Found Objects Stick ‘Birmingham’ in the search bar on this blog’s sidebar and prepare to be amazed Found Objects: Birmingham Arts Lab “Pat also did Dr Who stuff, and greased up the man who played the giant shrimp in “The Invisible Enemy” so he could slide into the costume!” Kavanaugh Leaves Rep – News – … [Read more…]
Local illustration collective Girls Who Draw – including Gemma Correll, Anke Weckmann, Mary Kilvert, Sarah Ray, Kate Hindley, Ruth Green, Currentstate, Yee Ting Kuit, Karoline Rerrie and Michelle Turton – are taking their exhibition ‘Travelling Menagerie’ to the Here and Now Gallery in Falmouth throughout July. More info at menageriebook.blogspot.com
There’s a lot of illustrators getting all collaborative at the moment, what with the Not My Type project and this here news about the new thing from the Love to Print collective. Katie from Supercool has explained things better than I would: Patterns contains loads of exquisite illustrations from five fantastically talented screenprint artists, who … [Read more…]
Ooh, it’s a compelling title. They’re not so secret as to not invite people though: Join us at the Solihull Arts Complex this spring and delve into a secret library of contemporary artists’ books with an exhibition dedicated to the genre. Artists’ books and book works, installation and book-related performances will all be showcased The … [Read more…]
Colour is the night run by Cib alumnus Katie Spragg and it returns to The Victoria on Thursday 15 October. Back in February (that long ago) they brought Charlie Parr along – there’s a video of him performing a fantastic version of ‘Cheap Wine‘. This time round they’ve got a Commercially Inviable special starring World … [Read more…]
Girls who Draw is an international group of female artists and illustrators, including 3 of Birmingham’s finest: Jane Anderson, Sarah Ray and Karoline Rerrie. For those of you who are planning a trip down to London town before 3 March I urge you to check out the ‘MISFITS AND MISCELLANY’ exhibition at The Exposure Gallery. … [Read more…]
Karoline Rerrie is an illustrator who makes art like this: She did the album covers for Matthew Herbert’s ‘Doctor Rockit’ project and has also developed a comic called ‘X-Rated Animal Hospital’ at nursepussy.com, a website which I imagine gets a lot of accidental visitors.