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…]
As part of the Eye Candy Festival, an oh so tasty Birmingham celebration of graphic design and illustration, the grand folk of Inkygoodness have announced the details of their open event, entitled SKETCH Brum. Looking to get canvas dressers of all sorts together, this will be a chance for you come down with your pencils and … [Read more…]
“Crikey!! A crazed train passenger eating monster on the rampage in Birmingham!!” By Jimmy Rogers Jimmy is an illustrator, he doodles for Orb, and lots of other exciting things you can browse on his portfolio. I came across this on my lunch break browsing his blog.
After our earlier post about volunteering we’ve learnt of two more opportunities; Espirito Brum and Irish in Birmingham are celebrating Brazilian and Irish culture respectively. After successfully taking The Flyover Show to South Africa earlier this year Soweto Kinch brings it back to it’s Hockley roots. Also tomorrow Six Summer Saturdays continues with NoFit State … [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…]
Eye Candy, a Festival of Visual Pop Culture, will be taking place in Birmingham on 11-14th October this year. Fused has several new public art commissions available to illustrators, artists and designers, and typographers for prominent locations in Southside. The deadline is Friday 17th August. Also part of Eye Candy is a commission for artists … [Read more…]
There are now just two days left until the closing date for entries for the Inkygoodness Beermat Character Competition. This competition is the latest project from Inkygoodness. Set up in 2008, and run by Lisa Hassell and Michelle Turton, Inkygoodness aims to provide a platform for new and emerging talent to showcase their work alongside … [Read more…]
Birmingham’s premier graffiti artist versus illustrator battle ‘Secret Walls‘ has been making a comeback in recent months, with the Rainbow in Digbeth playing host to a series of live drawing sessions between some of the cities most well known sketchers. The artists are given a large canvas and 90 minutes to give it their best, … [Read more…]