Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
Another Turning Point meeting is being held on 11 August, 6:30-8pm at Eastside Projects for those of you who missed the previous one. These informal meetings are the first stage in a process to develop a Visual Arts Strategy for the West Midlands and will feed in to the Working Groups. The TPWM Steering Group … [Read more…]
Mistakes are Beautiful is the portfolio of designer, Marco D’Andrea. Behind every mistake is something beautiful. I am a design student at the ripe and fertile age of 21, i spend my hours high up in my nest situated in a city once valued at twenty shillings. I enjoy crisp paper, fine inks, poscas, organic substance … [Read more…]
Venue: Austin Court, Birmingham Date: 3 August 2010 In the blue corner – David ‘the Prime Minister’ Cameron. Conservative MP for Whitney. In the (um, *checks website branding*) purple and orange corner – Ni ‘CEO of Audiences Central‘ Singh Ni wanted to know: what future role he saw culture playing in the development of his … [Read more…]
Dirty Bristow, a new magazine, is due to be launched at a summer fete to be held on Saturday 28 August at The Edge. In fact, such events (tickets for this one are a fiver) will be the way that the magazine is funded. In return they promise absolute creative freedom for their writers. I … [Read more…]
The other day I went along to a meeting at Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to see what’s being done about forming the new Local Enterprise Partnerships (you may recall I mentioned these the other week). I might write up the event sometime, but I’ve got a feeling that things will have moved on again before … [Read more…]
Does anyone know? The Project X website says this (I’ve highlighted the pertinent bit with a red box and, just in case, added a red arrow): Project X events are/were ace.
Same deal as last time. I’ll talk about funding cuts but I’ll finish with a picture of a cute bunny. DCMS’s latest news is that they’ll: abolish the UK Film Council (although government and Lottery support of film will continue) abolish the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, which is based in Birmingham merge the National Lottery Commission … [Read more…]
Here are some pics of a couple of posters/fold-out leaflet things. I was sent this one which publicises Grand Union‘s thing with Justin Carter: And I picked up this one which is stuffed with the mind-bogglingly long list of events Rhubarb Rhubarb are doing/associated with over the next few weeks: Btw, if you want half-price … [Read more…]