Photo: Hotdogs by Matt Cattell A few festive bits and bobs happening around Birmingham… The Frankfurt Christmas Market closes on Friday 23 December, as does the Festive Pop Up Bazaar on New Street. It’s the BrumNotes/This Is Tmrw Christmas Party at The Victoria tonight. Click the link or ogle the poster below (sidenote: are Lewes Herriot‘s gig posters the … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Post has a pretty grim report on the latest Birmingham City Council arts funding decisions. You may remember that a significant chunk was taken away this time last year. Well, the current level of funding will be frozen for a couple of years, with plans to take away a further £1.4m in 2014. In response … [Read more…]
Urban Buildings • Redevelopment, Redesign, Rediscovery A site covering the construction works going on in Birmingham (and further) also looking at old/derilict buildings Galleries Night – On the Art Bus Art, bus, art, bus, art, bus, etc. With bonus wine and mince pies. This is tonight and features the Barber Institute, Mac, Ikon, Eastside Projects … [Read more…]
I’ve been forwarded the following which has been written by Anita Bhalla, chair of mac’s board of trustees. As it’s an open letter I figure there’s no problem with me reproducing it in full. Excuse me for dispensing with the usual blockquote rigmarole. ———————————————————- Dear Friends, Colleagues and Supporters, As you may be aware, Birmingham … [Read more…]
Harun Morrison (half of Fierce Festival) is also half of They Are Here and Their Wonderlands (which is at the MAC from 26 November) is an international group exhibition, curated by multi-disciplinary collective They Are Here. Contemporary artists have been drawn together to explore the space given to make-believe and folklore in post-industrial 21st century … [Read more…]
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…]
I just came across this and don’t think I’ve linked to it from here before: Funded by Arts Council England and jointly conceived by The New Art Gallery Walsall and mac Birmingham, British Summertime 2 is a career development programme for emerging and mid-career visual artists who come from diverse communities. More broadly, the programme … [Read more…]
Birmingham Conservatoire are offering ‘tricks and treats for everyone’ at their Composer’s Platform Halloween Special. If dinner and theatre’s your thing The Kitchen Garden Cafe is offering Fright Bites with Don’t Go into The Cellar Theatre Company. On the filmic side, The Electric are showing Ghostbusters and at the MAC you can see Nosferatu with a live score … [Read more…]