sculpture of Sir Jacob Epstien’s 15 year old daughter has inspired the latest exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall, The Life of the Mind: Love, Sorrow and Obsession. The exhibition opened last Friday, and is open until 20 March, curated by artists Bob and Roberta Smith, featuring an eclectic group of historic, … [Read more…]
The theme for this years BASS Festival is Revolution, exploring physical movement, music as a weapon of change and celebrating the creators of radical new music and styles. Punch are offering between £500 – £3000 through their BASS Commissions fund for artists to create new work in music, dance, spoken word and theatre. Here’s the … [Read more…]
Pop-up arts gallery, BlowCreates, is due to open in the Custard Factory’s Zellig building on 25 January. This newly established PR and marketing venture had been set up by two Birmingham City University students. Follow their progress on Facebook and Tumblr, where they’ve been offering sneak peeks into the kind of artists we can expect … [Read more…]
Trove‘s latest project, initiated by curator Charlie Levine during a summer spent in Paris, features an exchange of postcards between 17 artists across the world. Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s method of documenting travels via postcards sent home, Levine commissioned 17 artists to instead design a postcard. These were then printed and packs of the final … [Read more…]
The Designer Vintage Bridal Show is taking place at Highbury Hall on 19 & 20 February, gathering a whole bunch of independent, local designers under one roof to offer inspiration for vintage inspired weddings, while supporting homegrown talent. Just a few of the exhibitors include Ragged Rose Jewellery, Rachel Simpson shoes, exclusive Edgbaston based boutique … [Read more…]
The Departure Lounge showcases ‘films and film makers taking off’, concentrating on debut and first features by UK directors, screen writers and producers. The first event of 2011 brings an offering by Birmingham based writer/ director John Bradburn, whose film, WRISTS will be screened in mac‘s cinema, at 6pm on 27 January. The film’s producers … [Read more…]
New for 2011, Created in Birmingham is now tumbling away. This is our attempt to start up some form of flyer wall, to try and feature all the things we don’t have time to write a full post about. We’ll be posting flyers, videos, and general Tumblr friendly bits and pieces we come across, in … [Read more…]
As you may or may not already be aware, Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and Birmingham’s annual free festival will be taking place on 6 February in the Arcadian. Kicking off at 12 noon with the traditional Ceremony of Dotting the Dragon’s eyes, festivities will carry on throughout the afternoon until 4.30pm. Entertainment … [Read more…]