Gareth Weston is a Birmingham based illustrator, specialising in quirky, satirical illustrations. He holds a penchant for typography, flat colour, disproportionate figures, characters, traditional crafts and techniques and the deeply metaphorical. Take a look at his growing portfolio containing both hand drawn and digital work.
Art at Artfull‘s latest exhibition, ‘The Cutting Edge of Fashion’, will showcase the work and designs of Rebecca Forster, a Wolverhampton based designer. Rebecca’s work concentrates on her passion for everything Japanese, looking at the art of origami to create a collection which can be altered by the wearer and giving a structured appearance to … [Read more…]
Project Pigeon currently reside in Boxxed‘s backyard in Digbeth. Working with pigeons and people, they aim to bring about social change, and so are currently working on a community pigeon loft. Traditionally, pigeon lofts are designed to reflect the culture in which they’re located, and so in keeping with this they’re after the designs and … [Read more…]
Ikon are hosting a Vietnamese Film Festival, When Love Doesn’t Come Back, on 22 & 23 January. The festival also coincides with the first UK screening of Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê’s animation South China Sea Pishkun, at the CBSO Centre. Inspired by events of 30 April 1975 at the end of America’s war in … [Read more…]
Louise Wright is a Birmingham based illustrator, currently in her 3rd year as an illustration student at Birmingham City University. If you like her style keep an eye out for her folksy shop where she’s getting ready to sell some of her prints. For now, she’s on Flickr and Tumblr for you to take a … [Read more…]
Our weekly jobs and opportunities digest, powered by Jobplot – a creative talent, jobs and opportunities board for the West Mids. Jobs: Brilliant .NET developer needed!, Co-operative Web Web UI Designer, One Black Bear Opportunities: Bass Festival/Talent 2011 Youth Award, Punch Bass 2011, Punch Young Creative Writers Course, RoguePlay Theatre If you’re a film maker, … [Read more…]
CiB celebrated it’s fourth Birthday, a stir was caused when a leaked document of recommended cuts to local art organisations sparked concern over their future, and legendary Birmingham promoters, Leftfoot, celebrated their 1oth anniversary. Birmingham Royal Ballet and mac managed to raise a decent amount of money through The Big Arts Give, while Moseley Folk … [Read more…]
Capital’s first Festival of New Writing took place, International Project Space launched a new film programme and the final ARC of 2010 took place with Important Artefacts. Brilliantly Birmingham kicked off together with the fifth annual FLUX exhibition, Aedas Presents launched a new monthly art programme and Art of Ideas finally arrived with a host … [Read more…]