kaos-arts is led by artist Karen Osborne who specialises in innovative participatory arts projects which help improve places inside and outside, offering a wide portfolio of arts based projects for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities
The Big Picture people have news of the Birmingham Royal Ballet offering free tickets for a preview of their upcoming show, ‘Russian Steps‘ on 8 October at the Hipodrome. The new show consists of three ballets by Russian composers: ‘Concerto’ is a pure dance piece from master choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. ‘The Firebird’ is a magical … [Read more…]
Russell Hall Design Russell Hall is “a freelance graphic designer based in the West Midlands, currently working for a variety of clients on mainly print based projects. Have a look at my portfolio site www.russelljhall.com to see some of my work”. This here is his blog Black International Film Festival 2008 – Call for Entries … [Read more…]
I don’t want to come across like an advert for football on Sky, but there are three things happening in Birmingham this weekend and they’re all (to coin a phrase) kind of a big deal: Project X Presents (Sat 13th, 8pm to 3am) – this promises to be very cool indeed. Comedy, music, visuals, weird … [Read more…]
This quote from Graphiquillan stuck with me and has given D’log food for though too: I’m often frustrated by the stamp of the council’s logo on everything creative that is sanctioned. Whenever I see that logo, there’s a switch that flips in my mind, and (probably unfairly) signals to me: “Hmmm, probably a bit dull. … [Read more…]
BiNS and Keri Davies have both gawped at the fantastic parkour (free-running – remember Jump Britain? The start of Casino Royale? Ah, nevermind) pictures by Sutton Coldfield’s Mark Lilly. The photos were for Deleted Scenes but are also up on Flickr too. This here shot was taken in Sutton Coldfield: The others are worth a … [Read more…]
I was only saying to someone the other day that things had gone quiet at Eastside Projects. The new artist space/gallery was slated to open (much) earlier in the year but seemed beset with delays. No matter, because the opening party has been announced for Friday 26 September. The first exhibition will be ‘This is … [Read more…]
Creative Republic managed to snatch victory from defeat the other night – the star turn couldn’t make the ‘Creative Masterclass with Michael Wolff‘ so instead we were given a chance to ponder what the Birmingham’s presentation of our very important (as we’re constantly being told at the mo) creative scene. Stef Lewandowski kicked things off … [Read more…]