The première of the short film ‘Birmingham: The Creative City’ will be held at the Electric Cinema tomorrow afternoon. From the Press Release: Birmingham City Council Creative Development Team and Audiences Central are premiering a short film directed by BAFTA Award Winning Director Natasha Carlish on Tuesday 11 March at The Electric Cinema, Birmingham. Birmingham: … [Read more…]
Wishful Linking Mark McGuinness has created a new blog, Wishful Linking, to share links that may be useful and/or interesting to you as a creative professional. Not Brum-specific, but could be useful. via Podnosh. (tags: links resource)
Brum-based eccentric publishers The Eccentric City are giving away a whole pound every month to the person who can put it to the best use. What’s more, it’s totally free to enter and you could even see your idea in print. So get yer thinking caps on and you could be in the money! The … [Read more…]
The Big Picture are seeking artists/design teams to help with the following projects: World Record Attempt (deadline for proposals 18th March) Audiences Central wants to appoint an artist or artist/design team to break the world record for the largest photo mosaic in the world, as the culmination of our ‘Big Picture’ project. The current record … [Read more…]
Digital Central are looking for 10 people from creative companies to take part in their pilot for a ‘serious game‘ which aims to teach business skills to creatives. From the Digital Central post: We’re running two workshop in the next month and we’d like to recruit a small number of individuals to help us test … [Read more…]
Birmingham artist Frank Smith is a picture of promise at 79 – Birmingham Mail A BIRMINGHAM artist is being hailed as one of the art world’s most exciting newcomers at the age of 79. (tags: art artist painter) March listings from 7inch cinema All the filmic goigns-on, news of a BECTU petition to allow MAC … [Read more…]
Martin Mullaney’s blog brings news of a Graffiti Art Festival, to be held in Kings Heath Park on the weekend of 15th-16th March from 12noon to 6pm each day. From Martin’s blog: The Festival is being jointly organised by Bishop Challoner School and In A City Arts, 21 York Road. The Festival is being funded … [Read more…]
Noise probe has publican baffled – Birmingham Mail John Tighe of the Spotted Dog in Digbeth, who is currently fighting a noise abatement order, doubts whether an official report is truly independent. (tags: music venue live council keepdigbethvibrant birminghamuk upyerbrum)