Located in the Digbeth art booming workspaces of Minerva Works is Stryx, an artist led studio and exhibition space in Digbeth formed by recent Fine Art graduates from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design. From the Stryx site: ‘Formed by six female graduates of Fine Art from Birmingham City University, 2012, Stryx’s joint ambitions are to continue developing … [Read more…]
The Creative Open Workshops (C.O.W) is an artist-run project based in Birmingham city centre. They have been running craft workshops, fairs and social crafting nights since 2008. The sessions run in afternoons and evenings throughout the week and are priced at around £25 per person (price is dependent on materials involved). They cover a range … [Read more…]
A few things we’ve spotted: Women in Theatre present ‘Loving Me’ a new piece of musical theatre created with Looked After Young People. It was performed last night, and is on again tonight at 7pm at the Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome. Poets Place at Yorks Bakery Café: “The first Poets’ Place fortnightly meet-up this coming Saturday … [Read more…]
After some rumours flying around, it has officially been announced that Birmingham’s Artsfest has been cancelled due to the council’s need for budget cuts. The yearly event was the largest free arts festival in the UK, working with arts communities and centres from across the city. Councillor Ian Ward has stated in a Birmingham Post … [Read more…]
This week there are a few Valentines events taking place in Stirchley. “Love Stirchley More – a festival of love, commerce and art” Thursday 14 – Saturday 16 February 2013. Stirchley Prospects invited several local community groups, businesses and individuals to come together and present a whole host of activities on the high street. There … [Read more…]
Tonight (Thursday 7th Feb) is the exhibition preview and book launch of photographer Sonia Audhali‘s ‘Little Yemen’, a sensitive portrait of a West Midlands community in transition: “As a British Yemeni born and raised in England, Sonia Audhali‘s photographs exhibit not only an image of one nation and its culture integrating with another, but also a trace … [Read more…]
A Scented Evening of Poems Inspired by Perfumes and Perfumes Inspired by Poems Penning Perfumes mixes poets and perfumers to see what they can create. The poets are given anonymous perfumes and asked to write a new poem in response to the scent and the perfumers are given poems and asked to compost a fragrance … [Read more…]
An interesting project has come about through new Birmingham scheme maker Ideas Vendor that looks to give young people getting into the artistic and creative industries a chance to imagine their futures working on these platforms will be like. Titled Birmingham 2022, this opportunity is partnership between Ideas Tap and Midlands Art Centre that will, with support … [Read more…]