The Big Picture are seeking artists/design teams to help with the following projects: World Record Attempt (deadline for proposals 18th March) Audiences Central wants to appoint an artist or artist/design team to break the world record for the largest photo mosaic in the world, as the culmination of our ‘Big Picture’ project. The current record … [Read more…]
Digital Central are looking for 10 people from creative companies to take part in their pilot for a ‘serious game‘ which aims to teach business skills to creatives. From the Digital Central post: We’re running two workshop in the next month and we’d like to recruit a small number of individuals to help us test … [Read more…]
Birmingham artist Frank Smith is a picture of promise at 79 – Birmingham Mail A BIRMINGHAM artist is being hailed as one of the art world’s most exciting newcomers at the age of 79. (tags: art artist painter) March listings from 7inch cinema All the filmic goigns-on, news of a BECTU petition to allow MAC … [Read more…]
Martin Mullaney’s blog brings news of a Graffiti Art Festival, to be held in Kings Heath Park on the weekend of 15th-16th March from 12noon to 6pm each day. From Martin’s blog: The Festival is being jointly organised by Bishop Challoner School and In A City Arts, 21 York Road. The Festival is being funded … [Read more…]
Noise probe has publican baffled – Birmingham Mail John Tighe of the Spotted Dog in Digbeth, who is currently fighting a noise abatement order, doubts whether an official report is truly independent. (tags: music venue live council keepdigbethvibrant birminghamuk upyerbrum)
I hate to get all serious on you in my first proper guest post, but local musician and blogger Christopher Woods has been on the telly to warn musicians and music fans to protect their hearing. From the BBC article: Christopher Woods, a musician from Birmingham who is training to be a sound engineer, has … [Read more…]
Hello, my name is Julia Gilbert, your Created in Birmingham guest blogger. You may also know me from such social media tools as Flickr, del.icio.us, Tumblr and Twitter. While Pete is taking a well-deserved trip across the pond to attend SXSWi on behalf of us Brummies. I’ll be taking up the reins, so that nothing … [Read more…]
1000 True Fans is all you need “A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author – in other words, anyone producing works of art – needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living.” (tags: theory selling via:jez)