Sara Preisler Gallery presents Lauren van Helmond – How much is that doggy in the window? “For this exhibition she has created a series of playful dogs made from discarded paint and biscuit tins. Each dog is unique and is fabricated by cutting the sheet tin, forming the shapes, soldering the seams, and then painting with … [Read more…]
Tom from the 383 project sent us a round up of a few local web based happenings: “Just to let you know that we’re doing a little web design and development conference in September called Canvas. It’s happening right in the heart of Birmingham City Centre at The Studio. We’ve got some great speakers from Twitter, … [Read more…]
In yesterdays post we mentioned the Six Summer Saturday’s from the Hippodrome that continues today around Birmingham. Within this exciting season of theatre there is also an augmented reality app that has been developed to encourage iPhone and iPad users to take a walk around Birmingham and see what they can find. Getting involved is … [Read more…]
Young People on Arts Boards Training Programme “Arts organisations across the city have said that they would like young people aged 18–25 to become members of their management boards. They want to hear the views of young people and give them a real say in the running of their organisations.” Red Magazine’s Guide to Birmingham – They … [Read more…]
Six Summer Saturdays Birmingham Hippodrome’s season of street theatre and performance continues tomorrow with 6 acts popping up in a variety of locations around the city centre. The Reds (Natural Theatre Company) will be roaming around, The Princess & The Maharaja (Nutkhut) will perform on New Street, while Turbo Jonez (Reckless Invention, @turbojonez) will be … [Read more…]
Crisis Skylight Birmingham Crisis Skylight is the education scheme of the homelessness charity Crisis. Working in hostels & community spaces it engages with the homeless using arts classes & creative courses. The results of some of this work is currently being exhibited at St. Martin’s Church. Running from the 4th to the 30th August the … [Read more…]
“Established by a group of artists and curators in Birmingham, Grand Union is a unique project that houses eight purpose built studios and a project space. The project space provides a platform for a diverse and exciting programme of events and exhibitions while the studios provide a professional and secure working environment.” Grand Union are currently … [Read more…]
A collaboration between Ort. art and community cafe and the Disability Support Group, “Bodies… in Motion” is a project for women who consider themselves disabled. 8 workshops exploring body image and sexuality will culminate with a group exhibition at Ort. in Balsall Heath from the 19th September until the 2nd October. The project is only … [Read more…]