Created in Birmingham

Printmaker Phil Wilkinson‘s latest work:

The demolition of a residential highrise block of flats on Sherlock St in the Highgate area of Birmingham was the basis for this work. With the dramatic jagged pinnacle and exterior walls removed the tower made for a tempting subject

The pic is of the finished print but Phil’s blog post shows how it came together.

• Festive Film Showcase by Screen WM – Mon 8th Dec @ Radisson Birmingham
  “On Monday, Screen WM are generously putting on a (FREE) day long series of screenings and events, leading up to the featured screening of ‘The Children’ with a masterclass and Q&A session from its director Tom Shankland”
• Brumcast 113 ‘One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette’
  More Brummie music goodness from Little Chris
• Summer Party Videos | Boxer Design
  Worth a look
• Artfall – The Works Winter Salon
  The Works Gallery in Digbeth have a fine art exhibition on from 9-14 December
• West Midland RSS nightmares named and shamed – Birmingham Post
  A list of West Mids orgs that haven’t grasped something as head-smackingly basic as making news available via RSS. For a sec I thought of doing a similar list for Birmingham’s creative types but actually I can’t think of enough ‘RSS Rotters’ to name. Which is good (but if your news isn’t available via RSS yet then sort it before Joanna Geary comes after you! If you’re not sure then email createdinbrum@gmail.com and I’ll help)
• David Leach
  David is “a lancastrian with a ukulele (nothing new there you might think) but i also have been known to play with, a DD-5 drum machine, a casiotone MT-46, and a glockenspiel”. I don’t tend to mention musicians here much (too many to mention) but he gets in because he knits all his merchandise. For his sake I hope he doesn’t get too big. He’s playing Bohemian Jukebox on Tues 9 Dec at the Hare & Hounds

• Prime Objective Blog :: Victor Man Documentary
  For the Ikon’s latest show Chris Keenan spent a few days “filming the installation down at Ikon and discussing Victor’s work with curator Nigel Prince. The edited video is now live on the Ikon site to aid a greater understanding of the work” I like this sort of stuff
• Folk Monthly from the Traditional Arts Team
  I didn’t know about this. “It covers folk and related events across the Midlands, featuring adverts for clubs, festivals, sessions, bands etc, central diary pages, articles, news and reviews” and costs £12 for 11 issues a year
• Artfall – Birmingham University Exhibition
  “Members of Birmingham Print Makers have put up an exhibition in Staff House at the University of Birmingham which runs until December 23rd”
• début
  début was going to be a paid-to-submit-content magazine. I’m not sure if that’s still happening but for now at least it’s in a blog format. There’s plenty being posted up too. Definitely worth checking regularly

• Big Picture Workshop at Birmingham’s Rag Market
  ‘Artists Faye Claridge and Helen Berrow will have a stall near the Market Customer Centre in the indoor market, on Tues 17 June to give you lots of photo tips and take pictures with you – or of you!’ It’s a free event, drop in between 12.30 and 15.30.
• Artfall – Changing Birmingham
  Phil Wilkinson has ‘been working on a now demolished view of a site in Digbeth bordered by High St, Bradford St and Rea St’. There’s a work-in-progress on his blog.
• Black Tonic by The Other Way Works, Guardian review
  Review of “a site-responsive performance produced by the Birmingham-based The Other Way Works” as part of the Sprint festival in London and coming to Brum in the autumn.