At Home With Vanley Burke, a new exhibition at IKON: The project sees the entire contents of Burke’s flat in Nechells, north-east Birmingham, transported to Ikon’s main exhibition space. Referred to as the “Godfather of Black British photography”, Burke (b. Jamaica, 1951) is also a dedicated archivist and collector of objects relating to black culture … [Read more…]
Next Gen invites you to the Future C U R I O U S Launch Party taking place on Friday 31 July 6-10pm at mac birmingham. Future C U R I O U S is a wide-ranging, free, open access development programme for aspiring and emerging artists, developed and produced by Amy Martin and Yinka … [Read more…]
Seemingly born from the ashes of ArtsFest and Four Squares Festival, Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Hippodrome bring you Birmingham Weekender “A free arts festival for all the family”. Birmingham’s major arts organisations will celebrate the city through music, dance, theatre, food, fashion and much more. Birmingham Weekender marks the opening of the newly transformed New Street Station … [Read more…]
Ooops! has recently opened up in Bearwood, describing itself as an artisan gallery and gift shop selling handmade artwork, prints, jewellery, stained glass, taxidermy and much more. They’re holding a couple of workshops with local designer/makers – Anna, who’s holding a workshop called ‘Loops n Sticks‘ for basic stitching, and Rebecca Cowley from Working Clasp Jewellery, for ‘Making Up … [Read more…]
The Holodeck is an artist-run small business offering a range of fine art, printing, and publication services. Services include Risograph design, printing (Flyers, Posters, booklets, postcards etc.), and short-run publishing (Perfect binding, Spiral/Wire-o binding, Saddle Stitching, Hard-cased) , fine art quality digital/Giclee printing up to A1, Letterpress and Foil work, embossing, and quality fine art … [Read more…]
Just a month to go until our event PKB – Powered by Pecha Kucha. With that in mind, we’ve announced the list of speakers: Lee Kemp (Vermillion Films) Sian Hindle (Jewellery) Steve Chamberlain (Sellotape Cinema) Ruth Harvey (Black Country Touring) Chris Randall (Second Home Studios) Jessica Rose (Authenticity) Join us on the 29th July, early bird … [Read more…]
Creative Alliance’s new unique and innovative digital platform Compass launches this Thursday. Compass will support students in finding careers in the creative and digital sectors, connecting them with the best businesses in the region. The launch event will be an opportunity to bring businesses, schools/colleges and young people together. Businesses Find out how Compass can help you recruit the … [Read more…]
Appleson’s classic portrait photographs of carefully selected demographic groups made in his makeshift portable studio are now well known. In towns and settlements from Cape Town to Mexico City to Kibbutz Hatzerim in Israel, Appleson sets up on beaches, street corners, and other public spaces, enabling a captivating representation of place. In this new body … [Read more…]