You’ll have to excuse some slightly hectic posting this week and next while I get my head round 300ish new RSS feeds and an inbox stuffed with interesting (and hopefully not yet out of date) emails. I’ll also introduce myself properly later but for now, here’s a round-up: “aCtiVe arts is a steering group, made … [Read more…]
Animation Forum West Midlands are running an after-work (6.30pm to 8.30pm) event at The Rainbow in Digbeth on Monday 28 April 2008. It’s called Shorts on Walls and in their own words: Whether or not you actually make short films, Shorts on Walls is a great chance for animators to meet and network after work … [Read more…]
On May 1st Pete Ashton, being myself, will stop running Created in Birmingham. It’ll be run by Chris Unitt. First the admin stuff. If you’re not already doing so, please start sending email to createdinbirmingham [at] gmail.com so that they go directly to Chris. I’ll still be around as a kind of “blogger emeritus” making … [Read more…]
Lots of filmnights going on 7 Inch Cinema round up the local activity. (tags: cinema film 7inch) Experiments with retail Andrew Dubber introduces Liquid Crunch, his new online music shop where you can “return” the mp3 if you don’t like it for a full refund. (tags: dubber liquidcrunch music internet mp3)
News to me here is that the Moselely Folk Festival is a three day event this year, starting at 3pm on the Friday. Other than that it looks to be the usual mix of old school folkie classics, nu-folk (or whatever) and quirky stuff. Nice! Here’s the lineup and tickets are on sale with a … [Read more…]
27 Thoughts On Blogging For The Artist Useful. I’d agree with all of this. (tags: blogging tips artist via:jonbounds) 383news – » Broadstreet.co.uk Launches John383 talks us through the new Broad Street website which has a lot of really cool features on it that you wouldn’t normally expect for a Business Improvement District site. (tags: … [Read more…]
On Saturday semi-serious (i think) art group Digital Is Dangerous will be hosting a debate on digital technology’s role in the creative process. Conformed speakers include Robin Giorno, Jonathan Green, Keir Williams and artist and researcher for Wolverhampton uni Robert Grose (cant find a website sorry). Event starts at 3pm and goes on till 5pm … [Read more…]
Here’s the “outline design” for the new BIAD campus in Eastside, as revealed on Simon Howes’ Eastside blog. Millennium Point is in the foreground and the red blob is Curzon St Station. Simon also has a top down map which pleasingly shows how much open space they’re planning to leave, which is nice as I … [Read more…]