‘Home, Identity and Citizenship: Preserving, using and making a regional screen heritage’ is taking place on 5 March, at Margaret St Campus. Hosted by Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research and sponsored by Screen West Midlands, the event promises a day of screenings, presentations and workshops. The event is part of the ongoing project to … [Read more…]
Another Christmas fair to add to the calender, hosted by Tiger Bam at Margaret St. School of Art, on 5 December. They’re currently on the hunt for interesting and creative stallholders, from vintage wear to photographers to poets, if you have a craft to sell or talent to show off, send them an email at … [Read more…]
Art of Ideas kicks off towards the end of this week, the four day event will celebrate the cultural life of Birmingham, with a series of talks, exhibitions and related events held at various galleries and institutions around Birmingham. We’ve already mentioned a few of the associated events such as The Witching Hour and In … [Read more…]
To tie in with the Face to Face exhibition we told you about the other week, Collecting Contemporary Photography… In conversation with Brian Griffin and Stuart Whipps, is taking place on Tuesday 9 November at 6-8pm. Pete James, Head of Photographs at Birmingham Central Library, will be discussing the ways in which Griffin and Whipps … [Read more…]
Timm Sonnenschein is: a German-born photographer living and working in Birmingham since 2000. Building on a graphic design background in his native country, in 2004 he graduated with a 1st class degree in photography from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (UCE). After graduating he started his career as a freelance photojournalist. He is … [Read more…]
BIAD’s MA students will be showing their work at the School of Art on Margaret Street from 29 August to 7 September. There’s a delightfully hectic website (or tumblr for those who’re fussed) featuring many examples of the work that’ll (presumably) be on show. To see that just click this link – Margaret Street MA … [Read more…]