Made in the Jewellery Quarter is the name of a group exhibition featuring Capricorn Coating, Alabaster & Wilson, David-Louis and LJ Millington: The goal of ‘ Made in the Jewellery Quarter’ is to let the people of Birmingham and the wider region know what is made on their doorstep, plus give them the opportunity to buy a piece of … [Read more…]
Black Book Brum is a blog that is: dedicated to Brums hard working and often underestimated Graffiti/Street artists. Whether you interested in old school graf, sticker kings and queens or just the general art scene around Birmingham this is the place for you. Join me as I travel across the City noting the newest work as it happens!
John Madin, RIP “John Madin, the architect behind Birmingham’s Central Library and many more buildings in the city, has died” IdoXinY Mark Steadman’s made a lightweight freelance directory. If you do [x] in [y] and are available for hire then maybe add your details (think you’ll need a Twitter account to do so) What do we … [Read more…]
The archives tell me that Newtasty was last mentioned on here by Pete nearly four years ago. I’ve just spent a few minutes flipping through his Facebook Page and there’s some good stuff on his blog too.
New Art Gallery Walsall have got the next instalment of Martin Parr’s Black Country Stories project on show for a couple of months from today. The project was commissioned by Multistory. Martin was in Sandwell in 2010, he did Walsall last year and this year and next he’ll be in Wolverhampton and Dudley. He’s also … [Read more…]
This looks like an interesting one: a show in which we make work in direct competition with other artists on topics chosen at random, both selected by an impartial curator Charlie Levine There’s a preview show from 5pm – 7pm on Thursday 26 January at Colmore Plaza. For more info head to: The Aedas Presents blog Sparrow+Castice‘s … [Read more…]
A nice vid from Junction 15 featuring extended bits of Badly Drawn Boy, Billy Bragg, lots of smiley people and some earnestly hippyish goings-on at last year’s Moseley Folk Festival. Moseley Folk Festival from junction15 on Vimeo.
I’d come across Advice To Sink In Slowly once or twice: an ongoing series of posters designed by graduates for the purpose of passing on advice and inspiration to first year students but I’m not sure I’d twigged that there are a few contributors from around Birmingham, including Ben Javens, Jonny Costello (whose poster is below), … [Read more…]