Eye Candy Festival, a visual pop culture festival, will be showcasing illustration, art and design through a programme of events in the form of exhibitions and meet-ups etc. There will also be workshops and a talks program with industry heavyweights. The event will be held in the Southside district of Birmingham, this is only a … [Read more…]
Fused magazine, as part of Eyecandy Festival, are helping out the Oxjam charity this year by calling for submissions for a 12×12 visual interpretation of your favourite record sleeve. They will be giving artists a blank 12″ record sleeve for them to ‘re-imagine’ a new cover for their favourite album by a Midlands artist/ or maybe write/design their favourite song lyrics … [Read more…]
The Handmade Boutique will be opening in Birmingham’s Mailbox on Thursday 27th September and will be home to some of the most talented Designer Makers in the Midlands until Sunday 30th December. The boutique plans to give customers the opportunity to purchase unique lifestyle products and gifts that would not usually be available on the … [Read more…]
From the 28th September the biggest festival of contemporary Polish films will arrive in Birmingham. The Play Poland Film Festival is organised by Polish Art Europe and is hosted in Birmingham by the Polish Expats Association. The association aim to promote Polish cinematography and to help establish the culture outside of Poland. The festival includes … [Read more…]
From poetry pamphlets to prose fiction, graphic novels to science fiction and fantasy, a wide range of forms and genres will be represented. Birmingham’s Independent Book Fair takes place on Sunday 9th September 11.00am – 6.00pm, as part of ArtsFest 2012, in Rooms 3 & 4 of the Council House, Victoria Square. This day-long event … [Read more…]
The Hockley Flyer and YBA Publications are holding a competition to find the best photograph for the front cover of the new magazine; Historic Jewellery Quarter. This is a brand new magazine which hopes to give an insight into the Jewellery Quarter’s past. They are looking for a photograph that captures the very essence of … [Read more…]
Hotel Indigo is based on the 23rd and 24th floor of the iconic city centre building The Cube. They are running a competition, along with other Hotel Indigo hotels, to challenge photographers to capture the cities around the world using the themes of ‘See, Hear and Taste’. Entrants have the chance of winning a Lomography … [Read more…]
mac birmingham is looking for a group of 20 young people, aged 16 to 24, to be part of mac’s cannon hill collective. The only requirement is that you are based in the West Midlands but you can be from any creative discipline. As part of the cannon hill collective, you will come up with … [Read more…]