During my first stint on Created in Birmingham I had a nagging feeling that there was loads of good dance stuff going on but it was all happening under my radar. I’m pretty much on top of it these days, partly for the reasons given in the disclaimer at the bottom of this post but … [Read more…]
The other day someone described CiB as ‘a little ray of sunshine in [their] RSS reader’. I’m going to take time out now to ruin that by talking about funding cuts and such. Sorry. If it’s any consolation I’ll end the post with a picture of a bunny. The other week West Midlands Regional Observatory … [Read more…]
Our vacancies | Arts Council Arts Council West Mids are recruiting Relationship Managers for theatre, dance, digital & creative economy, literature and music Artist Opportunity: mac-lab “mac invites applications from artists in all disciplines to apply for an intensive lab based residency at our new facilities in Birmingham. We want to hear from artists that … [Read more…]
I’m continually impressed by the quality of the acts they get down at the Hare & Hounds, usually on the Leftfoot nights – they’re pulling out the stops for their 10th birthday: Last night they had Greg Wilson (sorry I was slow on the uptake if you missed it). Coming up, they’ve got: Fabio on … [Read more…]
Sounds like the Writing on the Wall event at The Rep the other night went well – it even created some amusing fuss on the event page’s comments thread. There’s more Aerosol Arabic action at Bullring this weekend, with Mohammed Ali creating a big mural in the shopping centre. There’s an online interactive element to … [Read more…]
Mucking in : Flatpack Festival Volunteers wanted – good opportunity this. “Responsibilities will include front-of-house, venue installation, technical support, marketing and bar work, and all volunteers will have the opportunity to make good use of their festival passes” thisisfeed Kinda strange I wasn’t already subscribed to this, but I’ve recified that now. It’s the blog … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago I wrote a post called Next steps for CiB in which I mentioned a few of the plans I had for this website. Buried in the final paragraph was the line: A shop’s looking likely too Now, I meant an online shop. However, pretty soon Created in Birmingham is going to … [Read more…]
The book of the exhibition, put together by Damian Brown: 96 pages of images and text documenting the artists featured in the Strong Brum project that was commissioned by Birmingham City Council and exhibited between September and December 2009 at The Drum, thanks to Mukhtar Dar. The book itself is bookstore-quality with a hardcover, professionally … [Read more…]