This Thursday take an after-hours cultural excursion on the Art Bus. Visiting seven Birmingham galleries for this edition, (The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Eastside Projects, Ikon Gallery, mac birmingham, The Parkside Gallery (BCU), RBSA Gallery and the Waterhall Gallery at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery) all will be open from 5pm until 9pm. The … [Read more…]
Here are a few things to find out more about this Friday afternoon: Birmingham Literature Festival This week Birmingham Literature Festival have released their full programme, running from 2-11 October 2014. For updates and news follow them here. Fierce Festival The Fierce Festival programme is also now live, running from 2-12 October 2014. They recommend … [Read more…]
On Wednesday 11th December, Art Bus will return to take gallery lovers around several fantastic art galleries in Birmingham; mac Barber Institute of Fine Arts Ikon RBSA Gallery Eastside Projects Hop aboard the bus as it travels around the city, all while enjoying a mince pie and glass of wine at selected galleries. Some of the … [Read more…]
In the time that I’ve lived in Birmingham there’s a place that has frequently come up in conversation/email/the twittersphere that I have never knowingly been in the vicinity of, let alone visited. Yet Ikon is one of the best regarded galleries in the region, and I finally made the trip last month to see what … [Read more…]
AngelShares is a new crowdfunding service for the arts. It was developed locally (founded by Sarah Gee of Indigo Ltd and built by Made Media) and launches with projects from Ikon Gallery, Craftspace, Light House Media Centre, Belgrade Theatre and Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. The interesting thing about this one being that eligible donations can attract Gift Aid, … [Read more…]
Tomorrow, I’ll be at The Public for the showcase event of the DCD Programme. In case you’d not heard of it: Arts Council England West Midlands’ Digital Content Development (DCD) Programme is a three year programme of investment which aims to catalyse the creation and creative use of digital content platforms for arts organisations across … [Read more…]
It’s been a while since I heard anything about the mooted Birmingham Museum of Contemporary Art, but then I spotted this: With a £1million grant from the Art Fund, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and partners New Art Gallery Walsall and Ikon Gallery have been creating a major collection of international contemporary art. Which is … [Read more…]
With all this rubbish weather hanging around over the last few weeks it has been too tempting to hide indoors on a Sunday and stay warm. Here is a few exhibitions on around the West Mids, are free to the public and are open on a Sunday. Go on! Put on your favourite woolly jumper, … [Read more…]