Misc

From willgrant Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.

Over the last few months Birmingham Printmakers have been relocating from the old Birmingham Artists building on Lee Bank to their new home at 90 Floodgate Street, Digbeth. The move has been documented by BPM member and technician Phil Wilkinson over January and February who also informs us the grand opening will take place on … [Read more…]

From abrinsky Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details. A bit of context

Usually I just put these notices in the bulleted links but this one’s worth noting in it’s own post. A few weeks back I had a chat over tea with Emily and Elise, the two, yes two, people who run the entirety of ArtsFest about how they might use blogs and that to help the … [Read more…]

The British Glass Biennale is taking place in Stourbridge from 22 August to 28 September. Entries have to be in by March 28th. The British Glass Biennale is the foremost exhibition of excellence in contemporary glass by artists, designers and craftspeople currently working in Britain. Taking place every two years at the Ruskin Glass Centre … [Read more…]

“Everybody who wishes to take part in ArtsFest must complete an application form and submit it by 28th March 2008.” That’s next Friday.

Nic Treadwell wrote (bloody ages ago actually – sorry!) about his Homegrown Podcast where he’s been featuring artists form Birmingham and elsewhere for a couple of years now. He’s interested in doing interviews / features with folk in his Rowly Regis studio. Get in touch at nic [at] homegrownpodcast.co.uk

Amusing error in the (quite lovely) current MAC program which made me smile: Which gives me the excuse to remind you that the MAC is closing for 18 months of refurb on April 7th – that’s just over a fortnight away – and they’re going out with a bang with some cool stuff on right … [Read more…]