What makes a city more than bricks and buildings? The people. We Are Wolverhampton is a photographic portrait project capturing the soul of the city, one face and one conversation at a time.

Tucked behind bamboo blinds at The Ruskin Glass Centre in Amblecote, The Limpetarium is a hidden Dudley gem, a contemporary cabinet of curiosities devoted to limpets that quietly reframes these humble sea-snails as poetic symbols of the town’s deep and unexpected connection to the sea.

Wolverhampton-based artist and illustrator Kanj Nicholas brings her nature-inspired, multidisciplinary practice to children’s publishing with Imagine If We Could Fly, a vibrant debut book that blends delicate watercolour and heartfelt storytelling to encourage young readers, and the adults around them, to create freely and without fear.

Wolverhampton-based multidisciplinary artist Victoria Murrain is embracing a long-delayed creative path, using ceramics and painting to chart a powerful story of reinvention, self-belief and the freedom to begin again at any age.

Odette Campbell is well known for her community-rooted crafting and crochet work, but a recent shift in her practice has seen her embrace a strikingly bold and rhythmic technique from the past, Bargello.

Working under the name Bag Lord, Wolverhampton-based artist and activist Ewan Johnston channels instinctive, politically charged poster art into the city’s streets, using humour and confrontation to question power, respond to local and national issues and imagine what else might be possible.

From childhood sketches of fungi to bold industrial tape artworks that celebrate overlooked architecture, Claire Buckerfield’s creative journey is one of reinvention, resilience, and pride in place.

After arriving in Wolverhampton as a refugee from Ukraine in 2022, Natasha Stoianovska transformed grief and displacement into a powerful multidisciplinary practice, using painting, poetry, and storytelling to explore trauma, resilience, and the connective force of art across borders.

Bostin News edition 01 is available to read in full online and to download.

We’re kicking off 2021 by sharing some Bostin News - quite literally. We have copies of the Newspaper that collates some of the lovely work you might of seen already on here but also some special pieces of content that we have also saved JUST for the newspaper. Would you like a copy?

Bostin News: Meet Content Editor Anneka French

Bostin News: Meet Content Editor Louise Bloomfield

Bostin News: Meet Content Editor Tim Brinkhurst

Bostin News: Meet Content Editor HEATHER WASTIE

Bostin News: Meet Editorial Assistant Eve Orford

When we started to follow @busybee_amy (or Amy Holland as we now know) on Instagram we were instantly taken by her illustrations. From beautiful plants to detailed drawings of imaginary characters in busy rooms - we loved her style. So when we wanted some illustrations of our content editors we knew who we had to ask.

Sound artist and producer Tim Brinkhurst has produced 5 sound pieces for Bostin News that speak of and share creativity. The final one is Interrupted.

During lockdown, when many of us wondered how we might fill our days at home, Bloom Creative Wellbeing CIC launched their 21-Day Rainbow Challenge via social media. It caught the attention of Rosie who was looking for something to do with her toddler Nova…

Sound artist and producer Tim Brinkhurst has produced 5 sound pieces for Bostin News that speak of and share creativity. The fourth is I Can Hear Your Inner Thoughts - Father Barry Starts the Day.

The Battle of Stourbridge by Heather Wastie was written using memories of Jeni Hatton, Jose Wyles and her mother, Sheila Smith, during Alarum Productions’ ‘I Dig Canals’ research project.