7inch October listings “a list of interesting things happening around Birmingham over the next 31 days or so”. You should definitely sign up to their newsletter Turning Point West Midlands | Visual Art and Craft in the West Midlands A run-down of the venues, collections, festivals, schools and artist support programmes, as well as ways of … [Read more…]
FlixFixer launched at the Custard Factory last night. It’s been on my radar for a while but I’ve not had much chance to check it out. I’ve just had a look and I suspect it might be a genius idea. It’s really quite simple: You pick a cinema (just the Custard Factory for now) You … [Read more…]
From p.13 of the BBC’s Delivering Quality First plan: Factual programming for BBC television and Radio 4 would be moved out of Birmingham and consolidated largely to Bristol and Cardiff, though television production investment with independent producers in the Midlands would increase. Substantial network television drama (eg Doctors, Land Girls) and radio drama (The Archers) … [Read more…]
This from Andy Charrington at Jealous Designs: I have the opportunity to start a new space where creatives can have a permanent base whilst having the opportunity to work with other like minded people. I’d like to tell you about it and see if you might be interested! The space is in Fazeley Studios in … [Read more…]
Town Hall Symphony Hall have released an animation created by Digbeth’s Second Home Studios about the workings of their famous organ. The film was commissioned by THSH, with the support of the DMC McDonald Foundation, and was created by animator Chris Randall at Second Home Studios to a poem by Symphony Hall’s poet-in-residence Julie Boden. … [Read more…]
Ballet in Birmingham is a nice little thing from Birmingham Royal Ballet and Richard Battye. Click the pic for info.
CommunityForce is a platform that empowers local projects and charities to raise awareness of their work and make their plans a reality with the support of NatWest and their local community. Local charities and projects stand to be awarded £6k if they accumulate enough votes. Of the local projects, the following would appreciate your click: … [Read more…]
Following the closure of the Creative Partnerships Programme, Bright Space announced that they would be closing. Today’s their last day. This from Stan’s Cafe: It’s sad because Brightspace were behind a huge number of inspirational projects that took artists into schools to work creatively with students and teachers. Now, despite a great report from OFSTED … [Read more…]