Feature

20.10.20

The joy of colour

Painter Cherrie Mansfield and fine art photographer Richard Nicholls reveal how they created five designs for Worcester’s new outdoor gallery project – via Worcestershire Open Studios.

News

19.10.20

‘We have £52 left’: the dire future for England’s small arts organisations

Last week, the UK government announced £257m in emergency arts funding – the Guardian hear from some of those who missed out, complaining of baffling applications and a lack of guidance.

News

12.10.20

Farwa Moledina’s ‘Not Your Fantasy I’ acquired by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Read about Farwa Moledina’s ‘Not Your Fantasy I’, recently acquired by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and currently on display. Recent graduate Farwa was selected for New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial last year and her work can also be seen as part of Thirteen Ways of Looking at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry.

Media News

07.10.20

Coventry Creates

Coventry Creates – A digital exhibition of artworks created during lockdown inspired by university research. Part of ongoing work by Coventry University and The University of Warwick in the lead up to Coventry City of Culture 2021.

News

05.10.20

WIN WIN, a new online gallery and art agency based in Birmingham

WIN WIN is a new online gallery and art agency based in Birmingham selling the work of up-and-coming contemporary artists. It aims to promote the work of local artists, and allow them to sell their works to a wider audience. In addition, it aims to widen the collector-base for contemporary art in Birmingham and beyond, by making it an affordable and sustainable commodity for the home. 

News

05.10.20

Arts bailout delay leaves jobs at risk in UK and theatres on brink of ruin

‘Complexity and volume of applications’ stalls hand-out of £1.57bn pledged in July – via The Guardian.

Interview

28.09.20

Coronavirus has offered endless inspiration, but the effect on galleries has been catastrophic

Cold War Steve talks about his work with Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and the impact of the pandemic on the arts – via The Independent.

Feature

28.09.20

Covering up the Cracks: The Return of Wallpaper

How artists from Édouard Vuillard to Dorothea Tanning and Kehinde Wiley used wallpaper in their work, with mention of Lindsey Mendick’s exhibition at Eastside Projects in Birmingham earlier this year – via Frieze.

News

14.09.20

Thirteen Ways of Looking: 2 October – 13 December 2020

We are delighted to announce a brand new exhibition titled ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking’, running at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, 2 October – 13 December. A New Art West Midlands and International Curators Forum Curatorial Residency in partnership with and hosted by Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, in association with Coventry Biennial. Curated by Dr Sylvia Theuri.

Media News

14.09.20

Zak Mensah and Sara Wajid appointed joint CEOs of Birmingham Museums Trust

Birmingham Museums Trust, one of the UK’s largest independent museum trusts, has appointed Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah as joint CEOs. The pair will formally join the charity in November, taking over from Dr Ellen McAdam who stepped down in June this year.

Media

10.08.20

ReFramed Bursary Award Winners Announced

Nilupa Yasmin, De’Anne Crooks, Pritt Kalsi, Bharti Parmar and Justin Carey are the bursary award winners for ReFramed, an initiative for emerging photographic-based visual artists of colour from Black, Asian and other communities of colour living within the Midlands.

Engine

05.08.20

Mr Chamberlain’s Orchids – Matt Westbrook

Matt Westbrook received an Engine Micro Bursary to show his project ‘Mr Chamberlain’s Orchids’ at the International Orchid Conservation Congress at Kew Gardens and the RHS International Orchid Show in Malvern. Read more here.

Media

03.08.20

Henry Moore Foundation awards £60,000 in rapid-response to artists across the UK amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Birmingham-based artists Joanne Masding and Stuart Whipps are among 40 artists awarded grants from the Henry Moore Foundation in light of Covid-19.

Engine News

03.08.20

Art Technician Emergency Fund by Taz Lovejoy

Taz Lovejoy reflects on the progress and success of the Art Technician Emergency Fund started with two other art technicians as a response to cancelled work amid Covid-19. Taz was awarded an Engine Micro Bursary to help support the administration and marketing of the initiative.

News

31.07.20

Is UK arts rescue package too little, too late for grassroots?

Cash aims to revive struggling sector, but smaller venues that support vulnerable people fear they will have to shut anyway. A focus on The Hive in Shrewsbury as well as the sadly now closed Artrix in Bromsgrove – via The Guardian.

News

31.07.20

The Contemporary Art Society acquires 106 works by 16 artists for museums and communities across the UK through its Rapid Response Fund

The Contemporary Art Society’s Rapid Response Fund has bought 106 works of art for 16 museums across the UK, financially supporting artists and helping museums reach out to new audiences as they beginning their re-opening programmes as coronavirus-based restrictions ease. This includes acquisitions for The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and The New Art Gallery Walsall.

Engine

24.07.20

Demi Nandhra: In Defence of the Neurodivergent Artist

Demi Nandhra was recently awarded an Engine Micro Bursary. Demi reflects here on the experiences of being a neurodivergent artist in a new piece of work described as a manifesto / rant / message / support / solidarity.

News

22.07.20

AD:Vantage Leadership Programme

We are delighted to be partnering on the AD:Vantage Leadership Programme, a development opportunity for Coventry-based d/Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent people who work in arts, culture or heritage. Deadline: 12 noon, Monday 17 August 2020.

Interview

17.07.20

From a Small Island

Alvaro Martinez interviews Andrew Jackson about ‘From a Small Island’, his experiences as a descendent of the Windrush Generation, and the difficulties to find his identity reflected in English institutionalised history – via Loupe Mag

Feature

16.07.20

Laura Pannack’s best photograph: four teenagers on a Black Country wasteland

Photographer Laura Pannack writes about her year-long project in the Black Country commissioned by Multistory for ‘My Best Shot’ in the Guardian.