The project, by Charis McNelvin, opens today, and explores well being and mental health through a site specific installation featuring found objects, illustrations and moving image.

Charis, together with Hybrid, will be conducting open workshops on 14 and 15 December, creating new work from 10am-3pm with visitors.

The ‘As we dream’ installation will be open Mon – Fri, 10am – 3pm until 16 December. For more information, email charis_mc@hotmail.com

As part of Inhabit‘s pop up arts and tearooms, Curator5 presents b-ART-er. Opening on 25 November, they’re taking over an empty shop in the Pavillions to showcase an exhibition with artists Michael Bold, Chris Clinton, Alex Lockett, Adam Radley, Lisa Roffey and Tim Stock.

The space will be filled with contemporary art including video, action, installation, and graffiti, used to represent the recent recession, revealing the fragility of the current economic system.

The project will ask how the economy can emerge stronger and work more sustainably, and see if there’s an economic utopia we can aspire to.

b-ART-er will be open to the public on Thursday 25 at 5pm – 7pm / Friday 26 & Saturday 27 at 9am – 6pm / Sunday 28 at 10:30am – 4:30pm.

Some of you may already be aware of Inhabit and their temporary, traveling tea shops. They held a small shop in Ladywood for ten weeks, but have since moved on to their next venture in Handsworth, which is due to open on 9 November.

The new shop will be located at 27 Grove Lane, and will have a string of free creative participatory events and the opportunity to work with commissioned artists on their projects set in the local community.

They’ll also be inviting local residents to drop by for tea and cake. Informal drop-in sessions will be held weekly on Tuesdays 11am – 2pm and Fridays 2pm – 6pm.

Look out for more info on Inhabit, as they’ll be setting up camp in other key wards around the city, along with the Pavillions towards the end of November.

For more information on the project, email Karen Meng or call 0121 236 1669