On 24 November, curator Anneka French presents Important Artefacts in the final ARC of 2010. The exhibition draws on the history of site as a place for keeping objects of value, including paintings, works on paper, installation, live work, projection and text.
It seeks to address the idea of collecting as a process of investigation or accumulation, the idea of collections as things to display, and of the collector as someone driven by a particular passion.
Artists exhibiting work are Matthew Andrews, Jane Morrow, Tutte Newall, Tim Robottom, Molly Rooke and Joanne Masding, who you can read a bit more about on ARC’s website.
ARC is taking place at The Vaults from 6-8pm, entry is free.
Bawdyville promises to be an evening of fun, frolics and titillation(!?) With absurdly arresting gestures, one-on-one performances and installation laced with a healthy dose of humor and frivolity.
If this all sounds rather intriguing, maybe this post on Area will give you an idea of the kind of people Companis are.
Drop by from 6 – 8pm, when there’ll also be free cocktails – if you can catch one!
After their efforts to change Moseley’s art scene back in 2004, with a programme of exhibitions, and the packed-out show ‘Made in Moseley’, Kelly and Lisa are ‘reconnecting’ once more, relishing the opportunity to decorate the Victorian brickwork of the bar with their latest artworks.
ARC takes place on the last Wednesday of the month, showcasing work selected by guest curators. This months ARC is on 25 August, 6-8PM at The Vaults (Jewellery Quarter), and has been curated by Laura Coult.
an exhibition of artist’s moving image, performance, and sculpture exploring the ways in which we experience sound as light, movement, noise, and colour.
Artists include: Linda Bagnall, Benedict Drew, Laurence Hunt, Juneau Projects, Ben Russell, Alexander Small, Joe Snape.
Happening upon the 31st day of March in the year 2010. Holly Grange and Kate Pennington-Wilson are on curation duty:
For one night only the catacombs of The Vaults will be flooded with sonic reverberations inspired by the lives, past and present, of this renovated Victorian building. The mute histories contained within the walls will surrender their silence and seep out into your ears.
Artists include: Sarah Farmer, Rob Glover, EL Heath, Scott Johnston (aka Film Ficciones), Matt Eaton (of Pram)and Candice Jacobs.
The exhibition will be followed by a DJ set and archival footage from Birmingham-based music promoters COLOUR.
Here’s one of those Facebook events for more info. Cue picture:
Each month ARC invites regional guest curators to present an exhibition of works at The Vaults in the Jewellery Quarter. TROVE gallery are kicking off ARC’s 2010 programme with a free exhibition at The Vaults on 24th February, 6-8pm for one night only.
The Vaults Bazaar brings together a selection of regional and national artists that TROVE invited to take part in this exhibition. Each offering a different proposal of work, each vault will be different from classic painting through film to performance, a truly bizarre mix.
Artists on show on the 24th will include Jane Ball, Graham Chorlton, Coco DeVille, Caitlin Griffiths, Daniel Lehan, Bigid McLeer, Milk,Two Sugars, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Short and Steve Varndell.
I’d not heard of Swishing before – seems it’s a kind of fancy swap shop. HOX Boutique (who run a fairly new shop on Corporation Street) will be holding a Swishing event on Saturday 28 Nov at The Vaults in the Jewellery Quarter.
It’ll start at 2pm which is when ladies can go along and hand in their unwanted items. There’ll be free drinks, games and DJ-related fun. At 3.30pm HOX are putting on a fashion show and after that ladies can start shopping (gentlemen are welcome too, but entry’s not free for us – we have to pay a tenner to get in).
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 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
Clusta are looking for talented Birmingham-based photographers who may be interested in showcasing their work on the back of The Vaults Bar and Restaurant‘s food and wine menus.
The Vaults showcases many artists and photographers work on its walls and Clusta have designed the bar and restaurant menus to complement this. Several Birmingham photographers includingMatt Cannon, Paul Ward and Emma Clarke have all taken up on this opportunity and we are now looking for two more photographers to feature their work.
Interested? Contact edwina@clusta.com no later than Friday 13th February.
The line-up for this year’s Fierce! Festival, the international performing arts festival, has been announced and can be seen on the events page of their newly updated website. You may recall that a significant number of acts were chosen via a public vote and these have now been programmed into the wider festival too.
The opening party will be held at The Vaults on 16 May and promises burlesque cabaret from Miss High Leg Kick and Fierce’s favourite DJ Joe Egg. Entry is free but you’ll need to RSVP as capacity is limited.
In the lead up to the festival there are a few events being held on Wednesdays at 2pm at BIAD:
On 30 April Breathe will be creating “sensory performative experiences in interactive environmments” with The Other Way Works “daring and remarkable theatre that draws the audience into the very heart of the experience.
Finally, on 14 May it’s the conceptual artist Yara El-Shirbini and trans-disciplinary artist Jiva Parthipan who will take the stage.
I’ll go into the specifics of this year’s festival a little nearer the time but the main programme runs from 21 to 31 May, with a bewildering array of shows and events in that time.
