Greetings all, I hope you had an enjoyable bank holiday. I’ll start by introducing myself, my name is Dan and I am one of the five who have taken over the reigns here at Created in Birmingham. I’ve been subdued over the past few weeks as I have been busily preparing for my move into … [Read more…]
Do you like to push your writing to the extreme? Well next Saturday at Grand Union you will have the chance to push your pen wielding fingers to their very extreme with a 12 hour, all night writing extravaganza. ‘Part 12-hour exam, part club night, part endurance writing event’, the organisers BAZ and Hooky Street Press … [Read more…]
Hotel Indigo is based on the 23rd and 24th floor of the iconic city centre building The Cube. They are running a competition, along with other Hotel Indigo hotels, to challenge photographers to capture the cities around the world using the themes of ‘See, Hear and Taste’. Entrants have the chance of winning a Lomography … [Read more…]
This looks to be an extremely exciting opportunity for theatre producers in the city centre as Sheffield’s Point Blank Theatre takes up residency in the now empty (used as the Christmas pop-up shop last year) unit on New Street. Here is a description for the unit that will be called Make.Shift: Point Blank Theatre has … [Read more…]
If you are a young creative (aged 16-30) and a dab hand with the videocamera then it might interest you to know that as part of ArtsFest, IdeasTap and the Midlands Art Centre have opened up submissions for a showing of locals who have created their own shorts. The criteria – a full one can … [Read more…]
At the moment, painter Michael Clulee is looking to drum up support for a Birmingham Art Jam. What is that you ask, well in Michael’s words: “Essentially an Artjam is an event where artists come together to produce work based on a theme within a 48 hour time slot. The work has to be completed … [Read more…]
Today at Edible Eastside, Karen McLean in conversation. “TROVE & mac birmingham’s ALLOTMENT Project and Edible Eastside present: Post Colonial-Now Karen Mc Lean Talk: Sat 18th August 2012 1 – 4pm with Charlie Levine, Cathy Wade & Karen Mc Lean. Lunch served at 1pm, talk begins at 2pm.” Edible Eastside,122 Fazeley Street, Digebth, Birmingham, B5 … [Read more…]
“Crikey!! A crazed train passenger eating monster on the rampage in Birmingham!!” By Jimmy Rogers Jimmy is an illustrator, he doodles for Orb, and lots of other exciting things you can browse on his portfolio. I came across this on my lunch break browsing his blog.