With December nearly upon us it is the time of year for pop-up shop’s and Birmingham is not short of them, with many decorating our city at the moment. From window display competitions such as Unique Birmingham and craft boutiques such as the Handmade Boutique, the Jewellery Quarter is now also offering us a festive … [Read more…]
Lucie Whitehead’s debut exhibition, ‘Dead to Be Iconic’, will open on Friday 23rd November and run until Thursday 29th November at the Lakeside Gallery in the Custard Factory. The exhibition features 50 portraits of celebrities who have died before their time including James Dean, Amy Winehouse and Heath Ledger (which is one of my favourites). … [Read more…]
Unique in Birmingham, the window dressing competition designed to improve the street scene around the city centre’s shopping area, is now complete. The creative installations have now been installed around the city and are ready for you to go and view. The map of the locations is available to view here. The nine finalists are… … [Read more…]
The Crescent Studio’s next production is Alice’s Adventures in Www.land – a modern, social media based, interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s classic. Alice is a 15 year old girl form Birmingham who has always identified herself with Alice in Wonderland and through social media and the internet has researched and immersed herself in Alice’s adventures. The … [Read more…]
I don’t think I am the only one suffering from post Eye Candy Festival blues this week. If you didn’t get a chance to get down to Southside and visit Eye Candy Festival check out the following videos from Craig to find out all that went on; Eye Candy Festival – Day 1 from … [Read more…]
Eye Candy Festival is nearly upon us and there are on going announcement’s of further pop up exhibitions around Southside. Make sure you are following Eye Candy Festival on twitter and visit their site to keep up to date. Here are a few more flyers…
Park Life is a novel by Katharine D’Souza that is set in Birmingham, more specifically the area’s of Moseley and Kings Heath. It is about neighbours who think all they share is the same post code until they discover common ground where they least expect it. The story follows Craig and Susan as each faces … [Read more…]
Fancy a drink and a doodle with a difference? Tuesday 2nd October will see the first of Moseley’s new Life Drawing sessions. The sessions will be held upstairs at the Patrick Kavanagh (Pat Kav) from 7pm till 9pm. The event will be a great opportunity for Birmingham creatives to get together. Everyone is welcome from amateur … [Read more…]