It’s Stirchley Thought Exchange on Pershore Road on Saturday 5th June. There will be a range of activities that will run between 11am – 4pm, including: People, Plants and Places: Add you name and favourite plant (and why) to a mini-flag and pop it on the Birmingham map – so we can trace people’s favourites… … [Read more…]
It’s nearly the end of term, and you know what that means… showcases! Birmingham City University are already on the case with Exhibit This by its final year Media and Communication students. And the plan is… …to display their creative work to industry professionals and the general public while celebrating their achievements throughout their degree. … [Read more…]
There’s not much info floating around about Emerging apart from a couple of flyers, but it looks mighty interesting all the same. It’s a photography exhibition featuring Niall Patterson, Paul Watt, and Hannah-Beth Todd amongst others, and you can see it at the Custard Factory between 1-8 June, 10am-7pm. Meanwhile, in related news, Custard Factory … [Read more…]
The Source Spring Fair brings together stallholders offering local vintage, flea, fair trade, vegan and green goods. It’s taking place at Moseley Exchange on Saturday 22nd May, 10-4pm, and it’s free to have a mooch around. THE SoURCE aims to spread the sustainability message and promote quality, local sourcing and fair trade. I have no … [Read more…]
BASS Festival is the UK’s only month-long celebration of Black Music and Art. The festival is now in its fifth year and this year’s line up of events, produced by Punch Records, includes new commissions, gigs, exhibitions, master classes, showcases, club nights, theatre, conferences and film. Handily, you can check out the brochure and browse … [Read more…]
The Story Exchange is the visually enchanting invention of Birmingham-based Needle & Thread Theatre, and will be captivating story-lovers, story-tellers, and strays over four days in the Created in Birmingham shop at Bullring from Thursday 13 May until 16 May. Here’s the blurb (pun intended) for you: You are invited to browse, peruse and explore … [Read more…]
I’m not usually one to pander to titles with an obscure mix of upper- and lower-case letters in them, but for this I’ll make an exception. hobbypopMUSEUM is a new solo exhibition at Eastside Projects by the Düsseldorf- and London-based artist group of the same name formed by Sophie von Hellermann, Christian Jendreiko, Matthias Lahme, … [Read more…]
Formats for Books: Hyphen Press and design publishing is an exhibition at International Project Space, which is at the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design. Here’s what it’s all about: This exhibition focuses on a fundamental factor in making and publishing books: format. What size should the pages of a book be given? The question … [Read more…]