The Guardian’s summer arts calendar
The Guardian have been doing a series of summer city guides and they asked us to write about some of the stuff happening in Birmingham over the next few months. Ian and I duly obliged.
This is a service announcement
If things have been a little quieter here recently, it’s because I’ve just started working for Made Media after they bought my company. You know what it’s like when you start a new job. Anyway, there’s a blog post about that here and normal service is being resumed. Made Media are the folks that built … [Read more…]
CiB links for 28 May 2011
VIVID exhibition: ECSTATIC (13 May-18 June) “a visual and sensory season of moving image works and intervention exploring heightened emotions and altered states”. What more could you ask for? First Light Seeks a Media Production Company “First Light would like to commission a production company to produce ten ‘How to’ short films” A New Generation … [Read more…]
BE Festival fundraising
BE Festival are crowdfunding the last bit of cash needed for the festival which is due to take place 4-10 July: We have secured an enormous amount of support-in-kind from the major Birmingham arts organisations but we are facing a £2000 cash shortfall to be able to fully realise the 2011 edition in its current … [Read more…]
Kindles and comics
A couple of things if you’re in the business of making things other people might like to read. Kindle Camp – A Kindle Publishing Workshop Digital Birmingham, The New Optimists and Birmingham City Council Web Services Team have joined together to put on a workshop to go through the process of publishing your text to the Kindle. This … [Read more…]
WaB’s change of direction
We Are Birmingham have announced that they’ll: cease trading as a retail operation and are now investigating ways to move the organisation towards a new model, offering valuable exhibition space and meeting rooms at it’s city centre location, whilst still working to support the local creative community So it’s not closing yet, it’s just not … [Read more…]
Ding dong…
Avon Calling! ‘Avon Calling’ being the name of a new show from The Other Way Works. I say ‘show’, but it is in fact “a new theatre event made for your living room”: Invite some friends around and wait for the Avon Lady to ring on your front door and create an Avon party with … [Read more…]
Open Space 2
AE Harris will host a two day Open Space conference on 23rd and 24th June, under the title “What more can we do to create a better future for theatre in the West Midlands?” The event is open to anyone working in the broad area of Theatre within the West Midlands. Open Space is a fun and … [Read more…]