Academic Stewart Brown has produced an extensive set of prints in which he adopts and twists the words which constantly surround him, while combining this with his experiences of African buses, Caribbean carnival and postmodern Birmingham. I live in Letterland, an illuminated Babel, beautiful, unsayable, meaningless, profound. His current exhibition Babel is on display at … [Read more…]
The Art Bar is a new venture opened by the Q-Club, based in the Methodist Central Hall on Corporation Street. Hosted by The Sauce Gallery, the Art Bar will hold monthly exhibitions, open daily from 12 midday til late for visitors to pop in and browse art work while relaxing with a drink. With newly … [Read more…]
Blogging the retail game « I Am Pete Ashton “So starting in a fortnight I’m going to start my journey, exploring the indie retail landscape of Birmingham from a We Are Birmingham perspective” Pete’s good at blogging. This’ll be interesting Digbeth is Good » Hither and Thither’s tour of Digbeth art spaces A nice run … [Read more…]
Karen Kiely‘s been looking at Birmingham’s fashion blogging scene, which is something she’ll apparently be exploring as part of her Social Media as Culture module on her Masters. She’s picked out Style Birmingham, Uber Brum and The Doll on Fashion. I thought I’d have a root around for a few others. Rajmeena posts sketches, there … [Read more…]
Flip Animation Festival is happening on 4 – 6 November in Wolverhampton. The festival is organised by Light House Media Centre and hosts a programme of educational workshops for young people, along with experimental animation for grown ups, plus industry led panels, feature film screenings, international showcases, retrospectives of short films and spotlights on animation … [Read more…]
On 21 October, Geese Theatre Company ask “…but does it work?”: Researching Theatre with Offenders. Geese Theatre Company invites you to “…but does it work?”, a unique event to gain insight into one of the leading arts organisations working within the Criminal Justice System and to hear from leading academics who have conducted independent research … [Read more…]
The Traditional Arts Team have got a busy Autumn schedule, filled with dancing, storytelling and folk music. With events held across Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull, there’s plenty of opportunities to get involved all the way through to December. A few highlights include the Storytelling Cafe which is held at various venues, Moseley Village Band held … [Read more…]
Moseley Exchange are hosting a hosting a workshop on 14 October, organised by Moseley and Kings Heath Labour Party, around how those areas can support the creative community locally. Discussions will be led by the following locally-living people (this copy/pasted from the email I received): Sally Luton was – until she recently retired – a … [Read more…]