The next Creative Networks event is tomorrow at the TIC in Millennium Point, Birmingham. The topic is “Making Business Personal” and it starts at 6.00pm. Prior to this, also at the TIC, is the monthly Music Network meeting at 4pm should you want to kill two birds with one bus/train/parking ticket. Both of these happen … [Read more…]
From Photo-Gedden Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.
Tamsin Mae and Sue Rowe are Birmingham based artists who sell their work through the website designerart.co.uk. Here are a couple of their pieces. Tamsin Mae Sue Rowe
Floating Cities, Hidden Architecture is one of the events that forms Architecture Week. The email I got said “Call for Participants” but the attached Doc is rather vague as to whether this means they’re still looking for artists to work this. If you’re interested I’d assume Yes and get in touch. Taking the structures and … [Read more…]
The Main Event is a mini-festival taking place this Saturday at the Custard Factory from 11am – 5pm. Orgaised by musician Shimm1 with his creative organisation ‘Zygo Battalion’ it features performances by Moorish Delta 7 and Taharka from Birmingham, The Ripps from Coventry and Midas from Stourbridge along with Shimm1 himself. More info on Birminghamusic.com.
Creative Alliance Alumni is a Facebook group for people who’ve “taken part in, taught on, worked with or want to get involved in a Creative Alliance programme”. Stand up for the maestro. The CBSO’s conductor Sakari Oramo writes an impassioned defense of Elgar as an international figure in the Guardian in advance of their performance … [Read more…]
Another queer-centric art exhibition in Birmingham cleverly timed around the Pride celebrations is aRTpRIDE07 which has work on show at three venues, the Fox Bar on Lower Essex St and Prowler on Stephenson St from now until June 26th with the Custard Factory from June 4th – 11th. No indication of what’s on where but … [Read more…]
As well as the headline and, dare I say it, traditional events in the Fierce diary there are a number of ancillary projects floating around the edges of the festival. One of these, Noise Forecast, starts tomorrow. Based on research involving interviews with local residents, ambient sound recordings and the measurement of environmental sound levels … [Read more…]