It’s the Biting Back event on Monday. An event about: how arts sector professionals and individual artists can learn from examples of successful partnerships in austere cultural landscapes I’m sure there are still some tickets available if you’re still thinking about coming. The website’s been a hive of activity over the past couple of weeks, … [Read more…]
I went to see Stan’s Cafe’s The Cleansing of Constance Brown at AE Harris on Saturday. It was superb and I’d thoroughly recommend grabbing some tickets before it closes on Saturday. Unless it’s already sold out. By rights it should’ve done that long ago. It’s probably better to go with no expectations/preconceptions of about what … [Read more…]
A quick message from the folks at We Are Birmingham; Four months after Pete asked Birmingham’s creative communities for help, the We Are Birmingham shop is very nearly ready to open. We start trading on Saturday morning at 10am but before then we want to have a little drinks reception to thank everyone for their help … [Read more…]
Blogging the retail game « I Am Pete Ashton “So starting in a fortnight I’m going to start my journey, exploring the indie retail landscape of Birmingham from a We Are Birmingham perspective” Pete’s good at blogging. This’ll be interesting Digbeth is Good » Hither and Thither’s tour of Digbeth art spaces A nice run … [Read more…]
Following the one-off live event back in January before part of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre was demolished, Soul City Arts in association with mac and The REP presents Mohammed Ali’s Writing On The Wall – The Documentary. Taking place 3 September, 4-7pm at the mac, the event will screen the documentary, plus live performances and … [Read more…]
A reminder that tomorrow (Wednesday) from 6.30-7.30pm Pete Ashton will be talking at the Ikon as part of their These are a few of my favourite things series: A number of well-known individuals undertake a series of talks inspired by Desert Island Discs. Asked to select their eight favourite works of art, speakers will reveal … [Read more…]
There was a bit of Dave Harte’s Birmingham’s Creative Industries – the ‘business case’ post that really caught my eye – something that I hadn’t noticed/thought about before. First the set-up: I think this position [that creative industries need handouts] comes from the confusion of thinking that the subsidised Arts sector has much to do … [Read more…]
Pete Ashton, who occasionally still pops up around these parts and is looking into bringing the CiB Shop back, has announced a couple of notable things. First up, he’s resurrecting the social media surgeries that he used to run out of Rootys a couple of years ago. £20 will buy you half an hour to … [Read more…]