After years of hard work, late nights and pushing their creativity to the limits it is time for this years graduates to present the 2014 BA Degree Shows. Over the next few days some of the West Midlands finest universities will be exhibiting a wide range of work from fashion and textiles, fine art, photography … [Read more…]
Are you a West Midlands based artist or maker? If yes, then mac birmingham wants your art. The Open Project is guaranteeing the regions artists a place in mac birmingham’s prominent first floor gallery to show and sell their work, and all eligible work will also be considered to take part in a series … [Read more…]
We last wrote about the Beermat Character project by Inkygoodness in August last year, and since then it has been joined by Ammo Magazines Poop Deck project, has been exhibited at the Coningsby Gallery in London and is now online for all to see, and buy. There are many Midlands artists in the exhibition, including Ed … [Read more…]
Eye Candy, a Festival of Visual Pop Culture, will be taking place in Birmingham on 11-14th October this year. Fused has several new public art commissions available to illustrators, artists and designers, and typographers for prominent locations in Southside. The deadline is Friday 17th August. Also part of Eye Candy is a commission for artists … [Read more…]
Three nights of animation are coming to The Custard Factory this week for The British Animation Awards Public Choice screenings. Animation Forum WM have teamed up with Dice Productions and Flip Festival to bring three separate programmes of screenings of the best UK animated films of 2010 and 2011 to Birmingham. The shorts will be screened on Thursday … [Read more…]
The Big Give Christmas Challenge kicked off this morning (after a false start yesterday when their servers crashed). It’s a big fundraising drive, with the bonus that donations are matched by a combination of Big Givers, so any money you give is doubled. If you’re after something local: This link will take you to a list of … [Read more…]
Today’s the day that arts organisations up and down the country will find out whether they’re going to receive funding over the next few years. In case a bit of background’s useful, over the past few years, the Arts Council funds organisations in two ways – by giving cash on a project-by-project basis (that’s called … [Read more…]
The Campaign for Drawing is running throughout October, with events taking place all over the world encouraging people of all ages to get creative with a pencil and paper. There are plenty of events happening around the West Midlands, take a look at this list on the Campaign for Drawing website to find out what’s … [Read more…]