Last year at LTD Edition, an affordable art market organised by Fused Magazine, 30 artists sold their work to over 100 visitors in one weekend. Kerry from Fused has written to say that this year: We are bringing a touch of culture (not that it doesn’t have bundles already) to the Custard Factory with 4 … [Read more…]
The number of good things happening this evening is nuts: Fierce’s Platinum Programme is at The Edge, some of it you can drop into, some you have to book. Behind Closed Doors are holding the launch of The Secret Garden – an installation round the back of the Custard Factory from 6pm to 8pm. Fierce, … [Read more…]
A free, one-off performance will take place at Ikon Eastside at 10pm on Tuesday 3 June. The Society of Futopia has been developed by four final year students at BIAD, Birmingham City University and will take place during the New Generation Arts Festival. One of the artists, Gareth Burnett did have a blog he was … [Read more…]
Live Box Special at The Drum This season of the Soweto Kinch-hosted Live Box draws to a close with Yusa, a young Cuban singer and multi-instrumentalist. Volunteer Placement with The Big Picture The Big Picture are after someone to spend two weeks scanning photos submitted by the general public to contribute to their world record … [Read more…]
Welcome to the new design of Created in Birmingham. We felt that the site could do with a spring clean and some updating, with the layout top of the list. We we’ve not gone for a major overhaul, just a few changes that will allow the site to grow a little. The extra sidebar will … [Read more…]
Something I only found out about recently is that Fierce have a live art training and mentoring project. As part of this year’s festival six West Mids artists will be presenting works-in-progress at The Edge on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 May. Nesting (Katy Acquaye-Tonge). 2pm to 9pm. The Place Where I Learnt How To … [Read more…]
On Saturday 31 May, at Green Street Warehouse, B12 0NE Frank Bretscheider, musician, composer, video artist and co-founder of the Geman based Raster-Norton label… will give a performance at Modulate. As with many things of this ilk, most of the reviews and descriptions I’ve found are purposefully obtuse. However, you get some idea of what … [Read more…]
Birmingham: England’s 2nd largest city is a true musical melting point Short vid about Birmingham’s musical heritage from Guardian.co.uk/02 Wireless “whatever your favoured musical genre, you’re sure to find it in the midlands”. Spotted by Simon Howes. Birmingham International Film Society (B.I.F.S) Facebook Group BIFS has a Facebook group. Next step, a blog with film … [Read more…]