The Voyage was cancelled due to inclement weather on Thursday when I went down to check it out, but it went ahead last night, with lots of people saying good things about it afterwards. You’ve got a couple more chances to check it out. If you want a flavour of what to expect, then Martin … [Read more…]
Cultural intern scheme – University of Birmingham “Applications are now being sought for 10 interns at leading cultural organisations within the West Midlands region as part of the University’s Cultural Partnership Scheme. The paid placements are for 6 months and will start in October 2012” Birmingham Opera Ticket Booking Tickets to the next show (Stockhausen, … [Read more…]
Ok, not that many in the grand scheme of things, but I’ve noticed a small but determined flurry of talk/lecture/discussion events coming through my RSS feeds in the past few days. These are they… D’log has flagged up: A Series of Conversations organised by the Birmingham Photography and Archive Research Group; and Some events and … [Read more…]
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in partnership with The Barber Institute of Fine Arts and Grand Union, Birmingham is organising a high profile selected exhibition as well as offering five bursaries for recent visual arts graduates from the five regionally-based university art schools. The aim of the exhibition and bursaries is to profile the best, critically-engaged work emerging from … [Read more…]
I caught this exchange on Twitter earlier: If you want to see what YFrog found a little too realistic then you should get down to the Birmingham Made Me expo in the Mailbox before the end of this week.
The Gentlemen Press is: an independent publisher based in Birmingham, West Midlands which is interested in producing inspiring publications. While the first anthology produced will be aimed at young adults, it will also publish contemporary fiction. I don’t think I’ve come across any new literature-related stuff in a while but I’m sure there’s loads out … [Read more…]
Turning Point West Midlands | TPWM Artist Residencies & Critical Writing Bursaries 2012- 2013 “Four organisations in the West Midlands will lead on TPWN new artist residency opportunities and one organisation on a critical writing project” The Gallery Court A Birmingham-based, online seller of art prints and such London 2012 Olympics: Games chiefs order ballet name … [Read more…]
I remember hearing a while back that one of the challenges bands face in this area is a lack of experienced managers. They often have to trek off to London to find someone to represent them. I have no idea whether that’s accurate or not but I was reminded of it when I read this … [Read more…]