Some of you may have seen this video of a failed wedding proposal at ArtsFest doing the rounds. As an extension of this cringeworthy performance, an interactive storytelling project has been commissioned by Birmingham Book Festival. Named ‘Reliable Witness‘, you are invited to join in the story by following the relationships and interactions of the subjects involved … [Read more…]
Now one of the country’s fastest selling artists, John Myatt was involved in ‘the biggest art fraud of the 20th century’. His life is soon to be made into a Hollywood film and he has also featured in several TV series for Sky and the BBC. Provenance by John Myatt is an exhibition of over … [Read more…]
Fancy a drink and a doodle with a difference? Tuesday 2nd October will see the first of Moseley’s new Life Drawing sessions. The sessions will be held upstairs at the Patrick Kavanagh (Pat Kav) from 7pm till 9pm. The event will be a great opportunity for Birmingham creatives to get together. Everyone is welcome from amateur … [Read more…]
Eye Candy Festival, a visual pop culture festival, will be showcasing illustration, art and design through a programme of events in the form of exhibitions and meet-ups etc. There will also be workshops and a talks program with industry heavyweights. The event will be held in the Southside district of Birmingham, this is only a … [Read more…]
Now in its 14th edition, Birmingham Book Festival will be kicking off this year with a bevy of shindigs, including all night writing sessions, pop-up book shops and workshops; spanning everything from blogging in Libya to a session on finding your own Narrative voice by local print house Tindal Street Press. The main festival gets things rolling on … [Read more…]
A week after I have packed my life away into boxes, only to reopen them a day later and slowly scatter them across my new home, I am on my way to The Public in West Bromwich to do some research for my first article in this series I am calling ‘Welcome to Birmingham’. This … [Read more…]
Fused magazine, as part of Eyecandy Festival, are helping out the Oxjam charity this year by calling for submissions for a 12×12 visual interpretation of your favourite record sleeve. They will be giving artists a blank 12″ record sleeve for them to ‘re-imagine’ a new cover for their favourite album by a Midlands artist/ or maybe write/design their favourite song lyrics … [Read more…]
Chris has written about the Coffee Club Collective before on CiB, introducing them with links pointing you to the individual members of the coffee club. The original 5 members of the CCC graduated this year from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, and since then, they’ve had several solo exhibitions, and have acquired a new … [Read more…]