Last week I went along to Wolverhampton Art Gallery to hear about the Arts Council’s new national campaign for the arts – due to start in April 2010. Here’s the opening presentation that was delivered by Julie Eaglen, Arts Council WM’s Audience Development Officer. Arts Council WM Presentation, November 09 The standout point from the … [Read more…]
Plus+ International Design Expo – schedule Listings of all the events are up online. Read what’s going on, become intruiged, buy a ticket. Or don’t – maybe design’s not your thing The Big Picture film “the story of a record breaking project…” Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: November 2008 … [Read more…]
The team from The Big Picture have set a world record for their huge photo mosaic, unveiled outside Millennium Point. There’s loads of information about this on the Big Picture website. You can see a whizzy online representation of the mosaic and there’s a Big Picture collective memory where reactions to the mosaic are being … [Read more…]
KateGoes and Writes a BBC Theme Tune “KateGoes are doing a theme tune for a new BBC sitcom called Coming of Age” as spotted by Dunc from the Autumn Store Crisp dust and car boot sales- is it art? BBC preview of the forthcoming Margaret Street MA show Light House September/October Events Spaghetti Gazetti have … [Read more…]
Brumcast 106 ‘Asshole, Jackoff, Scumbag’ Little Chris is back once again, like some sort of renegade master Inter-Act Shiny and new – “Inter-Act is a newly established devising company made up of young creative artists. Inter-Act are dedicated to creating new and exciting pieces of work whilst also providing educational programs for young people” The … [Read more…]
You wouldn’t know it from their own website (or at least I can’t find mention) but on bank holiday Monday, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery are offering a rare opportunity to access the fascinating collections in store. This is no ordinary warehouse! It’s an Aladdin’s cave crammed to the rafters with every type of object … [Read more…]