From 15th March – 14th June 2014, Eastside Projects will be proudly exhibiting the work of Bill Drummond, with a special preview evening starting from 6pm – 8pm tonight (14th March.) The team at Eastside Projects have been working hard, preparing to host the first stage of Bill Drummond’s World Tour (2014 – 2025), ‘The 25 Paintings’. Prior to tonight’s … [Read more…]
‘The Event‘ at The ThinkTank at Millennium Point is an opportunity for young and youngish people to debate and decide the future of local art, heritage and culture. On Saturday 15th March, people from across the West Midlands are coming together for this free creative consultation event that empowers young people to take leadership roles. There … [Read more…]
A group of socially active young people from award-winning youth empowerment charity, Envision, are partnering with Unchosen to Break The Chain of Human Trafficking in Birmingham. This will be an evening of powerful short-films from independent film makers – shining a light on a practice that thrives in the shadows. The event begins at 7pm … [Read more…]
Small Talk = “A polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters”. There’s an event coming up – which although is sold out – is without a doubt, still worthy of a mention so that you don’t miss out next time. You can get on the waiting list via their eventbrite page just in case there any … [Read more…]
Beatfreeks have teamed up with BBC Radio 1Xtra and the exciting new Soundlounge project to produce a must-see evening of spoken word and live music on Tuesday 18th February. The Beatfreeks collective is a youth-led social enterprise committed to creating social change, empowering young people and unleashing creativity in everyone. This group of local artists are … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Good For Nothing team have announced the first date for their first gig, ‘Changin’ The Kitchen’. (we wrote about Good For Nothing back in October if you need a reminder about what GFN Birmingham is) Below is an excerpt from their invite… We’ll be getting together for 24hours of thinking, making and … [Read more…]
Upon entering OFF KEY Studio, you are not confronted with any skin. This place is about the drawings; the sketches, the design style, the colour rendering, examples of the artists’ work adorning the walls. There’s an air of calm, with space to breathe and walls covered with inspiring examples of established tattoo artists. Forget intimidating … [Read more…]
Kirsty M is a papercraft artist/illustrator from the Black Country – she’s very recently relocated and is now based in Cornwall. Last year Kirsty was asked to be part of Handmade Boutique, the pop-up shop shop in the Great Western Arcade. In response to this she created a beautiful, intricate piece of artwork of some recognisable … [Read more…]