The Warwick Bar Summer Fête returns this Saturday. Expect food, music, workshops and the chance to see shows at the galleries inhabiting Minerva Works. For the first time, a flotilla of narrow boats and floating market will also be mooring up and offering a range of food, crafts, plants and antiques. With the Beer Bash … [Read more…]
At Home With Vanley Burke, a new exhibition at IKON: The project sees the entire contents of Burke’s flat in Nechells, north-east Birmingham, transported to Ikon’s main exhibition space. Referred to as the “Godfather of Black British photography”, Burke (b. Jamaica, 1951) is also a dedicated archivist and collector of objects relating to black culture … [Read more…]
This weekend sees a celebration of the diversity and creativity of the Jewellery Quarter. As well as live music, outdoor performances, vintage fair, food stalls and a helter-skelter, many of the brilliant industries that have their home in the area will be opening their doors especially over the weekend as part of an Open Studios … [Read more…]
Next Gen invites you to the Future C U R I O U S Launch Party taking place on Friday 31 July 6-10pm at mac birmingham. Future C U R I O U S is a wide-ranging, free, open access development programme for aspiring and emerging artists, developed and produced by Amy Martin and Yinka … [Read more…]
Seemingly born from the ashes of ArtsFest and Four Squares Festival, Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Hippodrome bring you Birmingham Weekender “A free arts festival for all the family”. Birmingham’s major arts organisations will celebrate the city through music, dance, theatre, food, fashion and much more. Birmingham Weekender marks the opening of the newly transformed New Street Station … [Read more…]
Last year, during the 50th anniversary celebrations for Birmingham University’s cultural studies department, the amazing photographs of Janet Mendelsohn were unearthed. Taken between 1967 and 1968, they are a snapshot of the streets and bomb-sites of Balsall Heath and Highgate on the brink of great change. In advance of an exhibition at Ikon in 2016, … [Read more…]
Ooops! has recently opened up in Bearwood, describing itself as an artisan gallery and gift shop selling handmade artwork, prints, jewellery, stained glass, taxidermy and much more. They’re holding a couple of workshops with local designer/makers – Anna, who’s holding a workshop called ‘Loops n Sticks‘ for basic stitching, and Rebecca Cowley from Working Clasp Jewellery, for ‘Making Up … [Read more…]
This year will be the last Fierce with directors Laura McDermott and Harun Morrison at the helm, and they’re planning to go out with a very characteristic bang. The festival programme has been announced, and early bird tickets are now on sale. The five day festival taking place from 7-11 October across Birmingham and Warwick … [Read more…]