Dave Hilliard interviews the writer and blogger Thomas Moronic. Here’s the obligatory Birmingham quote: The Midlands has other influences as well. As you know, it can be difficult being an artist round here sometimes because it can be quite an isolated place, if you are of a certain creative mindset. The place can be very … [Read more…]
Grimley of The Post talks to Dr Ann Sumner, the new director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, in this long and detailed interview.
The Whining Wench draws my attention to Dave Hilliard. He’s an artist and here he is with some of his art. That photo was taken from a long-ish interview conducted by Thomas Moronic earlier in the year. Worth a read.
Digital Central has an interview with “band manager, label owner, promoter and magazine producer” Scott Roe of Solar Creations as part of their series of chats with music industry folks about what’s good and bad and needed in Birmingham. His summary is worth swiping I feel: Strengths * The region is extremely diverse in terms … [Read more…]
The third in my series of long interviews with notable people on the Birmingham creative scene is with Rich Batsford. Rich is a pianist who’s lived in Moseley all his life. However, the main focus of the interview is Project X Presents, a collective of performers and technicians who put on the multi-genre Like Fxck … [Read more…]
Click here for a long interview with Mark Badger. A long time fixture on the Birmingham music scene Mark runs Iron Man Records and in 2000 founded the Birmingham Music Network.
My first meeting in this exploration of the Birmingham Creative Community was with Rob Youngson, a digital fine artist who is currently represented by the St Pauls Gallery in the Jewellery Quarter. His work is inspired by the geography of Birmingham to create landscapes reminiscent of Rembrandt and Turner. We were joined by Laurence Quant, … [Read more…]