Eye of the Storm is a digital project that has started off in Birmingham with involvement from Sandra Hall from Friction Arts. Voila le blurb: What do a human statue, a divorce lawyer, a buddhist and a recovering drug addict have in common? The invisible connections between very different Birmingham lives are laid bare in … [Read more…]
Bad news from Friction Arts – with the builders due to arrive in a fortnight to start work on the refurb of The Edge Lee, their operations coordinator, has trapped a nerve in his back. With prep work to do that’s a bit of a disaster so they’re asking for a hand: We need some … [Read more…]
Deborah Mingham is a freelance artist and costume designer/maker. She graduated from UCE Fine Arts degree course and has gone on to work with Shoi Productions, Friction Arts, the Godiva Carnival (see pic above), Pentabus and Kindle Theatre. These Punch & Judy costumes, produced for Imagineer Productions and inspired by Rab C Nesbitt and Tony … [Read more…]
Having promised to mention this before, I nearly forgot. This summer: Friction Arts will be collaborating with their US partners, Touchable Stories on a unique, living history arts project, attempting to reveal the true voice of Digbeth, Birmingham There’ll be an exhibition and a series of other events including meetings, talks and dinners. The first … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Post Power 50 (tremble at their might!) has just been announced. With last year’s list having an impressive showing from the arts world, interest at CiB could almost have been described as ‘mild’. Ok, so it’s easy to be cynical about these things (and it’s open season on the Birmingham Post site – … [Read more…]