Created in Birmingham » Links http://www.createdinbirmingham.com Linking up Birmingham's Artistic and Creative Communities Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:52:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Links for 3 February 2012 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/03/links-for-3-february-2012/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/03/links-for-3-february-2012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:16:35 +0000 Chris Unitt http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=11536
  • Job listing for Trustee – Audiences Central
    “Birmingham Museums Trust is seeking Trustees to take up the challenge of steering this new organisation (a trust to run the city’s nine museums sites) through its first few years and delivering our vision for a national museum in Birmingham”
  • InterFace 2012
    InterFace is a symposium for humanities and technology. In 2012 it is being hosted by Birmingham Institute of Art and Design at Birmingham City University
  • IdeasTap | Creative Briefs: Fierce Festival Press Gang
    If you’re aged 16-19 and fancy some experience in multimedia journalism this may be the gig for you. Not everybody has ‘interviewed a dachshund’ on their CV
  • Oxygen Rooms
    Rehearsal and recording studios in Hockley
  • Flickr: “wagflickrmeet”
    Wolverhampton Art Gallery hosted a Flickrmeet the other weekend. Not sure if there’s a page with more info but all the tagged photos are here
  • Turning Point West Midlands | Part of the Turning Point Network | Road Trip West Midlands – Artist and Writer wanted
    “The commission will fund a visual artist and a creative writing to undertake a road trip in the West Midlands and to produce art work (visual art / creative writing) in response to this experience”
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  • 36 Hours – Birmingham, England – NYTimes.com
    “In terms of respect, Birmingham is the undisputed Rodney Dangerfield of British cities”. Thank you?
  • New Birmingham Jazz Scheme: Stepping Up
    Birmingham Jazz have got three £1,000 grants to support the writing, touring or recording of contemporary jazz
  • Walk of Fame for King’s Heath
    “A Walk of Fame is to be created along York Road to celebrate King’s Heath’s musical and comic heritage”
  • Film and TV productions worth £10 million to Birmingham over just six months
    Stephen Poliakoff drama Dancing on the Edge starring actors Matthew Goode and Chiwetel Ejiofor, has just finished filming in the city.
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  • Twitter / @TheCBSO: Big congratulations to our …
    Congrats to Paul Keene from THSH who won Concert Hall Manager of the Year at the Association of British Orchestras Awards
  • Dine Birmingham survey
    A quick survey for Dine Birmingham with the chance to win £30 off a Valentine’s Day meal
  • Poets’ Place
    “an informal gathering of poets, writers and performers. An opportunity to meet like-minded people, give and solicit feedback, or just sit in a corner and write for two hours. Organised by Birmingham Libraries and Apples & Snakes”
  • The Hidden City – Networking Launch – 1 Feb 2012
    “The interactive map of Birmingham highlights a database of stories, past or present, that are hidden away within our community – these can be related to Music, Arts, Culture, Science… anything!”
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  • John Madin, RIP
    “John Madin, the architect behind Birmingham’s Central Library and many more buildings in the city, has died”
  • IdoXinY
    Mark Steadman’s made a lightweight freelance directory. If you do [x] in [y] and are available for hire then maybe add your details (think you’ll need a Twitter account to do so)
  • What do we do with all these Brummies? – London Evening Standard
    Glad this is online – I was reading it over someone’s shoulder on the tube the other day. Quite funny.
  • Traditional pantos pack in audiences
    Interesting to see some of the figures behind the pantos. Includes quotes from Birmingham Hippodrome (you’ll need to register to read it)
  • Marseille + Hang Fire | The Roadhouse Birmingham
    I don’t usually give touring bands a mention but I’ll make an exception. Neil Buchanan (from Art Attack) is a guitarist in a heavy metal band called Marseille. They’re playing at The Roadhouse at the end of March
  • CBSO collaboration with Sir Anthony Hopkins released on CD
    “Sir Anthony joined the orchestra on stage during the summer to introduce a performance of his original compositions and scores from some of his best-known films”. The CD’s coming out via Classic FM
  • Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture, analysis of applications – Chris Unitt’s blog
    Lots of applications to this fund from around Birmingham/West Mids. None successful
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  • Eastside Projects Hosting: What is Art? Charity event at St Basils 13/01/12
    Organised by ESP member Kartal Uppal, this evening will look at and debate the question; What makes something Art? With contributions from Gavin Wade (Director, Eastside Projects), Tyler Cann (Curator, Ikon Gallery) and Cathy Wade (Artist and Lecturer)
  • Things Team Fierce looks forward to in 2012. . . | Fierce Festival
    Lots of good stuff, with plenty happening around Birmingham
  • Sarah Ray illustration: Screenprinting workshops
    Learn to make your own cards, posters or whatever. Silkscreen printing always looks to me like being a very satisfying process
  • Flatpack Festival founder: Ian Francis
    A decent little interview
  • Follow the Dancing for the Games projects online
    Loads of links to the projects that are part of the Dancing for the Games programme
  • Aga | Luthien Photography
    Kamila’s been shooting around Digbeth (via Digbeth is Good)
  • Birmingham NYE 2012 fireworks
    Sounds like things went a little wrong. If you’d read our New Year events round-up you’d have known to expect ‘low level pyrotechnics’
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  • Bread&Circus
    “Bread & Circus is a distraction of two Birmingham based designers. Posting travel, design, fashion, music and food.” Claire Hartley (who helped make CiB look like it does) and Gavin Auty got a blog
  • Meet DANANANANAYKROYD | THE FLAPPER | BIRMINGHAM, UK
    I missed this back in July, but Vice recorded some live footage at The Flapper and some interviews at Star City
  • Fish Fight Included in App Store Rewind 2011 – ‘The Best of the Year’ | Clusta
    Good stuff from Clusta

    • This’ll be the last post of 2011. See you in the new year for more fun and japes.

