First off, Happy New Year from all Team CiB! Now that is out the way, let’s get back to the cool stuff happening in Birmingham. First off is an extremely exciting project Thrift Radiates Happiness, a contemporary art exhibition happening in the often ignored Municipal Bank in Birmingham; the impressive yet slightly dishevelled building on the opposite side of … [Read more…]
Jane Anderson is a contemporary visual artist who creates digital portraits and fine art. Her ‘About Page‘ gives some more detail: Jane Anderson is a multi-skilled artist specialising in the production of original, cutting-edge, contemporary art for modern spaces. Working in paint, pencil and digital media, Jane skilfully draws and paints what she sees around … [Read more…]
Swimming Without Water is a contemporary art exhibition in Moseley Road Baths, which I think it’s fair to say, is not your usual art venue. New works have been commissioned for the non-gallery space and they will be on show between 18th February and 15th March. Here’s some more info: The artists, Debbie Akam, Flora … [Read more…]
The first two weeks of April 2007 saw the culmination of a series of artist-led activities within Birmingham, and this was ‘The Event‘. At that point in time, the number of artists choosing to stay and work within the city had increased, and an intensification of artistic production had taken place. It felt very much … [Read more…]