Earlier this year, we commissioned a project with Misfits Music through our Creative Communities strand, to work with their Tipton Rock Collective, an inclusive community rock group for adults that meet regularly to rehearse and perform rock music in Tipton, Sandwell.

Black Country Digital Firsts returns with a new group of artists, makers, performers, and creative organisations who are experimenting with technology in bold and imaginative ways. This cohort brings together a wide range of practices including sound design, textile tech, projection mapping, animation, interactive storytelling, and digital poetry.

Sylwia Ciszewska-Peciak is creating a powerful digital and sculptural artwork that explores the emotional landscape of motherhood.

Gazebo Theatre in Bilston is developing an immersive projection mapped installation that brings nature into an urban setting.

StudioFX is developing an ambitious projection and animation project that brings large-scale digital energy to Walsall.

Artist and storyteller Daya Bhatti is developing an innovative project that merges textiles and technology to explore South Asian narratives.

Karen Garland is developing an ambitious digital project that uses collage, portable scanning, sound, and projection mapping to transform public and cultural spaces across the Black Country.

Guided by their individual practices in healthcare, poetry, and community art, the group is exploring how digital tools can transform poetry and visual art into uplifting creative encounters within NHS and community settings.

Sarah Ann Cromwell is an award winning operatic comedian, trained audio describer, BOM Unreal Engine Bootcamp alumni and creator of Sandwell Visually Impaired (SVI) accessibility resources for creatives.

There’s something special about being in a room full of people who believe in creativity. That sense of energy, laughter, and possibility, it’s hard to describe, but it’s what makes evenings like our Autumn Social at The Rock in Walsall so powerful.

This week saw the launch of Communi-Tea, a heartwarming new project from the Dorothy Parkes Centre in Smethwick, created as part of Creative Black Country and The Space’s Black Country Digital Firsts programme.

On 9th October 2025 in Bilston, community groups, arts organisations and creatives from across the Black Country gathered for a special event ‘Creative Funding for the Future’.

If you are a community group interested in starting a new heritage project you can apply to Making our Mark NOW!

As the evenings get darker, people across the Black Country are coming together for brilliant creative events. From community film screenings and workshops to light-night outdoor exhibitions and performances. These moments of connection are what make our region special: people gathering, sharing and celebrating creativity in our towns and neighbourhoods.

We went along to the screening of a new short mockumentary film by Alex Billingham (which has been supported by Black Country Digital Firsts), to find out more about the film...

Over the past year, Creative Black Country has been celebrating ten years of creativity, community and collaboration across the region and one of the highlights of our anniversary programme has been the Bostin News zine series.

Creative Black Country has been awarded £999,999 as part of Arts Council England's largest ever Creative People and Places (CPP) Portfolio, which sees £42 million invested in 45 programmes from 2026–29.

On World Octopus Day (8 October 2025) guests gathered at the Black Country Living Museum for the world premiere of Black Country by the Sea, a new, fun, mockumentary film and video game by artist Alex Billingham.

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.

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…