Rosalind Stoddart’s textiles are woven with her affinity to the natural world. Sustainability is fundamental to her practice. It all starts in the fields surrounding […]
£20,000 brooch for sale in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter
“I love to show people where I work”, says Michele White as she leads me down the stairs to her workshop in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. […]
Science fiction art at Eastside Projects
Down in Digbeth, I find myself in an alien world – part Punjabi village, part spaceship. Wolverhampton-based artist Sahjan Kooner has filled Eastside Projects with […]
Peter Pan: Singing, Dancing, Flying at The Alexandra
This week I caught up with Peter Pan. Accompanied by the cast of BMOS Musical Theatre Company, he will soon be flying into Birmingham to […]
Encrypted beauty in Rita Rodner’s ‘Universe for Beginners’
A dark pyramid-shaped structure rises sharply against a misty grey background; the horizon is covered, not in clouds, but black calligraphic marks. It’s unclear if […]
Birmingham Cathedral’s Stained-Glass Surprise
Earlier this month, I donned a hard hat and high-vis jacket, climbed several steep ladders, and peered through scaffolding – all in the name of […]
Coventry Biennial: Championing nature
The Coventry Biennial is back, and it’s more imaginative than ever. Titled ‘… like a short cut through the brambles’ and featuring 15 artists across […]
‘Makers and Machines’ at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
The City of a Thousand Trades, Birmingham is well known for its industrial past. Far less well known, however, is its history as a centre […]
Aston Hall: Is it haunted?
‘Do you believe in ghosts?’ a friend asked, when I told her I was joining one of Aston Hall’s night-time Ghost Tours. ‘No, not really’, […]
A Jar of Hope: Can Art Alleviate Anxiety?
There’s a storm in a teacup, at Midlands Arts Centre, as part of the group exhibition ‘Worlds Away: Art, Nature and Wellbeing’. Birmingham-based artist Paul […]