I thought I’d post my response to an email I received from someone the other day. The emailer said (and these are a couple of extracts): I am currently looking for creative projects to get involved with in the Birmingham area, specifically film or media based projects. I have lots of transferable skills through studying … [Read more…]
Following the closure of the Creative Partnerships Programme, Bright Space announced that they would be closing. Today’s their last day. This from Stan’s Cafe: It’s sad because Brightspace were behind a huge number of inspirational projects that took artists into schools to work creatively with students and teachers. Now, despite a great report from OFSTED … [Read more…]
Sounds Of The City charity CDs | We Are Birmingham “Vicinity Records presents Sounds of The City – a showcase compilation series celebrating contemporary music from select cities around the globe”. With Birmingham represented by Vinny and the Curse, Tempting Rosie, Pick Your Weapon and Glatze. Proceeds go to charity and you can grab a … [Read more…]
Tributes to Tessa Sidey, fine art curator at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery One of many tributes to Tessa Sidley Digital journalist & shameless parish gossip « Custard Factory Having read the job description, is journalist a more acceptable word for marketer these days? Either way, there’s an interesting job going Birmingham music groups urged … [Read more…]
Ed Vaizey announced what his department’s doing with the British film industry earlier today. Since announcing the demise of the UK Film Council things have been a bit up in the air. Some of those things are still up there, but we know a bit more now. You can read the full official announcement from DCMS … [Read more…]