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Willenhall Writers’ Group and Their Wild and Wonderful Creative Black Country Commission

In a leafy corner of Willenhall Memorial Park, something quietly powerful has been growing. What began as a casual conversation during a walk through Fibbersley Nature Reserve has blossomed into a vibrant writing group rooted in creativity, community and connection to place.

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Art, Agency and Belonging: Juneau Projects' Residency with WHG Communities

In 2024, Creative Black Country solidified a meaningful partnership with whg (Walsall Housing Group) to launch a new artist-in-residence initiative. Hosted across their recently opened over-55s wellbeing schemes, Lockside Pointe in Walsall and Nightingale House in Wolverhampton…

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Art Road Trip Brought Community and Creativity to the Black Country

From May 2024 to May 2025, Art Road Trip – the National Gallery’s travelling art studio – visited 18 locations across the UK. In March 2025, the colourful mobile studio rolled into the Black Country for two lively weeks of creative activity in Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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Happy Black Country Day!

Happy Black Country Day! To celebrate, we've handpicked some lovely events taking place across our mighty fine region over the next week (and a little beyond) for you to enjoy...

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Making Our Mark: Walsall Communities Invited to Celebrate Their Heritage

Walsall is a place rich with stories—of traditions passed down through generations, of communities shaped by migration, resilience and creativity. Now, a new opportunity is opening up for local groups to shine a light on their own unique histories through Making Our Mark, a community-led heritage project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Celebrating 10 Years: The Future of Creativity

What does the future of creativity across the Black Country look like to you? As we turn 10 we wanted to see what our friends, associates and colleagues across the borough thought.

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Deaf Awareness Week: Reflecting on Collaboration, Learning and the Power of Visual Storytelling with Deafscope

As we take time to mark Deaf Awareness Week (5-11 May), we want to acknowledge the value of listening, learning and growing in our approach to accessibility and inclusion. At Creative Black Country, we are still on a journey, and we are grateful to those who walk alongside us and support us in doing better.

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Celebrating 10 Years: The power of creative partnerships

Celebrating 10 Years: The power of creative partnerships. U Island CIC and arts organisation Juneau Projects worked with families from Russian speaking countries as well as Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and the UK to create imaginative sculptural birdhouses telling their stories of migration to Birmingham and the Black Country and sense of home.

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Celebrating 10 Years: With Creative Communities

Behind every great community project is a creative adviser - someone who brings expertise, fresh ideas and the confidence to make things happen. At Creative Black Country, we believe that supporting community groups with creative guidance leads to stronger, more impactful projects.

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Celebrating 10 Years of Creativity and Community - highlights from the panel discussion

At Creative Black Country’s 10-year anniversary event, a panel of partners and community leaders came together to reflect on a decade of impact. The conversation was lively, honest, and full of pride for how far the region has come — and how much further it can still go.

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