Midlands Fashion Designer Awards have their 5th annual fashion event on Friday 19th October at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Edgbaston. It showcases some of the most creative emerging fashion talent from across the Midlands, the UK, and for the first time, international designers. The botanical gardens are a beautiful location so I should imagine … [Read more…]
Vanley’s work represents a photographic document of the Caribbean diaspora in post war Britain, detailing the experience of Black people in the UK and their community identity. There’s 100 photographs dating from 1968 to 2011 and is part of the Mac at 50 programme of events and exhibitions celebrating the Mac’s 50th birthday, and the provision … [Read more…]
Oxjam Brum is back once again, with all proceeds donated directly to Oxfam. Oxjam Brum is a celebration of independents, with 40 artists, bands, performers and djs from across Birmingham taking to festival stages located in Frederick, Symphony Hall Café Bar, The Yardbird, Café Blend, Island Bar, The Victoria and the Sunflower Lounge. Plus Oxjam … [Read more…]
If you’re in Birmingham this weekend (11th-13th October 2012) you’re spoilt for choice of creative, cultural, and likely to be very enjoyable happenings across the city. Essentially CiB isn’t a listings website, but we thought it would be sensible to do a quick round up. We’ve already featured bits and bobs from Eye Candy Design … [Read more…]
TROVE have worked with 146 local, national and international artists who have created, exhibited and performed as part of their programme over the last three years. Situated in the Old Science Museum on Newhall Street, TROVE is an independent art gallery who have worked with Fierce Festival, Hereford Photography Festival, Hedge Enquiry, Minnie Weisz Studio, Museum of Lost Heritage, … [Read more…]
Chris has written about the Coffee Club Collective before on CiB, introducing them with links pointing you to the individual members of the coffee club. The original 5 members of the CCC graduated this year from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, and since then, they’ve had several solo exhibitions, and have acquired a new … [Read more…]
KINO 10 have two events on in south Birmingham tomorrow. The first is OPEN YOUR NOGGIN in collaboration with Stirchley community cheerleaders Stirchley Happenings. KINO 10 have programmed a series of short kids films, suitable for all ages. It’s being screened upstairs at T.A.S.C.O.S (the Ten Acres and Stirchley Co-operative Society Social Club) on Hazelwell Lane, … [Read more…]
“Writing West Midlands would like to invite you to an evening reception to launch the exciting new programme for the 14th Birmingham Book Festival with two unique literature experiences, raising awareness of the RNIB and their recently launched fundraising campaign Read for RNIB Day to help blind and partially sighted people access the written word. … [Read more…]