I got an email earlier. There was a letter attached that said: Andy Street, Chair of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) Board invites you to the launch of Creative City by Ed Vaizey MP Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries. Creative City is an important new initiative bringing together the public and … [Read more…]
Sampad is looking for talented artists to deliver our wide-ranging education programme using South Asian music, dance, visual art, theatre, spoken word, storytelling, film, photography, animation and more.
Vivid are part way through: an experimental season of sonics, moving image, installation and construction stimulated by the vision of J.G. Ballard. I quite like that image above. It’s from Kibwe Tavares‘ Robots of Brixton. Not part of that, but also coming up soon at Vivid, is Trevor Pitt’s Bang Bang: the final in a trilogy … [Read more…]
I don’t tend to cover gigs, but I liked the poster. Call me fickle.
The organisers of World Aids Day Birmingham are doing a T-shirt competition and are asking for submissions along the following themes: Reflection: Let us not forget those whom we have lost to AIDS. Education: Saving Lives “Get Tested” “22,000 people in the UK do not know they are infected with HIV”. Being tested and an … [Read more…]
A touch of grouchiness for a Monday morning. Ammo reckons Birmingham’s arts scene is too safe and middle-aged, claiming that rather than providing art that appeals to Brummies, “a human tide of middle class professionals floods Birmingham each day from the suburban shanty towns that ring our city”: Groomed by the local authority and a … [Read more…]
Some good news from a couple of local digital/design agencies: 383 Project have been nominated for Dadi Digital Agency of the Year (and would appreciate you voting for them) Made Media (my employers, no less) have been nominated in the arts and culture category of the British Interactive Marketing Awards Well done and good luck … [Read more…]
7inch October listings “a list of interesting things happening around Birmingham over the next 31 days or so”. You should definitely sign up to their newsletter Turning Point West Midlands | Visual Art and Craft in the West Midlands A run-down of the venues, collections, festivals, schools and artist support programmes, as well as ways of … [Read more…]