‘BABEL is an ongoing series of collages, paintings, digital prints, cards, books, boxes and installations, all derived from Stewart Brown’s experiments with ‘visual language’. This new iteration of the series is displayed alongside the influences and inspirations Brown has encountered during his time as an academic at the University of Birmingham and his travels through … [Read more…]
International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) one of Europe’s biggest dance festivals, co-produced by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome, returns for its fourth year. The festival “officially launched” yesterday afternoon. In less than three months’ time, this award-winning biennial celebration of dance, returns to the city from Thursday 24th April 2014 – Sunday 25th May for over … [Read more…]
Inspired by a trip to the Blists Hill Victorian Museum in 2012, documentary photographer Jonathan Cherry embarked on a visual journey through the Victorian era and began shooting his Blists Hill series off-the-back of this visit. Jonathan’s interest in the subject was born out of the passion he felt radiated from everyone who worked at the Ironbridge-based site. … [Read more…]
The Comedy Hut is a new monthly night at the Custard Factory which will be held on the first Wednesday of every month, and will feature some big name comedians playing intimate gigs for bargain prices; testing out new material. The first event isn’t until 5th March, but do put it in your diary if … [Read more…]
‘For the Record’ looks to be a wonderful collection of female contemporary artists that have been carefully selected to take the audience through the development of artwork produced by women. It is curated by Lisa Beauchamp (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery) and Rachel Bradley (Freelance Curator) who together brought … [Read more…]
“A great library contains the diary of the human race” The Cultures Season at Library of Birmingham begins today (27th January), inviting everyone to take advantage of their free exhibitions, curated visits and access to exciting collections. Events available to the public range from ‘J.J. Audubon’s Birds of America’ on the 1st February in the Heritage Learning Space, … [Read more…]
We’ve talked a little bit about Some Cities before in past CiB posts, and this post mentions an event happening tonight. This post is also for anyone that has missed these previous posts or wants a small taste of what it can bring to you then please read on. Some Cities Birmingham is an … [Read more…]
The RBSA (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists) is calling for entries for its Birmingham Today Competition. As part of a year of celebration, the subsequent exhibition aims to raise the profile of contemporary Birmingham and its artistic talent. The exhibition seeks to celebrate Birmingham in all its aspects: topographical, cultural, sporting, culinary, political and social. … [Read more…]