- CRAIN report « D’log
“A useful seven page report from the West Midlands Cultural Research & Intelligence Network conference (PDF link), held in Birmingham on 2nd June 2010″
- Audition Call « Stan’s Cafe Theatre Company
Quick, bright female capable of playing between 18-30 wanted to perform with Stan’s Cafe in Beijing in November. Click the linky for details
- Birmingham Post – New chairman for Cre8us
“Professor Michael Tovey, responsible for leading and co-ordinating design education and applied research at Coventry University, has been appointed to the board of Cre8us”
- Birmingham School of Media runs best courses in the country
Huzzah!
- Screen WM & BAFTA Present: Filmmaking and Archive Workshops
Courses. Not for horses
- Artist Talk @ Eastside Projects and Durational Performance @ The Rea Garden | Behind Closed Doors
“We would like to invite you to the finale of Brigid McLeer’s residency at The Rea Garden on Saturday 19th June”
- art hamster in the city
Don’t think I’ve linked to this one before, but probably should have. Contains mentions of arts stuff happening around Brum. Sarah Silverwood is the author
- Signal box L
Someone’s built a fairly impressive model of the New Street Signal Box
- The Interview: Ben Javens « The Internationalist
Ben did some stuff for 8th Continent, a Californian soy milk company. Someone interviewed him about that
- A seismic shift in the UK landscape
CiB got props in PR Week at the end of April: “the artistic and creative community website Created in Birmingham, which won a Blog Award in 2008, is popular”. Not sure why that made me laugh so much, but it did. The award was 2009, btw
- Graft « More Canals than Venice
“Graft are a curatorial collective based in the Midlands who are looking to find a space for up and coming and newly established artists. On 9th December they launch ARC, a new night at The Vaults… For the launch they are seeking proposals from newly estabished artists working in experimental performance, sound and video in response to The Vaults”
- D’log :: blogging since 2000 » Rea Garden
An opportunity to take up a residency lasting up to 10 weeks at the Rea Garden from Jan 2010. Applications need to be in by 17 Dec
- Art Deco Buildings in Birmingham | Birmingham Conservation Trust
The BCT goes in search of the city’s Art Deco buildings
- Digbeth is Good – YouTube – The Event Talks: Digbeth
“Caroline Beavon of Hashbrum talks to Gavin Wade of Eastside Projects about The Event and Digbeth creative stuff in general”
- Art at Studio Five
Bryn Tranter has a studio and gallery at the Custard Factory – “At StudioFive, we make art accessible to everyone. Whether you want to buy original pieces, you’re looking to learn or you need art to enliven your office or workplace, StudioFive is the place to start”
- Facebook | Birmingham Irish Film Festival
Plans for “A film festival devoted to film from or about Ireland or with an identifiable Irish interest/connection” to possibly be expanded into a week-long celebration of Irish culture
- An Early Christmas Present for 14 to 26 Year Olds
The Rep have just extended their A Night Less Ordinary ticket availability for A Christmas Carol to all evening performances from 19 December to 2 January, which is nice of em
- Brummie of the Year 2009 – Nominations Open
Early nominees are Chris the handyman at the Barber Institute, Paul Hadley, Justice Williams, the Capsule grannies, the Jibbering crew, Alison Smith, Mr Ralph,Gurcharan Mall and Glyn Purnell
