- The New Art Gallery Walsall – Mitra Memarzia: The Unwanted Gift Shop
“Mitra Memarzia will transform the Artists’ Studio at the gallery into a gift shop where unwanted items will be celebrated and given a new lease of life”. 18 Jan – 18 April 2010, although you can leave gifts at reception in advance if you like - The Through the Viewfinder photography of Pete Ashton
The online hub of Pete’s TTV Photography is up and running. He’s an Artist now, dontchaknow - Digbeth is Good » Ben Waddington’s beer mat art at The Spotted Dog
“an advent calendar made up of painted beer mats depicting signs and scenes personally significant to Ben. It’s on display until the twelfth day of Christmas, 6th January 2010” - Wolverhampton declared to be a better city than Detroit, Los Angeles, Seoul and Accra
In a frankly tossy survey by Lonely Planet that I shouldn’t really wasting a link on, except it’s an opportunity to say that Art Gallery, Light House and quality of gigs at the Civic are all pretty darn good. So there.