As part of June’s Digbeth First Friday, Vivid Projects present Constructing The Self, a night of new art works, music and audience participation in celebration of the creative life of David Bowie. Put on your red shoes (in fact choose from 150 pairs) and dance the blues, or explore video works and installations by members … [Read more…]
On the Road to Belonging, created by Work in Progress (WiP) and funded by Arts Council England, is a multi-art form event supporting young people and children in exploring themes of belonging taking place on Wednesday 1 June, 12noon – 8pm at mac birmingham. As part of the event WiP will present a brand new piece of … [Read more…]
Amy Martin got in touch with us to tell us about Birmingham Soup: —- What is SOUP? SOUP is a democratic experiment in micro-funding. Each month we hold a Birmingham SOUP event at Impact Hub Birmingham, you bring a dish to share (if you want) and pay a suggested donation of £5 or more on the door. Audiences … [Read more…]
Make/Shift/Space is a new portable artist structure which will host a programme of live art making through residencies, workshops and events in public locations until July. Devised by artist-duo Hickey+Warner, the project is supported by Arts Council England and mac birmingham. The roving platform connects the mechanics of everyday space with the process of artistic … [Read more…]
Next week as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham, PechaKucha Birmingham present vol.14 of their events series. There’s been four speakers announced, of a dance and movement theme: Iris Bertz, an interpreter and visual arts producer, says “somehow dance has always been part of my life, but only recently I have discovered how important it … [Read more…]
Museums at Night runs from today until Saturday across the country. Museums, galleries and heritage sites will be throwing open their doors after hours for special evening events. Events in Birmingham include: Twilight Tours of Winterbourne House and Garden. A torch lit tour of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. A tour of Newman Brothers’ Factory … [Read more…]
An exhibition of ‘Daves’ drawn by 50 artists to support Pancreatic Cancer UK. Following the death of the ‘Only Fools and Horses’ star Roger Lloyd Pack in 2014, Pancreatic Cancer UK launched a national fundraiser ‘Call Everyone Dave Day’ inspired by the character that Roger famously played. As part of this fundraising initiative artist Dan … [Read more…]
International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) takes place across the city until 22 May. From Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 May, head to Centenary Square for Live Nights – four nights of free spectacular performances. Performances will start at 6pm and Digbeth Dining Club will also be offering food. Each night will culminate in a perfomance … [Read more…]