Bedlam: The festival of mad ideas With one in four people experiencing some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham Repertory Theatre are joining forces to put mental health centre stage. BEDLAM The Festival of Mad Ideas, which runs from 1 – … [Read more…]
“Vivid Projects’ acclaimed 33 REVOLUTIONS programme concludes this winter with Bring Your Own Beamer, a one-night event curated by Antonio Roberts with assistance from Pete Ashton. Armed with projectors, artists are invited to beam responses to Vivid Projects’ eight-month opening season, 33 REVOLUTIONS, onto the walls of the space. Launched in February 2013, 33 … [Read more…]
Eye Candy Festival 2013 launch party kicks off this Thursday, 31st October, at Le Truc and sees the start of the weekend long festival full of art, live drawing, films, installations, workshops and much more. The best thing about Eye Candy Festival is that it is all free and will be featuring work by a … [Read more…]
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) is looking for 1000 people of all ages to build an all-singing, all-shouting super group for Crowd Out: On 8 June 2014 – 1000 individuals will give the world premiere performances of Crowd Out, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s new piece for 1000 voices, at Birmingham’s Millennium Point, in one of … [Read more…]
Extra Special People are hosting a public art discussion tonight (29th October 6.30-9pm). We welcome everyone to join us for a lively public discussion at Eastside Projects on the future of public art in Birmingham. Since the Civic Society unveiled its desire to commission a new public art work at a debate in Birmingham’s … [Read more…]
It seems only a couple of weeks ago I wrote about Capsule’s Discovery Season at the new Library of Birmingham, but it was in fact in August. So, here’s a reminder of what’s coming up in the very near future (today onwards): Flatpack’s Box of Light, celebrates early cinema “with a weekend of performances, screenings … [Read more…]
When I was home in Lincolnshire at the weekend I visited the National Centre for Craft and Design. They have a rather lovely shop stocking hand crafted bits and pieces including scarves, lampshades, purses, clothing and jewellery – as well as prints, cards and wrapping paper, amongst other things. The reason I’m telling you this, … [Read more…]
MMOA (Making More of Outdoors Art): Making More of Outdoor Arts is a research, conversation and thinking project. It has been commissioned by Arts Council England West Midlands and led by Helga Henry (of Creative Shift), and Orit Azaz (independent artistic director and consultant ). We’d like you to get involved in the project and … [Read more…]