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Bournville Rest House Craft Competition

Kassie Fleet — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:03:03 +0000

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 their silver wedding anniversary.

BVT would like creative interpretations of the Rest House. It can be anything from a painting, a cake or a photograph. Watch their Craft Competition video for ideas on which craft to use!

The deadline for entries is 7th April 2014 and the winners will be announced at a centenary celebration on 12th April.

To submit your ideas visit the BVT Website to find out more.

In other Bournville related creative news:

Rowheath Drama Workshop have a free production of ‘Pressure Points’ at Rowheath Pavilion on Weds 16th & Thurs 17th April at 7.45pm, here’s the flyer:

Craftspace: Story Meadow

Kerry — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 07:59:23 +0000

Next up in residency at The Library of Birmingham as part of Capsule’s Discovery Season is arts organisation Craftspace, along with lead-artist Jivan Astfalck, Shelanu: Women’s Craft Collective and MA students from the School of Jewellery.

Visitors will be invited to take a moment of reflection in the busy environment to write their experience of coming to, or being in, Birmingham on a piece of paper, in their first language. The paper will then be made into an origami flower which will become part of the ‘Story Meadow’ within the Discovery Space. The stories will be shared on digital screens in the library and through social networking raising awareness of the positive contribution of migration to the city. As the week goes on the Discovery Space will become home to a meadow of stories which reflect the diversity of the city.

They’ll be in the Discovery Space between 26th November and 1st December. More information here about the residency… and more about the Discovery Season, as well as other upcoming Capsule events here.

Here’s the flyer:

Creative Open Workshops

Kassie Fleet — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:07:58 +0000

The Creative Open Workshops (C.O.W) is an artist-run project based in Birmingham city centre. They have been running craft workshops, fairs and social crafting nights since 2008.

The sessions run in afternoons and evenings throughout the week and are priced at around £25 per person (price is dependent on materials involved). They cover a range of crafts such as Vintage Tea Cup Soy Wax Candles to Dressmaking. A full list of their programmes up until end of March can be found on their website here. There are also further details of each individual session available.

If you want to find out more about the Creative Open Workshop’s then visit their website or follow them on twitter for updates. I recognise that I am very late to the party with this post but thought that I would share my excitement at discovering it and maybe let a few others know as well. Enjoy!