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  • Tributes to former Birmingham Repertory Theatre chairman Andy Allan
    A former chairman of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre who guided the venue through the controversial staging of a play which led to riots in 2004, has died at the age of 68.
  • Briefing Document « Stan’s Cafe Theatre Company
    From: ACE Dance and Music, Big Brum, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Birmingham Arts Partnership , Birmingham Jazz, Punch, Sound It Out, Stan’s Cafe, Women and Theatre. To: Birmingham City Council
  • Gil Heron
    Gil Scott Heron’s dad played for Kidderminster Harriers. That nugget from John Mostyn, via Sam Slater
  • Introducing this year’s patron saint : Flatpack Festival
    “he appeared in more Laurel and Hardy films than anyone else, as well as writing gags, building sets and working with the likes of Abbot and Costello, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. He grew up in Ward End, Birmingham”
  • Straina – 21st Century Fox
    This video was filmed around Birmingham and the German markets at the beginning of December
  • Poorly Collected Works 2010-11 eBook: Jon Bounds: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
    A collection of writing by Jon Bounds from various sources
  • Opportunity for new studio members at The Lombard Method
    “We have 3 studio spaces available to rent at The Lombard Method” Only £80/month
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  • Shared Creative Studio Space Birmingham
    “A small digital agency are currently looking at subletting desk space to like-minded individuals, or a small team.” Based in Fazeley Studios and sharing with good people
  • Business case for the £5m Creative Industries Fund
    This is the FBC from BCC for the CIF that’ll complement the BLF and EF, with shout-outs to FB, the CAF, LEP and ERDF (via Dave Harte)
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  • Make Your Voice Heard – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – “What have the cuts meant to the CBSO? […] to balance the budget this year, we had to cut staff and costs, reduce education activity and remodel our concerts”. After the open letter from the MAC, here’s the CBSO
  • The Other Way Works – We are recruiting Board Members | The Other Way Works
    “The Other Way Works is currently recruiting Non-Executive (voluntary) Directors to join its Board of Directors.” Not sure if I should disclose that I’m on their board, but I will just in case. There are some great plans coming up for 2012
  • Beside the B-side: The Lilac Time: ‘Street Corner’
    “Street Corner is what it was like to grow up in the West Midlands in the 70s”.
  • The Old Wharf Closes. | Digbeth is Good
    “after five years Dave & Michelle have sadly taken the difficult decision to leave.  Finer hosts of the old school variety you couldn’t wish to meet”. Midge’s send-off to The Old Wharf
  • Massive Attack vs Burial – Paradise Circus
    I can’t see this soundtracking the proposed redevelopment so well
  • Network Music Festival « A hi-tech musical weekender // 27-29 January 2012
    A weekend of hi-tech musical performances, installations, workshops and talks where networking is central to the aesthetics, creation or performance practice of the work.
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  • Urban Buildings • Redevelopment, Redesign, Rediscovery
    A site covering the construction works going on in Birmingham (and further) also looking at old/derilict buildings
  • Galleries Night – On the Art Bus
    Art, bus, art, bus, art, bus, etc. With bonus wine and mince pies. This is tonight and features the Barber Institute, Mac, Ikon, Eastside Projects and RBSA galleries
  • P110HD’s Channel – YouTube
    “Specialising in urban media. Based in Birmingham”
  • Birmingham Loves Photographers
    BLP have a shiny new website
  • Connecting Innovation
    A report by Steve Harding which addresses these themes of cross innovation and that kind of thing in the context of Birmingham. One for the policy heads.
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