Misc

Graphiquillan blogs: The idea for these button badge mock-ups came as a result of a number of experiences since I moved to Birmingham. The theme: the oddities of interpretations of place names in Birmingham derived from typos, spell-check suggestions, mispronunciations and adolescent mischief. The full set, should you want to turn them into badges yourself, … [Read more…]

Over on the Ikon site there’s a 1hr45m recording of a symposium on printmaking that took place on Feb 20th. Ikon and Birmingham City University School of Art co-hosted a lively roundtable discussion about the nature of contemporary printmaking. The implications of digital technology were considered not just in terms of production, but also its … [Read more…]

The Birmingham St Patrick’s Festival has a new website, proudly launched last month. Given that this represents one of the major cultural celebrations in the city, one which has been claimed to be one of the largest outside of New York (if I remember rightly) I’d be interested to hear what you all think.

Tracy Saunders writes: Hi Pete I’m pulling together some information on Birmingham’s art scene for the University of the Arts London (which includes St. Martin’s) and Arts newspaper on why London students should consider coming to Birmingham post graduation. I’ve done a round-up of galleries, theatres, venues etc and wanted to liven it up with … [Read more…]

Artsfest sent through their newsletter as a Word document. Which was… nice. The thing is, it’s got a shedload of really useful and interesting information that really should be up on their website. So in the interests of public service (and to get myself some quick and easy content) here’s their roundup of what some … [Read more…]

You probably know Paul Murphy as the poet in the hat who joins The Destroyers on stage to rant about a fascist regime and have an awareness that he’s also a singer / songwriter of some repute and well respected within the city. Or at least that’s where I was regarding him. So it was … [Read more…]

If you pop into the Mac today and look on the counter you’ll see a stack of tabloid supplements put together by the Birmingham Post to mark the inemant closure and rebuilding of the centre. And since the two main articles were written by the mighty Terry Grimley, who’s knowledge of the history of Birmingham’s … [Read more…]

The second Birmingham Bloggers Meetup is on Monday, February 18 at the Dragon Inn on Hurst St (used to be an O’Neills). That link is the Facebook event page so for those not using the evil beastie here’s the skinny. The meet starts at 7.00 and should last for a couple of hours at least. … [Read more…]