Halloween might not be my bag but at least it’s an excuse to put some interesting events on. Aside from the Ikon Eastside closing party there are a fair number of Halloween-themed things going on. These are they (all happening on Friday 31 October, except the last two): The National Trust are putting on events … [Read more…]
Bad news from Friction Arts – with the builders due to arrive in a fortnight to start work on the refurb of The Edge Lee, their operations coordinator, has trapped a nerve in his back. With prep work to do that’s a bit of a disaster so they’re asking for a hand: We need some … [Read more…]
The Metro’s West Midlands Life blog (fresh from giving Artsfest a rather unnecessary shoeing) have reminded me of the Outer Sight film nights at The Edge that I mentioned a while back and completely forgot to follow up on. The next one is apparently on Saturday and: the very vague theme is ‘French Fancies & … [Read more…]
Having promised to mention this before, I nearly forgot. This summer: Friction Arts will be collaborating with their US partners, Touchable Stories on a unique, living history arts project, attempting to reveal the true voice of Digbeth, Birmingham There’ll be an exhibition and a series of other events including meetings, talks and dinners. The first … [Read more…]
Some good news from the Edge has dropped into my inbox. Having secured a ten-year lease for their premises they’ve now secured funding for a big refurb: The wonderful SITA trust have blessed us with the resources to install a new heating system, disabled loos, insulation and a new kitchen!  This will be stage one … [Read more…]
Strange Ways is a Birmingham-based artists’ collective and from 1 to 12 July they’ll be putting on their first major event – an art project at The Edge in response to the Cheapside area in Digbeth: Demolition of the industrial landscape and its replacement with modern residential apartment blocks has begun. An ever-decreasing number of … [Read more…]
The number of good things happening this evening is nuts: Fierce’s Platinum Programme is at The Edge, some of it you can drop into, some you have to book. Behind Closed Doors are holding the launch of The Secret Garden – an installation round the back of the Custard Factory from 6pm to 8pm. Fierce, … [Read more…]
The Edge, “Birmingham’s first dedicated live and time-based arts venue”, wants to put the joy back into making art: Saturday Sesh is not networking, it’s not a series of seminars, it’s just a place for artists to meet, to share ideas and resources and to make things happen. All of which is highly laudable, so … [Read more…]