interchat at The Drum “a dialogue on arts and communities with local and international perspectives” Why have costly arts projects that were supposed to transform the country’s cultural landscape flopped? The Independent sticks the boot into the New Art Gallery Walsall, their (online) community rallies round in the comments. Beautiful Scripting Futures – new workshops … [Read more…]
I had a poke around the new exhibition at Ikon yesterday afternoon. Now showing: Clare Rojas – We They, We They João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva – On the Movement of the Fried Egg and Other Astronomical Bodies I always think the chalkboard in the resource room is worth an exhibition of its own.
The next PILOT Night, co-piloted by Kindle Theatre at AE Harris, Birmingham will be on Thursday 1 April 2010. Here’s some copy/pasted info. For more knowledge, and to apply, go to www.pilotnights.co.uk. Pilot is a platform for testing new theatre work from the West Midlands and beyond. Deadline for submissions Monday 1st March, 12pm RELEASE … [Read more…]
From a tweet by Matt Murtagh: The specific reason for posting this is that a while back I went to a meeting about ‘audience development’ where we were told that significant numbers of people believe you have to turn up to the ballet in a fur coat and a Bentley. Oddly, many of the people … [Read more…]
If I’ve been a bit quiet recently, it’s because work’s been a bit busy. And in my spare time I’m opening a shop in the UK’s busiest shopping centre. So yeah, busy. I’ve had a fair few emails from people offering their support, goods, services and selves. Which is lovely, thank you very much. However, … [Read more…]
Stitches & Hos, the little knitting hootenany organisers have got themselves a spangly new website. In case you’ve not come across them: Stitches and Hos are a motley crew of enthusiasts for all things knitted, crocheted and stitched who run a monthly knitting night based at Hare and Hounds pub, Kings Heath, Birmingham They’re there … [Read more…]
New Art Gallery Walsall is 10 « area magazine “To mark New Art Gallery Walsall’s double figure milestone they will be celebrating with Party! an exhibition designed both to celebrate their 10 years of achievements and the range and diversity of visual arts” Library of Birmingham to partner with British Film Institute The Library of … [Read more…]
Capsule started a ball rolling the other week, talking about how to engage regional audiences. There’s a good discussion in the comments that’s worth (re)visiting. Dunc from The Autumn Store (and various indiepop bands, I’ve slightly lost track tbh) has followed this with “Why Don’t People Come To My Gigs”: Some thoughts on audience categorisation. … [Read more…]