Art at 0%
Audiences Central points us to Own Art, an intriguing Arts Council scheme where you can borrow up to £2000 interest free to buy some art.
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Brumcast #79
Brumcast 79 is up: [audio:http://ipodnetworks.com/podcast/363/2023_hifi.mp3] One hour of local music featuring Wrapped in Plastic, Phluxm, Miles Hunt, One Dead Groove, Wurlitztraction , The Drowners, Crashdown!, Rebel Territory, The Detrimentals, The Courtesy Group, Understar, Death05, Doom Patrol, The Skeleton Cartel, The Legatos, Terrorform, The 21cm line, Murdoch, Intelligenazia, Paisley Riot and Relay.
Am Dram Roundup
Here’s a handy roundup of the local amateur theater scene from John Slim of The Post.
7inch Listings
More listings joy, this time from 7inch Cinema for all your moving image and tangentially related needs in the Birmingham conurbation.
New Crowded website
Photographer Craig Holme’s Crowded Gallery website has had an overhaul. It has more of a black and white print focus. I also prefer the more modern home page, which has almost everything in one location – including an RSS feed for new images.
Dr Ann Sumner
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 First Big Weekend of the Winter
The First Big Weekend of the Winter. Autumn Store Dunc does the diary thing, notable in this case for the abundance of links, many leading to local stuff. Go clickety click.
More Creative Director stuff
Some follow-up to the Creative Director notion blogged about on Sunday: Stef Lewandowski asks What Is Birmingham’s Creative Direction? putting the development of the city into the framework of a project. Paul Groves says Birmingham’s creativity can’t be stifled by politics. There are also some interesting comments after Joanna Geary’s post on the subject.