For one term only, mac birmingham is setting up its very own art school. They are looking for artists from the West Midlands, regardless of art form, age or experience to take part. Inspired by ground-breaking art schools such as Black Mountain College, USA and the more current artist-led and DIY art school initiatives such … [Read more…]
On 26th April, PowWow Festival of Writing returns for its fourth year to The Prince of Wales with a programme “that brings you more bang for your book.” This year, the festival welcomes internationally-acclaimed screenwriter and BAFTA fellow Andrew Davies (House of Cards, A Very Peculiar Practice), author and Salt Publishing editor Nicholas Royle (Best … [Read more…]
On Friday 27 March Grand Union celebrates its fifth anniversary. It is also celebrating that it has secured funding until 2017. Over the last five years, Grand Union has shown 28 exhibitions, worked with over 200 artists and commissioned the same number of new artworks. The gallery has welcomed 10,000 visitors and also provides studio … [Read more…]
As well as Flatpack Film Festival, Frontiers Festival, Birmingham Digital Week and Equinox kicking off this week (phew, what a list!) the University of Birmingham’s Arts and Science Festival takes place for a third year. Running from today until Sunday and with the theme of ‘Sight & Sound’, the free festival will showcase culture, research … [Read more…]
On Saturday 14 March Centrala Gallery hosts Shortwaves Film Festival, one of the largest and most prestigious film events in Poland. The festival takes place every year in more than thirty Polish and international cities, and focuses on the promotion of Polish short films. The festival screening will consist of seven short films spanning all … [Read more…]
Supersonic Festival have had a successful kickstarter – but it isn’t too late to become a supporter and get a great reward in return, whether it’s for a festival pass (which I bagged) a teatowel, or to be worshipped as their pagan deity of Supersonic Festival… The kickstarter ends on 14th March at 5pm!
Back in December we issued a call for artists for the Wild at Heart project “The Big Hoot” where a unique collection of owl sculptures will create a trail across Birmingham this summer. The deadline for submissions was early January and the Wild at Heart team received over 275 potential owl designs. Artists are gradually being … [Read more…]
Info about BOM’s Spring Programme: “Birmingham’s newest creative collaborative workspace will be turned into a pop up laboratory this spring as BOM (Birmingham Open Media) launches its second major programme, Live: R&D. Following the success of BOM’s launch programme with the Chaos Computer Club, Europe’s largest network of hackers, the Live: R&D programme will showcase … [Read more…]