The Handmade Boutique will be opening in Birmingham’s Mailbox on Thursday 27th September and will be home to some of the most talented Designer Makers in the Midlands until Sunday 30th December. The boutique plans to give customers the opportunity to purchase unique lifestyle products and gifts that would not usually be available on the … [Read more…]
Acclaimed monkey/pop band drawer Jamie Hewlett is touring some work around at the moment with Oxfam: Under Water Colours is a sensitive and thought-provoking collection of nine watercolours created by Hewlett following a trip he made with Oxfam to Char Atra in Bangladesh earlier this year The paintings will be at the Art Lounge in the Mailbox until … [Read more…]
Back in May I flagged up the website for the Birmingham Photographic Grid, a collaborative project documenting Birmingham with photos taken at points of the city determined by (yep, you guessed it) a grid. You may recall I said that a public exhibition wasn’t too far away. Well, it’s just been announced and will be … [Read more…]
I’ve been feeling a bit off-colour the past couple of days, so apols for the lack of decent posting. If anything’s going to raise my spirits it’s the prospect of a sodding great whale and a huge robot both turning up in the city. It’s like Power Rangers or something. The former comes courtesy of … [Read more…]
Wolverhampton-born graffiti artist Temper has won a national competition to create a sculpture that will be installed at The Cube – the final phase of the Mailbox. He’s now looking for six people to help bring his vision to life and is touring the Midlands looking for suitable candidates. He’ll be calling at: Mander Shopping … [Read more…]