At the same time The Event was on a few weeks back, there was another exhibition called EGO going on in Minerva Works. The next instalment, EGO 2, launches on 18 November.

Curated by Robert E.V. Walsh, featuring work by Paul Newman, James Fowkes, Chris Clinton, Alexi K and Robert EV Walsh with guest artists Zarina Keyani, Kevin Ryan, Nita Walters and Mark Carroll.

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 aims to increasing knowledge, access, networks, artistic standards, and leadership in order to strengthen and enrich the visual arts scene.

The artists involved were Dan Auluk, Dilwara Begum, José Forrest-Tennant, Karen McLean, Mark Carroll, Pauline Bailey, Saranjit Birdi and Shaheen Ahmed.

There’s information here via New Art Gallery Walsall and there was a British Summertime 2 blog too.