Winter showcase – 6th December 10.00am – 6.00pm City of Colours is back! Come and join us for our winter showcase, involving over 30 local artists, a huge Christmas market hall, affordable art sale, DJs, retro gaming, graffiti battle on NYC style subway carriage, face painting, screen printing, break dancing and graffiti workshops. Oh and … [Read more…]
Jenny and Pete are building a portable Camera Obscura for Birmingham and need your help to make it happen AMAZING. There are camera obscuras all around the world but not in Birmingham – the second biggest city in the UK. We want to fix that. We have a five-year plan to build lots of camera obscuras in the … [Read more…]
Recently discovered Indent – “a curatorial project based in Birmingham that is coming to a venue near you.” Here’s their first event: Indent invites you to join us in a drawing workshop where we will be exploring fragility and the positive effects of limitations. All materials will be provided although we encourage you to bring along … [Read more…]
Guest post by Lara Shingles / Inkygoodness: After weeks of sifting through a dizzying collection of submissons, we’re delighted to announce the winners of Inkygoodness & Created in Birmingham’s Glug Birmingham Poster Competition – Louise Byng and Laurie Ramsell. A fun, playful and inventive competition entry, the creative pair ticked all our boxes with their playful DIY … [Read more…]
Here’s a quickfire round-up of activities at our Glug Birmingham event with Inkygoodness next Thursday 20th November at Boxxed. Tickets available on eventbrite, standard tickets priced £10. Inkygoodness & Created in Birmingham present ‘Midland Masters’ – a series of three events featuring talks by local designers, illustrators and creative studios celebrating the creative talent of … [Read more…]
This week a new space for art, technology and science opens in Birmingham city centre. Located just round the corner from the Electric Cinema, BOM (Birmingham Open Media) will include a gallery, co-working and creative spaces, open studios, wetlab and cafe. The launch night takes place on Friday from 6pm with the opening of their … [Read more…]
From Thursday – Sunday this week, Shout Festival celebrates queer arts and culture with a long weekend of theatre, performances, workshops and exciting activities throughout the city. This is Shout’s sixth year of bringing the best in LGBT arts to Birmingham. The festival kicks off at mac Birmingham with Fierce & Fabulous, a high energy … [Read more…]
Eye Candy Festival kicks off this week, celebrating the best of visual pop culture, and bringing world-class pop artists, illustrators, photographers and designers to Digbeth. The free festival will feature one-off installations, street art, workshops, talks and performance. Artists include Daisy de Villeneuve, who will lead an illustration masterclass; Paris-based artist Fafi, Miss Led and … [Read more…]