Scribblefiti
Scribblefiti exhibition now at Urban Coffee Company in the Jewellery Quarter. More info at Area Magazine.
Scribblefiti exhibition now at Urban Coffee Company in the Jewellery Quarter. More info at Area Magazine.
Yesterday I spent a surprising amount of time on the Facebook Page for the Birmingham Ballroom – the new name for the venue that was the Hummingbird and then the Academy in Dale End. The End, the smallest of the three rooms (and presumably the old Bar Academy) is due to open next month with … [Read more…]
Fundraising Session from the RSC « mid * point “the Royal Shakespeare Company would like to share its resources and expertise, and have put togethera fundraising session that will be held in Birmingham on Monday 19 September from 1.30pm -4.30pm” Birmingham: Why Bother? • Future Cities of the Future As always the rhetorical answer to … [Read more…]
I like to call it the illegal legal underground underground So says someone (Tony, I think, but I’m not sure) in this decent video – not just a tour around PST but a chat with some of the people involved in starting the venue.
Short feature on Gareth Courage‘s exhibition at We Are Birmingham. Also covers the launch of First Fold Records‘ ‘Premier Pli’ magazine. Includes interviews with Alex Bermingham, Gareth Courage and John Hanson. The video’s been put together nicely by 144 who are just setting up by the looks of things. In the meantime have a look … [Read more…]
Creative Leap was a professional development programme (led by Sampad and The Drum) for new and emerging Birmingham-based artists that ran for roughly a year. It was ended in March this year and a review booklet/brochure landed on my desk the other day with information about everyone who took part. Eleven individual artists and four … [Read more…]
While looking for something completely different the other day, I stumbled across a set of photos on BMAG’s Flickr account called ‘Behind the Scenes at BMAG‘. Very interesting it was too – fashion shoots, roof works (with views across the city) and the conservation studio. Here’s the slideshow:
I popped in to the launch of the Preclusion exhibition at the derelict/occupied Whitmarley building in Stirchley last night. For something that had come together so quickly (and a big well done to Harry for managing that) it was great to see a decent crowd down there (not quite shown in the photo below). It … [Read more…]