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(Previously run by Pete Ashton until he stepped down in April)

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Heard And Not Seen

Heard and Not Seen is
an arts project, led by Sandra Hall and Mitra Memarzia with Friction Arts.  The project aims to create a unique, safe space for people to meet and ask questions with each other, of each other; particularly about faith, religion and spirituality.
The exhibition takes the form of a series of freestanding sculptures […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted October 30, 2008 in Art | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Eye Of The Storm

Eye of the Storm is a digital project that has started off in Birmingham with involvement from Sandra Hall from Friction Arts. Voila le blurb:

What do a human statue, a divorce lawyer, a buddhist and a recovering drug addict have in common? The invisible connections between very different Birmingham lives are laid bare in a […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted October 14, 2008 in Art, Digital | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Volunteers at The Edge

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 volunteers […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted September 24, 2008 in Others | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Deborah Mingham

Deborah Mingham is a freelance artist and costume designer/maker.
She graduated from UCE Fine Arts degree course and has gone on to work with Shoi Productions, Friction Arts, the Godiva Carnival (see pic above), Pentabus and Kindle Theatre.
These Punch & Judy costumes, produced for Imagineer Productions and inspired by Rab C Nesbitt and Tony Clifton, are […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted September 16, 2008 in Designers | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Coming up at The Edge

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 […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted July 19, 2008 in Events | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Birmingham Post Power 50 for 2008

The Birmingham Post Power 50 (tremble at their might!) has just been announced.  With last year’s list having an impressive showing from the arts world, interest at CiB could almost have been described as ‘mild’.
Ok, so it’s easy to be cynical about these things (and it’s open season on the Birmingham Post site - all […]

By Chris Unitt | Posted July 17, 2008 in Awards | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (12)
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