CBSO found in Ladywood
a site specific unique music event sponsored by Birmingham City Council and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on the 9th October 2010 the engine house of Ladywood Fire Station was transformed into a performance space
a site specific unique music event sponsored by Birmingham City Council and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on the 9th October 2010 the engine house of Ladywood Fire Station was transformed into a performance space
Birmingham City Council’s Arts and Young People Team have commissioned Hybrid to deliver a series of events and training sessions providing pathways towards your career in the arts. There are four ways that you can take part: 1. Action learning sets to share challenges and find solutions, facilitated by coaches and those with mentoring experience. … [Read more…]
Photographer Jak Flash is embarking on a project to re-illustrate the 22 Major Arcana tarot cards as photographic images for exhibition. Jak explains a little more on his website: My next project, based around the imagery of the 22 major Arcana Tarot cards, is funded by Birmingham City Council and supported by Birmingham City University … [Read more…]
After contact from a group drawn from Birmingham City Council and Arts Council England, The Music Network has asked 10 open questions to begin to determine an overview of the current state, needs, and potential of the independent music industry in Birmingham. I’d hope there’d be lot of strong views in this area, so if … [Read more…]
This one nearly knocked me off my chair: Birmingham City Council’s Arts Team has two mobile arts units; multimedia high-tech vehicles which convert into spaces for arts activity with drop-down walls and extending floor sections We are looking for artists to work at outdoor events across the city between October 08 and March 09, to … [Read more…]
On Birmingham Counterculture, a blog started just before the weekend, Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms B promises to: raise issues, concerns and/or promote countercultural events and activities in and around Birmingham. Why this has to be done as “a slap in the face to mainstream cultural developments” (which are to be demoted) isn’t yet clear but then I’m a … [Read more…]
This quote from Graphiquillan stuck with me and has given D’log food for though too: I’m often frustrated by the stamp of the council’s logo on everything creative that is sanctioned. Whenever I see that logo, there’s a switch that flips in my mind, and (probably unfairly) signals to me: “Hmmm, probably a bit dull. … [Read more…]