Created in Birmingham

• Donald Savage report and evaluation
  Remember Donald Savage’s Invisible Arts Exhibition Programme? Well the evaluation report is out with input from luminaries such as Mr Whatby (Conservative Counselling) amongst others
• The Rice Show
  A kind of automatic collective memory/aggregator thing for the upcoming Stan’s Cafe production ‘Of All The People In All The World’. Anything tagged thericeshow should show up on there
• CELR: Brownfield canvas: how the Arts can support the regeneration of brownfield land
  Happening on 25 Sept at The Tower Ballroom and presented by the Arts Council “The event will also include a focus on the Arts as a creative medium, which can help transform a space, enriching a community or an area through its processes”
• Rich Batsford – Project X Presents: Digital Dystopia Sat Sept 13
  “You are cordially invited to the one and only performance of our unique Project X Presents event Digital Dystopia”. Just a week to go, there are some snippets of info about what’s going on here. I’m quite excited about this
• Birmingham Words – Storytelling in Birmingham
  The Traditional Arts Team have some upcoming storytelling events in Birmingham, happening once a month at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath
• Birmingham Jazz News: September Newsletter
  A couple of chances to check out Maylight with Lizzy Sparks – for free at the Town Hall as part of Light Night then at the Rainbow later in the month. There’s a preview of Oct too, with the very exciting prospect of The Heritage Orchestra performing Amon Tobin’s music
• 7inch september listings
  A nice big long list of events for September, lots of filmic stuff and some other things too. Plus a call for someone with money to burn to convert Kings Heath’s recently closed bingo hall back into a cinema… anyone?

• Digbeth Is Good – ACE dance and music’s classes
  “ACE dance and music’s classes for all ages resume in September. All are based at their studio on Floodgate Street.” Nicky points to the details
• Donald Savage Says….: Final announcement before disappearing on 28th August 2008
  “Blog formally disappeared on the 28th August 2008.
  Birmingham in the United Kingdom remains changed.”
  Class.
• Project X Presents – Welcome support from the Arts Council
  Some good news for the PXP people and a nice fillip just a couple of weeks before their next event (at BUSK on Saturday 13 September – tickets are a just a tenner)
• Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands
  After declaring August to be a bit pants (my words, not his) Russ L rounds up a lot more fun activities for September. He likes Travis though, so take it with a pinch of salt (joke!)
• thejazzbreakfast
  Peter Bacon has just overhauled his blog and would like to say hi – he writes about jazz for the Birmingham Post and is also an arts administrator and saxomophone player
• Commercially Inviable Records – Moseley Folk Festival, Special Offer
  “To celebrate the festival we are offering both the Friends of the Stars and James Summerfield albums for a special, one-off festival price of £12 (including postage).” Or a tenner at the Polar Bear stall at the festival itself. James plays on Friday, FOTS play on Sunday
• Welcome to 4mations
  The city’s animation talent might be interested in this – it’s in beta (ie a pre-release version) at the moment but you can upload your films (and games) already
• Hunt Emerson’s “The Owl and The Pussycat” online
  Hunt Emerson’s adaptation of Edward Lear’s nonsense poem was featured in the Beano and can now be seen online. Apparently it’s success means further adaptations are in the pipeline (via D’Log)

I’m a bit slow in reporting on this and have just noticed that it’s now almost finished.  If it ever started, of course (Wayne at the Metro has doubts).

Donald Savage is an ‘American international cultural producer and curator’.  Since 9 August he has been:

Bringing you the very best in artistic excellence from around the globe to the heart of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. I specialise in discrete and perhaps less obvious presentations of artists’ work that I have the pleasure of including in this current exhibition programme

There’s an introduction to the artists involved on Donald Savage’s blog and here’s the flyer:

Reports on the artists’ work have started appearing on the blog.  So far Al Tennyson (USA), Rebecca West and Atsuko Haru (Japan), and Rebecca West (Canada) have featured.

Things will be wrapped up on Thursday 21 August, although it’s anyone’s guess as to what that will involve.  If anything.

At this point you may have the impression that I have no idea what’s going on here and you’d be right.  It looks fun though.