Creative Midlands collation


Creative Midlands collation

Review: Legally Blonde at Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:08 AM PDT

OMIGOD! With sparkle, hot pants and a healthy dose of pink, the exhausting-to-watch yet utterly fabulous Legally Blonde the Musical bursts onto the stage.

Creativity tops agenda at Stoke school’s annual presentation evening

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT

6th Oct 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A Staffordshire University lecturer has helped enthuse a school community about the role of the arts in developing and educating children. Dr Richard Jolley addressed an audience of school pupils, tea...

Lawrence Preece offers workout for imagination with Limber Gym at Meter Room

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:08 PM PDT

Second show at Coventry gallery hosts sculpture, painting and photography in witty comparison of gym culture and gallery visiting

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Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:00 AM PDT


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@artsdevuk @bpoolcouncil @HarrisPreston is looking forward to next Friday's conference at the Winter Gardens.

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:49 AM PDT

@artsdevuk @bpoolcouncil @HarrisPreston is looking forward to next Friday's conference at the Winter Gardens.

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Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:17 AM PDT


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non-Midlands St James the Great, St Kew Churchtown, Cornwall

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:06 PM PDT

non-Midlands Bellringing - St James' Church, St Kew Churchtown, Cornwall

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:22 PM PDT







Verse 1, line 2 - Good is our use, such usage let us have.
V 1, line 3 - Who here therefore does damn, curse or swear.

V 2, line 1 - Who wears a hat or spur, overturns a bell.

V 3, line 1 - Whilst the shrill treble calls to thundering Tom - treble and Tom refer to different sounding bells, I think.

tpwestmidlands: No Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin this week... http://t.co/CvYMyDMG #tpwm #tpn

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:41 AM PDT

tpwestmidlands: No Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin this week... http://t.co/CvYMyDMG #tpwm #tpn

tpwestmidlands: VISUAL ART IN THE WEST MIDLANDS http://t.co/gPIaugk5 #tpwm #tpn

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:41 AM PDT

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tpwestmidlands: VISUAL ART IN THE WEST MIDLANDS written by curator and writer Matt Price http://t.co/inb88oQV

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:08 AM PDT

tpwestmidlands: VISUAL ART IN THE WEST MIDLANDS written by curator and writer Matt Price http://t.co/inb88oQV

tpwestmidlands: Matt Price writes for TPWM about West Midlands Art and Craft http://t.co/2WMQWOdI

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:53 AM PDT

tpwestmidlands: Matt Price writes for TPWM about West Midlands Art and Craft http://t.co/2WMQWOdI

No Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin this week...

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:48 AM PDT

...but it will return next week, on Thursday 13 October.

Visit Tattershall Castle for an exciting programme of arts events

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:31 AM PDT

Contemporary Art and an historic setting collide to bring Dark Materials to Lincolnshire throughout the month of October.

Contemporary Art and an historic setting collide to bring Dark Materials to Lincolnshire throughout the month of October.


Tattershall Castle hosts a new programme of arts events which explores the unlikely alliance between heritage, contemporary art and the biker culture.


Events include a site specific installation, Horsepower Vault by Tod Hanson, an alternative country fair, film screenings and a series of walks and talks covering topics as wide ranging as natural history to the supernatural.


Visit the National Trust website for further information.

Quarter of a century on and Soft Touch are still going strong

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Soft Touch Arts, the Leicester-based participatory arts and community organisation celebrate their 25th birthday this month.

Soft Touch Arts, the Leicester-based participatory arts and community organisation celebrate their 25th birthday this month.


Soft Touch offer opportunities for communities and individuals to be involved in enjoyable and challenging creative projects making a difference to people's lives through personal development and gaining new skills. They have a strong reputation for working with hard to reach young people including young offenders, looked after children and Gypsies and Travellers.


To mark the occasion Soft Touch have produced a publication entitled 25 Years, 25 People, 25 Stories, a collection of 25 interviews with people whose lives have been changed as a result of working with the organisation.


The stories illustrate how people have explored their creativity and re-engaged with learning and employment, adopted healthier lifestyles or avoided future involvement with crime.


Having started in shabby premises, known as The Shack in Sanvey Gate, Soft Touch once shared a building with an Islamic Morgue before finally settling in their current premises in Hartopp Road, Leicester.


Peter Knott, Regional Director, said: 'Soft Touch is an adaptable, flexible, sustainable and successful organisation.  I think in large part this success stems from their relevance to the people they serve, combined with a commitment to excellent art.'


Vince Attwood, one of the founder-partners said: 'Back in the 1980s Soft Touch was the only arts organisation with a community focussed approach - a lot has changed since then.


'I'm most proud of our outreach work - it's art for arts sake, because it's good for the soul.


'One young man we work with says that the difference is not that he's stopped offending - it's that he gets up in the morning excited about what he's going to do that day. That's the power of what Soft Touch do and everyone needs that in their lives.'

International artists tune in to Frequency

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:26 AM PDT

Frequency, Lincoln's first ever Festival of Digital Culture begins later this month, offering an exciting programme of digital installations and live performances in unexpected places.

Frequency, Lincoln's first ever Festival of Digital Culture begins later this month, offering an exciting programme of digital installations and live performances in unexpected places.


Lincoln based Michelle Walsh will exhibit her first piece The Empty Space which consists of intimate moving portraits composed and lit like classical paintings. Michelle lines up with internationally acclaimed digital composer Philip Jeck who will be exploring the magical acoustic properties of Lincoln Cathedral.


John Cairns, Arts Council England's Relationship Manager for Regional Planning said: 'Frequency is an ambitious city-wide festival harnessing the talents of local, national and international artists. It will see the cityscape of Lincoln being used as a stage for cutting-edge artworks including sound art, projections, lighting and theatre.'


The festival has received £80,000 funding from Grants for the arts and is also part of the Igniting Ambition festival part of the Cultural Olympiad 2012.


A spokesperson of Frequency said: 'In this inaugural year, we are proud to present work from four continents. The interactive dreamlands of Metro-Boulot-Dodo's Four Seasons begins on 12 October, then the festival ramps up several gears on the 21 October with The Spire project, live at Lincoln Cathedral. This will feature organist Charles Matthews, John Beaumont, BJNilsen and recent Ars Electronica award winner, Philip Jeck.'


Click here for the full line-up and further information

A fantastic article in Volt Café about some of last years' BA (Hons) Fashion Kni...

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 02:59 AM PDT

A fantastic article in Volt Café about some of last years' BA (Hons) Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles graduates. If you're thinking about a career in fashion then this is sure proof that knitwear is much more than cardigans and woolly jumpers!


TRENT knitwear | Volt Café | by Volt Magazine
www.voltcafe.com
Volt Café looks at the work and inspiration behind 4 Nottingham Trent University knitwear graduates - Rory Longdon, Wonjee Chung, Kristabel Plummer and Gemma Cooper

VISUAL ART IN THE WEST MIDLANDS

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:43 AM PDT

MARK ESSEN, Concrete RadioArt writer, critic and curator Matt Price has written for us about Visual Art and Craft in the West Midlands.

Please click the menu heading  at the top of this page to read.
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