Feature News

15.08.19

International Festival of Glass

This month the International Festival of Glass returns to Stourbridge to celebrate glassmaking, with a wealth of top international artists, fantastic exhibitions and family friendly events and performances.

News

15.08.19

Creative Black Country expands work to Dudley

Creative Black Country has been awarded £1,403,154 of National Lottery funding through Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme (CPP) to expand its current CPP activity to include Dudley, in partnership with Black Country Living Museum and Dudley Council for Voluntary Service.

Feature Media

14.08.19

The culture cure: how prescription art is lifting people out of depression

From singing together to being read to in a library, an arts participation scheme is transforming lives in Denmark. Helen Russell reports – via The Guardian

Media News

12.08.19

Samuel West’s Open Letter to Boris Johnson

National Campaign for the Arts Chair, Samuel West, has sent an open letter to Boris Johnson, urging the profound importance of the Arts in the UK.

Media Review

09.08.19

Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?

A critical review of Stryx Gallery’s SOUP Pt V: BLENDER residency by Emily Scarrott – via a-n reviews

Interview

09.08.19

Q&A with artist Helen Kilby-Nelson

Artist Helen Kilby-Nelson discusses her research interests and working methodologies ahead of her exhibition at Coventry’s City Arcadia gallery at the end of August.

Interview

07.08.19

Q&A with artist Adam Neal

Artist Adam Neal speaks about his autobiographical body of work exploring social class ahead of his exhibition ‘In Loving Memory Of’, opening at Coventry’s City Arcadia later this month.

Media News

07.08.19

Artists Selected for Craftspace’s In:Site Programme

Craftspace announce this year’s selected artists for In:Site, featuring graduates from universities across the UK who are working with a variety of different making processes. Many of the activities will be participatory and everyone is welcome to join in alongside the artists to create their ambitious art works.

Interview

07.08.19

Q&A with artist Joyce Treasure

Artist Joyce Treasure speaks to us about her recent exhibition and residency at Bruntwood’s Cornerblock building in Birmingham in partnership with Grand Union.

Feature News

07.08.19

British Ceramics Biennial celebrates 10 years

The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) returns to Stoke-on-Trent from 7 September to 13 October 2019, bringing together more than 300 contemporary artists and makers in a programme of exhibitions, installations and events taking place in six cultural venues across the city.

News

05.08.19

New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art: Artists announced for new look New Art West Midlands 2019 exhibition

We are excited to announce the New Art West Midlands 2019 artists, selected by International Curators Forum:

Betsy Bradley, Hira Butt, Sarah Byrne, Gemma Costin, Anna Katarzyna Domejko, Andreana Fatta, Matt Gale, Amy Guo, Ewan Johnston, Navi Kaur, Shiyi Li, Mengxia Liu, Farwa Moledina, Tayyibah Mota, Laura Onions, Ameera Sadiq, Matías Serra Delmar, Rosie Piercy, Georgia Tucker and Lily Wales.

Media News

01.08.19

Creative Black Country’s 100 Masters – bringing local artists to a global audience

Find out how Creative Black Country used digital content and platforms to bring local artists to a worldwide stage – via The Space.

Opportunities

26.07.19

Call for Birmingham collection point: Outside In

Outside In has recently launched the call out for its next national art exhibition. They are currently looking for an arts organisation in Birmingham to act as a collection point and provide short term artwork storage.

Media News

24.07.19

Inquiry into future of the National Lottery launched

A parliamentary inquiry is to examine the future of the National Lottery and how it can raise more money for good causes like the arts. – via Arts Professional

Travel

24.07.19

New Art West Midlands Engine Micro Bursary: Breath and Ice

Artist Brian J Morrison reflects back on his research trip to Stroe in the Netherlands earlier this year, funded by an Engine Micro Bursary.

Media Review

24.07.19

Supersonic review – giant monsters and ghoul-sponge at UK’s best small festival

By embracing the heaviness in Birmingham’s heritage, and adding a strong dose of eccentricity, Supersonic is world-class. Review by Ben Beaumont-Thomas – via The Guardian

Media Review

15.07.19

Pelicans, fossils and fingered lemons – recreating the paper museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo

Katy Barrett reviews The Paper Museum: The Curious Eye of Cassiano dal Pozzo at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham – via Apollo Magazine

Opportunities

11.07.19

Curator in Residence, New Art West Midlands

Hosted by Culture Coventry at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum In partnership with International Curators Forum In partnership with

Engine Travel

11.07.19

James Lomax visits Madrid

Last year James Lomax was awarded an Engine Micro Bursary to undertake a research trip to Madrid. He reports back.

News Review

10.07.19

If we value artists, we should pay them benefits – Ireland is leading the way

From September, artists in Ireland will be permitted one year on unemployment benefit without having to look for work, to allow for time to pursue their practice, rehearse, or develop a portfolio. – via The Guardian.