Applications for entry to The Midlands Young Fashion Designer Awards 2009 is now open. It is a great opportunity for designers age 16 to 25 to showcase their individual style and creativity. The awards aim to expose the wealth of creative talent in the Midlands through a competition for emerging fashion designers. The awards are … [Read more…]
Today’s snow has ensured the UK has come to a standstill once again, but it does makes any landscape look incredibly beautiful. Here are some of the eighty odd photographs added to Flickr since the snow started floating down onto Birmingham last night. Black horse on a white platform by abrinsky B29 snow by pindec … [Read more…]
HamFisted! is a Birmingham-based, experimental arts company that produces live theatre, interactive interventions and visual arts projects, in conventional and unconventional spaces, in professional and community contexts, all with the aim of putting smiles on people’s faces. HamFisted! has an opportunity for visual artists to work in primary schools and children’s centres. The day-long workshops … [Read more…]
Snow in B29. The Flickr group: B29 will be tracking and rating the incoming snow via twitter over the next week, and gathering any photographs taken within the postcode. Desk space for rent at the Fierce Earth office. The Fierce Earth office have a desk for rent in a prime city centre location for a … [Read more…]
This week Wendy Cope, one of the favourites to become the new poet laureate said that you can’t write poetry to order. Channel 4 set a challenge to prove her wrong: Write a poem ‘to lift the spirits of the nation’ in the format of a 140 character Twitter tweet. Katie Parry aka @supercoolkp, a … [Read more…]
Birmingham based band The Destroyers are looking for someone to re-brand their image to co-inside with the release of their first full album. The 15 piece band have recently collaborated on a composition with The Dohl Blasters for the re-opening of Birmingham Town Hall, and have also been commissioned by Flatpack Festival to create new … [Read more…]
In a meeting yesterday it was decided that the Arts Council will not fund any further plans from The Public, West Bromwich, including those for the long awaited interactive gallery. The reasons given are an absence of a firm opening date for the gallery and the considerable increase in annual revenue funding required to deliver … [Read more…]
Light House in Wolverhampton are offering a video production workshop just for women which will be delivered by Film & TV Director Nerina Villa on Wednesday 11th March from 10am – 4pm. The 1 day workshop will be a ‘hands-on’ introduction to video production techniques, exploring camera operation, lighting and sound. The workshop is designed … [Read more…]