I could never draw much more than a stick man on an Etch-a-Sketch but as part of The Big Draw, mac have been inviting people to show off their knob-twizzling skills and produce Etch-a-Sketch artwork for Re:sketch. And the creativity hasn’t been restricted to the classic etch-a-sketch picture, as artists have been actively encouraged to paint and take … [Read more…]
Dance blogs in the West Midlands If you like dance, these are the blogs to follow Tindal Street Press’s summer ebook success | Tindal St Press “This summer the clear genre appeal of a regional crime novel and a summer beach romance have reached more readers than we could have expected”. Nicely done. Iona Waite … [Read more…]
Boxxed – the art, film, music and education venue on Floodgate Street in Digbeth – is to close its doors. The venue – which hosted the shoot for Juice Aleem’s Rock My Hologram music video and more – made this announcement on their Facebook page: It’s with a great deal of sadness that we have to … [Read more…]
Dean Melbourne‘s first solo show is now up at BryantPriestNewman. It’s on until December and you’re welcome to go check it out during office hours, just give them a shout first. Chantal Powell and Martin Pickard have both blogged about this already, with the latter having some good photos from the installation. FAKE Magazine were at … [Read more…]
Ridhi Kalaria, Josephine Reichert and Noemi, three artists and philosophers are planning to open ORT on the 11/11/11, an artist and community café and bar space in Balsall Heath Ort will be opening at the Make It Zone on 11 November (that’s 11/11/11 – a date of significant interest to the Corduroy Club) with Juneau Brothers … [Read more…]
I’ve got nothing to base this on particularly, but something tells me that the Shout Festival has been growing year on year. Is that right? I’m not sure what it is – maybe it’s something about the programme or the list of partner organisations involved. Maybe, heading into its third year, it’s something to do … [Read more…]
I wandered down Hill Street a few weeks back and, looking one of the hoardings, said “huh, that looks like it’s by Sola“. And so it is. From Laura McNamara‘s website: As part of Regenerated in conjunction with Network Rail; Remi/Rough, Juice126, Zoot, Julian Kimmings and Sola were asked to create large scale artworks to … [Read more…]
There’s an interview with Chu in the latest VNA. It’s not online, but here’s an excerpt: Where were you painting in those days? Back then you couldn’t afford a train ticket; you’d get a coach down to Bristol with a bag of paint. Because I worked for Walsall Youth Arts, there were only three sites … [Read more…]