To mark the centenary year of the Rest House on Bournville Green, Bournville Village Trust are looking for local residents to enter their craft competition to help celebrate the building’s history. The iconic building in Bournville was originally a gift to George and Elizabeth Cadbury by employees from Cadbury factories around the world to celebrate … [Read more…]
ARTifex Young Jewellery Designer Awards is run by the directors of ARTifex Gallery in Sutton Coldfield; Ross Fenn and Nigel Bates. The competition is open to young jewellery designers from, or studying, in the Midlands aged 18 – 25 and to enter you must design and produce a unique piece/pieces of jewellery! Click here to … [Read more…]
The Hockley Flyer and YBA Publications are holding a competition to find the best photograph for the front cover of the new magazine; Historic Jewellery Quarter. This is a brand new magazine which hopes to give an insight into the Jewellery Quarter’s past. They are looking for a photograph that captures the very essence of … [Read more…]
Read down – there’s a competition for free tickets later on in this post. I’m conscious that I’ve not mentioned International Dance Festival Birmingham so much on here over the past month. Partly that’s because I’ve been busy working on it and going to just about every event that I could. There’s only a couple … [Read more…]
I have two reasons for posting this: It amused me that the site talks up ‘free entry to the splendid Birmingham Artsfest’ when entry is free anyway It’s good to see Birmingham being talked about as a destination for an arty getaway There’s a few other items bundled into the package that might make it … [Read more…]
I went to the full dress rehearsal of Birmingham Opera Company’s King Idomeneo on Sunday night and loved it. What’s not to like about an abandoned factory stuffed with shipping containers, opera singers, dirt and orange trees? Anyway, I have two tickets for tonight’s proper opening show to give away to the first person who … [Read more…]